Example sentences of "on to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scope for agricultural improvement is limited naturally but the RP provides 40% of the cost of fences so that grazing land can be compartmentalised and grazed more effectively , 40% of the cost of providing livestock watering facilities and 40% of the cost of adding fertilisers or grass seed ( applied on to existing pastures and trodden in by livestock ) . |
| 2 | But the process has also been a more subtle one , as new initiatives have apparently been tacked on to existing local government . |
| 3 | Work on women can not simply be added on to existing , flawed bodies of thought but requires a revolution in the ways in which we think about men as well as women , about work as well as the family , about political and public as well as private issues . |
| 4 | So he does n't recognise the effect of things like : dis- in- mis- additions which work by adding on to existing words , thus : disappear misspell inlay . |
| 5 | The paper is rigorous and thought-provoking , but it does not map easily on to existing curricular structures , and the very complexity of the model may limit its diffusion in higher education . |
| 6 | The next type of planned town includes those which are reasonably well dated to the tenth to thirteenth centuries and which were clearly new planned urban centres added on to existing villages by their owners as attempts to encourage trade . |
| 7 | With new forms of planning restriction limiting the amount of suburban extension that could be tacked on to existing built-up areas , housing developers increasingly looked to the surrounding rings of smaller settlements lying within commuting distance of city centres . |
| 8 | Hall ( 1987 ) argues that most regulation is simply added on to existing frameworks ( often as the result of specific frauds or crises ) rather than building up new systems , and that the efficiency of regulation suffers as a result and costs escalate . |
| 9 | Proud of the rapid development time for the 601 , the two companies are nevertheless rushing on to complete work on three other promised iterations of the part , now under development at IBM 's Somerset plant in Austin , Texas . |
| 10 | Preparing for the off in the London Marathon last April , WCUK Nottingham project manager , John Holder , got his running shoes on to complete the 26 mile 394 yard distance for the first time . |
| 11 | That they managed to translate that attitude on to sparkling vinyl ( in the form of ‘ Michael ’ , ‘ Walter 's Trip ’ , ‘ Fashion Crisis Hits New York ’ et al ) was worthy enough . |
| 12 | They should then move on to inviting questions from the group to clarify understanding , posing questions to test that understanding , drawing implications for the practice and its clients , and developing an action plan to enhance client service in respect of those implications . |
| 13 | Good , you 're getting on to good ideas now . |
| 14 | The trouble had started in March when Mohawks on the Kahnesatake reservation in Oka , Quebec , 33 km south-west of the city of Montreal , erected a barricade on a highway to prevent the town council from extending a golf course on to sacred burial land . |
| 15 | And since the central figure in all this was Vincent d'Indy , I shall go on to present evidence that appears to explain his motives both in ‘ improving ’ Rameau and in concealing what he had done . |
| 16 | She held on tight to him , murmuring , ‘ Oh , my darling , hug Mummy , hold on to poor Mummy , poor Mummy 's had a terrible shock . ’ |
| 17 | The second was the development of a method for fixing vulcanized rubber firmly on to mild steel , thus facilitating the manufacture of cheap chemical-resistant equipment . |
| 18 | There was widespread support for an extension to the temporary 40 per cent tax allowance for investment in plant and equipment introduced last autumn , but 66 per cent of participants disapproved of any proposal to move the burden of tax on to increased National Insurance contributions . |
| 19 | His eyes shifted as if he had been lured on to dangerous ground . |
| 20 | It is easier to describe simple organisms first and move on to complex ones but this is just a convenience of arrangement , and we will follow this procedure here . |
| 21 | By hook or by crook crews , competent or not , were got on to striking ships , by force if by no other method ; and the union men retorted in kind . |
| 22 | TQM often seemed like " just another initiative " to be tacked on to countless others . |
| 23 | People would still be living here who had been in residence since before the war and were holding on to controlled tenancies until dislodged by offers of cash or other accommodation , but they would not be there much longer . |
| 24 | These trays take four or six PP3s ( depending on the model of detector ) which push on to snap terminals in the bottom of the tray . |
| 25 | Many English teams playing in European competitions have fared badly when moving on to water-based pitches , still in short supply at home . |
| 26 | Unlike Aycliffe hospital , residents are not put on to traditional ‘ Nightingale ’ wards . |
| 27 | Then he looked specifically at the effect of the results of the three month or si six month cystoscopies , but they did note that only those pa only those patients who had recurrence in the first year went on to progressive stage . |
| 28 | From West Hide and from Grizedale Hide we looked through slit windows on to extensive pools . |
| 29 | Curing the deficiency in this area , thirdly , is the necessary base for a much larger proportion of our age groups than at present ( about 15% ) to go on to advanced education — in both academic and especially applied studies . |
| 30 | After spending some time , often years , with us , people move on to other things and we need to fill the gaps . ’ |