Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've lived through history and know so much , which they 're certain to pass on to the rest of us . |
| 2 | She imagined , for instance , that if the inhabitants of Arghuri had been unwilling to venture on to the mountain before the earthquake , any survivors would scarcely be ready to do so now . |
| 3 | I 'm happy with the five hundred thousand pounds suggestion , but my view when you come to the papers , if we are able to hold on to the two hundred thousand contingency we 've got for community care for the elderly and , and the hundred thousand we 've got for bad debts and other figures . |
| 4 | By doing this the work of the council is expedited and the officers of the council are able to get on with the instructions of the committee without waiting for confirmation by the council of the decisions of the committee . |
| 5 | If your conscience allows you to say that you really are stuck at some point do n't be afraid to pass on to the next paragraph . |
| 6 | By holding on to that possession , the people of this country would be able to hold on to the banners of freedom . |
| 7 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 8 | The Minister warned : ‘ He may be able to carry on in the job but he can not do so effectively . |
| 9 | Otherwise you would n't be able to carry on behind the Führer 's back . |
| 10 | It can he useful to recap on the action you want taken after putting on pressure : ‘ If I call talk about it today , then I 'll be able to get on with the project — if I ca n't , the project is going to have to he delayed . |
| 11 | ( a ) ‘ If I can talk about it today , then I 'll be able to get on with the project — if I ca n't , the project is going to have to be delayed . |
| 12 | We realized that each of us would be a big story for a few days , but that would pass and then we 'd be able to get on with the real work of getting to know our families and friends again . |
| 13 | If there was trouble he 'd have to spend the rest of the day putting it down and would n't be able to get on with the arms search at all . |
| 14 | Once they have done this , they will be ready to move on to the ‘ university ’ work for which she and Monteith are currently preparing a syllabus not , she says , with a view to any intellectual results , but ‘ in order to turn out rounded human beings ’ . |
| 15 | The Government are remiss to press on in the face of careful and constructive opposition , which has been voiced by experts from the county of Leicester and other parts of the country . |
| 16 | Party leaders are concerned at the growing gap between Communists active in parliament in Warsaw , and those in the provinces who have been slow to catch on to the change . |
| 17 | Pop had bought a large inflated life jacket for me to wear in case of our ship being sunk , in which case you were all to hold on to the cords round my waist , and he would swim round and act as a watchdog ! |
| 18 | The crew were all clinging on to the side of the trawler and the last men off , Billy and John took 'em They got hold of them by one leg and they pulled them off . |
| 19 | We were all flung on to the roof . |
| 20 | All Irish landladies , however pleasant , seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when a visitor left , and they were able to get on with the intense business of family life without interruption . |
| 21 | They had issued the caution , now they were anxious to get on with the questioning , and they only had six hours from the time of the caution in which to hold her . |
| 22 | On 20 September he appeared off Newcastle , but decided against attacking it , as his fellow-captains were eager to move on before the Royal Navy , fully aroused since his intrusion into the Firth of Forth , caught up with them . |
| 23 | Even though everyone ended up dirty , wet and muddy they all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were eager to get on to the next event . |
| 24 | Some members of the European Community are anxious to hurry on from the ERM to Economic and Monetary Union . |
| 25 | It is possible to go on with the same therapist to deal with the problems which caused you to need the regression experience in the first place . |
| 26 | But I fancy that England is content to get on with the war , and that things take a more practical turn at home . |
| 27 | Then try to use any lift nearby , keeping within easy reach of the field and in a position from which it is easy to drop on to the circuit . |
| 28 | Electronics industry consultant Bob Heikes reckons he 's likely to hang on to the job , but for all the wrong reasons : ‘ Bull is hopeless , ’ he told the International Herald Tribune — ‘ a new guy is n't going to make any difference . ’ |
| 29 | It is able to move on to the next stage of the action if the various relevant conditions have been satisfied and to produce documentation for court or reminders for the debt recovery unit personnel to enable them to progress matters beyond the next stage . |
| 30 | At least for representing ideas , it is necessary to move on from the classical models to the semantic models because the required emphasis is on capability , expressiveness and abstraction . |