Example sentences of "[adv prt] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , most lawyers take on cases on the basis that they will not ask for an upfront fee , but a percentage of the amount of damages won instead — often as much as 40% . |
| 2 | He was not willing to take on cases with relatively unconventional chosen outcomes . |
| 3 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food what steps his Department is taking on proposals for new EC legislation or regulations on nutritional supplements ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 4 | In every case , blood was taken on admission for determination of carbamylated haemoglobin . |
| 5 | While Graeme Souness 's men take on Middlesbrough in an attempt to recover from their midweek European exit , Barnes will spend his 29th birthday bidding to resurrect his personal fortunes at the club 's training ground . |
| 6 | And fourth-placed Bangor take on Glentoran at the Oval in a dress rehearsal for the Irish Cup game . |
| 7 | Setting the record straight on story of diplomat 's pipe-playing activities |
| 8 | But the point is that if , if musicians go to service , they know there 's enough readers and if the musicians decide to take on part of that reading one service , surely it 's only courtesy for the musicians to say to the readers , whose lists are published months in advance , terribly sorry but we 're gon na do this this time , and do you mind stepping down ? |
| 9 | Go-ahead for Hide to take on Murray for vacant title |
| 10 | The grandparents took on responsibility for the house and the children together : ‘ my mother went to work all the week , she never done no cooking . ’ |
| 11 | And there is no Redundant Churches Fund to take on responsibility for outstanding churches that need to be preserved intact , complete with their furnishings . |
| 12 | They will take on responsibility for countryside management and access in the whole of the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) between Harting in the west and Eastbourne in the east , and will be consulted on significant planning applications in the area . |
| 13 | There is a crucial role for partnerships in taking on responsibility for the local co-ordination of education . |
| 14 | Hilda Sturge took on responsibility for the adult refugees , while the Committee , with Greta acting as honorary secretary , looked after the children . |
| 15 | Although retiring from office this year , warden Frank Wood will be carrying on responsibility for the general overseeing of the buildings and the Church Centre . |
| 16 | ‘ This is an exciting and challenging time to take on responsibility for leading the firm , ’ Mr Freedman said . |
| 17 | Objections to the proposals essentially turn on the terms under which any devolution would take place , and the question of the competence and reliability of the organisations which would be taking on responsibility for the sites . |
| 18 | President and chief executive Larry Ellison takes on responsibility for database , networking and tools development from Miner . |
| 19 | Oracle Italy is being formed as joint venture with its distributor of ten years , Datamat ; Michael Rocher , managing director of Oracle France takes on responsibility for that unit too . |
| 20 | It may be useful for family health services authorities within the zone to take on responsibility for arranging early retirement packages , where these could be shown to be in the interests of the service . |
| 21 | As far as I could gather , Nour 's father had taken on responsibility for all his sisters , married or not , and for their offspring , and since his death Marie Claire had assumed the burden . |
| 22 | The Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee has argued in vain that law centres should be treated as an essential part of the national network of legal services and that the Lord Chancellor should take on responsibility for their core funding . |
| 23 | Some lenders have already had their fingers burnt and have had to write off loans and lose their investments , rather than take on responsibility for contaminated land which was part of their security . |
| 24 | A large company , for example , could take on responsibility for all three roles . |
| 25 | How can it seriously contemplate taking on responsibility for structure plans which , under the law , must form part of the framework of development plans covering Wales ? |
| 26 | and , and what do you do about it , you know whe when they er y you know , I mean , I mean I think one of the things is you , you can start off erm you know very open and so on , but if you 're not careful y y you actually take on responsibility for them you know in a , in a way which is actually not helpful to them and is probably very bad for you |
| 27 | But as her husband 's health declined she took on responsibility for maintaining the farm and orchard which was the family 's main source of income . |
| 28 | In the Cabinet changes carried out in August [ see p. 39067 ] Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis took on responsibility for the Aegean and Andreas Andrianopoulos ( hitherto Minister of Industry and Commerce ) became Minister of State , alternating as Government Spokesman with Vassilis Magginas . |
| 29 | The board yesterday decided to close 11 of its 77 community clinics after it was told that studies had shown that doctors ' practices were taking on responsibility for child health surveillance . |
| 30 | There are a number of problems of course highlighted by civilianisation , there will be nobody qualified to do firearms dealers er inspections and inspections of firearms ranges and so we 've put a report in saying would you please tell us who 's gon na do it , which department will take on responsibility for it . |