Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has suffered much in the last decade but that experience has given her the inner fortitude to shoulder the emotional burden she must carry on the next stage of her life 's journey . |
| 2 | If she can fight off that medication , she 'll take on the whole world . ’ |
| 3 | Fisher , who had gone to Melbourne briefly in 1897 with high hopes of being selected for Australia , was determined to see Otago cricket prosper , and convinced the local authorities that Crawford would be the type of coach who could bring on the young Otago players . |
| 4 | Not a happy marriage , and not one that could take on the extra burden of a weeping widowed friend . |
| 5 | Either way , it was asserted , the cost would approach £350 million and the whole project could take on the same proportions as providing London with its third airport . |
| 6 | The new Prime Minister was obliged , yesterday morning , to send a driver to find out the telephone number of one of his key ministers , before Mr Singh could pass on the good news of his appointment . |
| 7 | Banknote paper was then prepared with a colouring agent made from cobalt , silex , salt and potash : if you set light to a bundle of money , the cinder would take on the extraordinary tint that Musgrave saw on the Caen dockside . |
| 8 | ’ I wish someone else would take on the major record companies , but nobody does , and I 'm not prepared to sit back and watch them stifle British music . |
| 9 | The business sale agreement will usually provide that , if a VAT liability arises from a supply which the parties expected to be outside the scope of VAT , the consideration will be VAT exclusive where this is caused by a breach of warranty by Newco ( for example , that it will carry on the same kind of business as the vendor after completion ) . |
| 10 | Young birds learn from their parents and will carry on the same method . |
| 11 | He will take on the new post of Communications Manager , ‘ leading and co-ordinating all aspects of our public relations ’ , according to Sotheby 's Chairman Lord Gowrie . |
| 12 | Experiments in pickling different alloys of copper and zinc have shown that only alloys with between 2 and 10 per cent of copper in the zinc will take on the black patina , and the silver and brass inlays are unaffected by the pickling solution . |
| 13 | Under the name DNV Technica , the new company will take on the current operations of the Technica Group and the risk and reliability services of DNV . |
| 14 | That assumption allows us to retrace and anticipate , as it were , the steps a statesman — past , present , or future — has taken or will take on the political scene . |
| 15 | Later today the Argentinian will take on the third seed , Conchita Martinez of Spain , who beat Sabatini 's compatriot Patricia Tarabini in the quarter-final . |