Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every user of LIFESPAN must log on to the system via a unique user name and password , allocated in this way . |
| 2 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 3 | But by March that year the Chiefs of Staff were recording a victory for their view of the Middle East , and were arguing that this implied that Britain must hang on to the right to return to bases in Egypt , even in the absence of agreement . |
| 4 | But if a statement such as ‘ John is tall ’ is to be true , then the predicate ‘ is tall ’ must latch on to the world , just as ‘ John ’ does . |
| 5 | His widow , Margaret , said : ‘ Alfred told me that I should carry on with the case if he died , and that is exactly what I will do . ’ |
| 6 | We were on a lonely stretch of road just outside London : it was late in the afternoon , darkness was about to fall and we were arguing about whether we should hurry on to the city or stay at some roadside tavern for the night . |
| 7 | When approaching white water you should not have too much speed , sheeting out might be necessary , and the weight should move on to the back foot to encourage the nose to lift over the foam . |
| 8 | The invaders assembled at Stornoway were now divided by a bitter quarrel over whether or not they should move on to the mainland , only ended when one of the Earl Marischal 's supposed subordinates , William Murray , Marquis of Tullibardine , suddenly produced a commission granted to him two years before by James which appointed him Commander-in-Chief of all his forces in Scotland . |
| 9 | His conclusion , probably acceptable to most parliamentarians , is that Ukraine should ratify START 1 now , but should hold on to the 46 missiles which that treaty does not cover ( though the Lisbon protocol does ) , and delay accession to the NPT . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps we should pass on to the home-made cakes , ’ said Mervyn . |
| 11 | Press relations activities must go on during the exhibition with media who attend or may be interested . |
| 12 | The doctor then told Alexander that he must go on with the treatment . |
| 13 | ‘ You must go on with the preparations as though you were alone . |
| 14 | ‘ I must go on with the post , but I 'll send somebody to help you as soon as I can . |
| 15 | If that is the effect of that tremendous personality on two men occupying the position that we do , and related to each other in the way that Mr Chamberlain and I are , that process must go on throughout the party . |
| 16 | You must hold on to the hurt . |
| 17 | The under sheriff must hold on to the balance for 14 days in case any steps should be taken to make the defendant bankrupt , in which case he would have to pay the money he has recovered to the receiver . |
| 18 | Yet we must hold on to the basic idea that science discovers the truth of how the world works . |
| 19 | Once we have incorporated the Maastricht treaty into our law — presumably , as my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said , in the first Session of the new Parliament — we must press on in the second half of 1992 , when we have the presidency of the Community , to set out more clearly our vision of a common European future . |
| 20 | ‘ Until such times as they can do this , Her Majesty 's Government should get on with the task of governing Northern Ireland in a positive fashion , including the alternative means of returning powers to locally-elected representatives . ’ |
| 21 | Those who have been successful may carry on with the course , and need to be registered with the BIE . |
| 22 | ‘ You keep the paper , I 'll haud on to the cigars . ’ |
| 23 | That 's why I was thinking I might hang on to the Volvo for another two years until you 've got your own car and then I can buy what I really want . |
| 24 | Here is a selection of your letters which we 'll send on to the BBC . |
| 25 | After attempting last month 's first 8-bars of the 16-bar solo from Linda Ronstadt 's That 'll Be The Day , we 'll crack on with the second half this month . |
| 26 | Later we 'll move on to the E35 — the autobahn to Basle in Switzerland . |
| 27 | I will put that on the side and just with the rest as you 're going Now I 'll move on to the financial statements . |
| 28 | Okay we 'll move on to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit . |
| 29 | We 'll move on to the final white paper motion on regionalisation . |
| 30 | Well okay this morning what I 'd like to do in the half hour or so that we 've got before lunch is to talk about the skills we need when we actually come up here to deliver then this afternoon we 'll look at that feedback from the video and what you did and then we 'll move on to the skills of design , the preparation skills . |