Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes on to talk about ( a ) fly-fishing ( b ) car repair bills ( c ) rugger , with Paul while his hand is up Kate . |
| 2 | ( Saint Teresa goes on to talk about the ill-effects of reading for amusement — specifically reading books of chivalry — but that does not invalidate this demonstration of the role of reading and play in childhood . ) |
| 3 | Walker goes on to talk of ‘ structural incrementalism ’ as ‘ the basis of planning for need ’ . |
| 4 | Pausanias goes on to talk of stories of Theseus 's end ; irrelevantly , it seems , but it has often been thought that the subject must have been suggested by a fourth mural which he does not specify . |
| 5 | The stories are painful and shocking , but the book goes on to talk about the urgent need to ’ resist the false promise of reproductive technologies ’ and on the positive side , re-thinking fertility and infertility , and working toward women-respecting alternatives . |
| 6 | Erm he then goes on to talk about erm eliminating banditry erm wh which basically erm where the peasant associations are powerful enough erm , you know , where the people rise up bandi bandits do n't exist because the people have risen up and you know are , are , are strong enough because they 've got swords , because they 've got spears , they 've joined together to , to get rid of the bandits . |
| 7 | It goes on flouting the popular will by refusing a referendum on the Maastricht treaty . |
| 8 | The brochure goes on to plead that prostitution is just a natural part of Thailand 's culture : ‘ You have to pay from women in Bangkok — for one night , for one week or for your whole life . |
| 9 | Drucker ( 1985 ) , in writing about innovation , poses the question , ‘ How can managers expect to plan for — or count upon — a process that is itself so dependent on creativity , inspiration , and old-fashioned luck ? ’ and then goes on to answer it by saying ‘ There are , of course , innovations that spring from a flash of genius . |
| 10 | So he goes on pushing deadlines , working all-nighters , rewriting , calling back , quite apart from the copious travelling and general fretting that is a Sunday writer 's regular burden . |
| 11 | Jean-Paul thinks the French brought prosperity to a poor country , and he goes on believing it because he takes care never to set foot outside the European quarter . |
| 12 | And he goes on gazing out of the window . |
| 13 | Eliot goes on to envisage a future in which applied science replaces each theatre by a hundred cinemas , each musical instrument by one hundred gramophones , each horse by one hundred cheap motor cars , with the result that the population of the whole civilized world speedily follows the lot of the Melanesians . |
| 14 | He goes on to support this with an appeal to the testator 's intention , but it is a relatively modest one . |
| 15 | The document begins : ‘ Be it now proclaimed by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Beaver under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ’ and goes on to support the work done to try and preserve the line as a ‘ national monument of historical importance ’ . |
| 16 | Pugh goes on to paint a picture of an industry with a lot of technology on its hands and an unclear view of the future . |
| 17 | Let's hope that EMI goes on to restore Barbirolli 's stereo account of the Fifth Symphony with the Philharmonia . |
| 18 | but he then goes on to ignore it . |
| 19 | He goes on to deplore the abandonment of ‘ subjects that really matter ’ , and the exchange of ‘ solid fact ’ for ‘ airy speculation ’ . |
| 20 | It goes on to state that the cell had no electricity and no floor covering , the prisoners were allowed few clothes and they received only two meals a day , one consisting of a single very small momo ( steamed bun ) and the other of a small cup of wormy vegetables . |
| 21 | Article 9 , for example , after declaring the right to freedom of thought , conscience and religion , goes on to state that : |
| 22 | The accounting policy note on associated undertakings goes on to state that the directors believe that equity accounting for associated undertakings would not give a true and fair view of the group 's income . |
| 23 | In view of such associations , Teaching Quality goes on to state that ‘ the Government attach high priority to improving the fit between teachers ’ qualifications and their tasks as one means of improving the quality of education' . |
| 24 | In a sideswipe at some earlier Soviet historiography , Umanskii writes that ‘ history does not need embellishments ’ , and goes on to state that |
| 25 | The Definition Order then goes on to state that : " Following will be treated as Soviet Nationals : Ataman Group 15 Cossack Cav Corps ( incl Cossacks and Calmucks ) Resferve " Units of Lt-Gen Shkuro Caucasians ( incl Mussulmen ) . |
| 26 | The Committee goes on to state : |
| 27 | He goes on to state that the great coat charity is alive and is charged to Holborough Court Estate and was paid until his death by William Lee Esq . |
| 28 | The Act goes on to state that any future parliamentary enactment is subject to this new order ( ibid. , section 2(4) ) . |
| 29 | It goes on to state : ’ The undersigned eleven have agreed ’ to article 117 , which states : ’ The Community and its Member States shall have as their objectives the promotion of employment , improved living and working conditions , proper social protection , dialogue between management and labour , the development of human resources with a view to lasting high employment and the combating of exclusion . ’ |
| 30 | Section 57(2) goes on to state that a sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer , or in some other customary manner . |