Example sentences of "[v-ing] on to the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geologists are notorious for latching on to the name of a particular life-form present in rock formations when thinking up names and equally notorious for changing their minds and the rock 's name afterwards , hence Belemnita quadrata no longer exists because they have renamed it Gonio teuthis quadrata . |
| 2 | making a brief but dazzling comeback before crashing on to the spikes of despair once more when John fell to his death from a lofty scaffold , and history repeated itself |
| 3 | They got down awkwardly , hanging on to the edge of the sill and dropping on to the road . |
| 4 | In the opening sequence he is seen hanging on to the top of a jeep as it careers down the rock of Gibraltar . |
| 5 | Callaghan stood , hanging on to the rags of his self-respect . |
| 6 | In Britain in nineteen ninety three we are hanging on to the remains of our welfare state by our fingertips . |
| 7 | Have to find him yon old folkery with the picture-window looking on to the stand of immemorial beeches , the dingle dell , the plashing brook , the wishing-well , the verdant sward … |
| 8 | The next time lesbians and gays are involved in any attempt to effect major change , we will be better served not by fitting on to the agenda of others , but by organizing independently and making alliances with other groups seeking progressive , structural , social changes . |
| 9 | Before passing on to the maze of closely clustered streets of the old town , spare another glance at the tower . |
| 10 | ‘ I ask that you will accommodate Anne Duchess of York , my daughter-in-law in your household , ’ Elizabeth Woodville had written — after enquiring as to her friend 's health , reminiscing about former days and passing on to the matter of her daughter-in-law as if it were of little consequence . |
| 11 | I gazed at the devastation from behind a stone horsetrough , lying flat on my face as another explosion sent lumps of metal and cobblestones clattering on to the roofs of the farm buildings . |
| 12 | The fraction of each configuration , P i , P h , and P s , measured from the respective peak areas , can be related to ρ m the probability that a monomer adding on to the end of a growing chain will have the same configuration as the unit it is joining . |
| 13 | Her toes were on the beam , her arms above her head , holding on to the top of the gates . |
| 14 | It was never , as we have seen , the Labour government 's intention that the independence of India should be the prelude to a general nunc dimittis , and this disposes of the plausible notion that once India was gone the pointlessness of holding on to the rest of the dependent empire , supposedly acquired to protect the sea routes to Bombay , was immediately perceived . |
| 15 | But I think that was when I was in the sea holding on to the bit of foam , and more or less just let myself float under the water , but me arm was round the top of the bit of foam , on the surface , and I think it got burnt by the the heat off the platform then . |
| 16 | When she recovered she was holding on to the edge of the table for balance . |
| 17 | Miss Phoebe gave her head a slight shake , holding on to the arms of her chair as if it would save her from drowning . |
| 18 | If it feels like the penis is getting soft during sex , try holding on to the base of the condom . |
| 19 | Lee was behind him , holding on to the back of his anorak and bumping him with the torch . |
| 20 | I stood up , holding on to the back of my chair , my heart beating like a hammer . |
| 21 | they are caught , often , in a conflict between holding on to the security of their childhood dependence and striking out for independence . |
| 22 | These are women holding on to the value of their tears , but there are many others who have been made to feel ashamed . |
| 23 | He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly . |
| 24 | It was rather a more specific and harsher problem which , to put it bluntly , was to survive as Westland was drifting on to the rocks of insolvency . |
| 25 | Moving on to the subject of domestic competition , may I draw your attention to a missing tournament . |
| 26 | Moving on to the problem of unemployment throughout the European Community , the Chancellor said : ‘ Last year unemployment in the community rose by 1.25 million and it is projected to rise further this year to some 11 per cent of the work force . |
| 27 | Moving on to the question of defenders stopping the try by not standing on the goal-line , Law 27(e) is clear about what the offending team must do : ‘ The opposing team must run without delay ( and continue to do so while the kick is being taken and while the ball is being played by the kicker 's team ) to or behind the line parallel to the goal-lines and 10 metres from the mark , or to their own goal-line if nearer to the mark . |
| 28 | The teacher could begin with the child 's own brief life history , moving on to the history of their family . |
| 29 | The current development of CAD procedures has so far been directed towards providing a complete geometric description of an object initially , and then moving on to the generation of manufacturing instructions ( see Figure 1.8 ) . |
| 30 | Why did it feel so right to have Luke stroke his hand along the curve of her thigh , to feel it slide up over her hip and dip into the hollow of her waist before moving on to the fullness of her breast ? |