Example sentences of "on the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my first six weeks here I had lots of battles — taking on the bigger ones . |
| 2 | As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say . |
| 3 | Ideally , the community physiotherapist takes on the wider responsibility of not only teaching the carers , but also assessing and treating the patient 's particular problems through a progressive rehabilitation programme . |
| 4 | The boy 's body will take on the squarer , more muscular appearance of manhood . |
| 5 | Ideally , these are taken from an Economy 7 controller , which automatically brings on the lower ( or longer ) element at night and provides for a short ‘ topup ’ during the day with the upper ( or shorter ) element . |
| 6 | If the vehicle should become stationary , the timer is allowed to run and , after one minute , it switches on the flasher circuit to operate the l.e.d . |
| 7 | Matthew Spender ( son of the poet Stephen ) has taken on the harder task of writing about Tuscany from within . |
| 8 | Thus the right hemisphere is well-placed to undertake the early parallel , preconscious scanning of large amounts of information , the left taking on the later function of conscious elaboration of selected items . |
| 9 | Some of these , along with others to be taken on the lighter mornings will be sent to the Highways Department and to the Edinburgh Evening News with an accompanying letter . |