Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] take on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now it appears thieves are being increasingly interested in taking on the hole in the wall and that means bigger and heavier vehicles to do it . |
| 2 | Eleanor was assuming too much in taking on the role of possessive girlfriend . |
| 3 | The Irish are seeing something of a cricketing revival … it 's the fastest growing sport in their home country , and they feel confident about taking on the World 's best . |
| 4 | Kelly also looked good at taking on the opposition but his final shot was appalling . |
| 5 | It could not possibly be , could it , that the man responsible for taking on the loan , the then chairman of Keyser Ullman , Mr Edward du Cann MP , is spending the parliamentary recess leading a debt-collecting bandit gang in Sardinia ? " |
| 6 | Courageous in taking on the over-spending bogey that did such havoc in 1987 , it nevertheless opened the floodgates to a fortnight of ‘ we can give away more tax than you ’ , and exchanges between the two parties of a staggering triviality that effectively supplanted any wider debate about the economy . |
| 7 | Lord King , the BA Chairman , talked of the need to create an airline which was ‘ capable of taking on the world ’ in an increasingly ‘ global market place ’ ( refer to Table 2.2 ) . |
| 8 | And with the large capital invetment involved , the customer depends on the fact that any new model must be capable of taking on the task in hand without difficulty — there is no room for mere gimmicks . |