Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elijah heard a divine message sending him back to troubled Israel , with intuition as to definite things to do , one of which was to find a successor to carry on the prophetic ministry . |
| 2 | It was the only Italian name I could think of in a hurry and I did n't have the nerve to put on the right accent to go with it . ’ |
| 3 | What arrogance that is , that they allowed the schools to take on the full role when over fifty percent of em were already willing and anxious to do so . |
| 4 | Their position was well summed up by the Carers National Association , which has stated that the current rules could have ’ disastrous consequences ’ for the family and friends of the claimant who may have moved into the home to take on the caring responsibilities . |
| 5 | If one person in a twin room cancels , we reserve the right to pass on the full cost of the twin room to the person using that room . |
| 6 | The only idea that seemed feasible was for the Collector to put on the rusty suit of armour which stood in the banqueting hall and to go out there with a scythe . |
| 7 | He is the natural author to take on the popular character to so successfully revived in ‘ Batman 2 ’ . |
| 8 | TRAINERS have shunned the chance to take on the brilliant miler Zafonic at Royal Ascot next week . |
| 9 | The bell usually tolls for one of the big championship teams on cup day … this is cricket 's FA Cup … where the small teams the non leaguers get a chance to take on the big boys … the pros … |
| 10 | Production is being doubled from 300 to 600 cars a week to meet the growing demand and Rover needs the extra staff to take on the extra shifts . |
| 11 | The members simply have not the time at their disposal to take on the continuous pressure needed to effectively construct a platform for alternative or opposing views . |
| 12 | The new aqueduct was necessary to allow ships to pass on the new Manchester Ship Canal . |
| 13 | The invitations can be in the shape of a banana , make a large banana to put on the front door , and decorate the room with bananas and long yellow balloons . |
| 14 | Then there were truly new beginnings , a hated Poor Law , dead and buried ; a single , uncluttered task — to improve the quality of public care ; and a specially recruited ( and largely newly trained ) new band of professionals to take on the exciting role of pioneers . |
| 15 | The group did little other than a few acts of minor sabotage , as they did n't have the arms to take on the Nazi army . |
| 16 | Jesus had come to Jerusalem , the capital of Judaism to take on the religious authorities and at this point in time in this Gospel it looks like he 's lost , gon na be dead in a couple of days . |
| 17 | At the tender age of 23 Harry strolled out at Feethams to take on the legendary West Indian all-rounder Learie Constantine . |
| 18 | No clear principles determine the allocation of disputes to these bodies although the greater the element of discretion and the more important the policy considerations , the less likely it is for the courts to take on the new area of responsibility . |
| 19 | In the case of Russia , revisionist research has underlined the manner in which the specific nature of the tsarist regime conditioned the decision to take on the Central Powers . |
| 20 | Insurance market 's ‘ momentous ’ decision will spark head-on confrontation with leading corporate rivals Lloyd 's of London rewrites its rules to take on the European competition . |
| 21 | Insurance market 's ‘ momentous ’ decision will spark head-on confrontation with leading corporate rivals Lloyd 's of London rewrites its rules to take on the European competition . |
| 22 | The installation of a Lasercomp in 1979 enabled the Division to take on the filmsetting work of the Computer Assisted Typesetting unit as well as expand the range of their own setting . |
| 23 | At first , he appeared to have no immediate plans to take on the armed forces . |
| 24 | He may simply not have had enough money to take on the extra land and the work as required for it . |
| 25 | The invitations can be clock-shaped with the hands pointing to the starting time , and you can make a large clock to put on the front door . |
| 26 | Very few general hospital units , however , have recognized how important this service was to individual patients and now it usually falls to a beleaguered social worker to take on the complex task of sorting out welfare benefits ; social workers are not , however , experts in this field and it is a time-consuming task that few of them relish . |
| 27 | Small wonder that Heinz Dürr , AEG 's long-serving chief executive , left at the end of last year to take on the unglamorous job of running Germany 's state-owned railway company . |
| 28 | It is a sufficient approximation to take on the right-hand side of eqn ( 7.20 ) , so that . |