Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the effect for Locke is this , and again I , I quote the legislative being only a fiduciary power , that is to say a power based on trust a fiduciary power to act for certain ends , there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust imposed in them and thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of every body even if their legislators whenever they shall be so foolish or so wicked as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject . |
| 2 | In addition , BBA will take on debts equalling £16.3 million and £15.9 million , respectively . |
| 3 | I knew he would never take on students in a language he did not speak . |
| 4 | One explicit guiding principle of papal teaching which came to influence the Irish constitution and successive debates culminating in the church — state imbroglio of 1951 , dealt with below , was that of ‘ subsidiarity ’ : that no ‘ secondary ’ institution such as the state should take on duties which ‘ primary ’ and ‘ intermediate ’ ones , such as the family , could assume . |
| 5 | Nurses will not take on tasks considered too menial to be done by medical staff , doctors have been warned . |
| 6 | Here are some very brief ideas as to how the Pied Piper suggestions might work in practice : After the story has been read to the class , children might take on roles as the townspeople of Hamelin . |
| 7 | He expressed the hope that these corporate bodies would not only take on responsibilities for regulating economic activity but would also form a moral community for their members . |
| 8 | Sometimes the blacksmith would take on commissions from other organisations such as repair work for local factories or railway companies . |
| 9 | So that you can enjoy your hobbies and , and , and , and you know , you can take on hobbies that do , do require quite a lot from you , if you 've got the stamina . |
| 10 | Which ? reported that for safety reasons some firms would n't take on jobs where cleaners might have to stand on a ladder , etc . |
| 11 | Stockbroker Malcolm Roberts of Fleming Asset Management will take on clients with £150,000 to invest in shares . |
| 12 | ‘ Which of you can take on men ? ’ he sniggered . |
| 13 | They also felt that specialist workers could pass on skills and ideas to others , but it would take time . |
| 14 | Trainees would attend for forty weeks and in the second half of their training they would pass on skills acquired ( e.g. in computing or photography ) to the new intake of trainees . |
| 15 | The station was the place where the railway greeted its local customers and took their money , the doorway through which important people right up to royalty would pass on visits to the district , the storeplace for every kind of commodity , precious and bulky in transit from town to country and vice versa . |
| 16 | We said we 'd pass on offers . |
| 17 | He 'll pass on enquiries : Darlington . |
| 18 | I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police . |
| 19 | Unlike DNA molecules , they do n't form lineages , and therefore ca n't pass on messages . |
| 20 | Education officers are aware of many possibilities for using and interpreting the site , and can often pass on methods or good ideas that have proved successful with other groups . |
| 21 | Dossiers on barristers , known as ‘ yellow sheets ’ ( actually pink cards ) , are kept by the Lord Chancellor 's Department which record the progress of the barrister and judges will pass on comments , both favourable and unfavourable , about barristers appearing before them . |