Example sentences of "[verb] on extra [noun] " in BNC.

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1 within the department without having to really take on extra ones .
2 The organization is infectious ; many people have joined intending to make a small , easily-managed commitment and ended up doing three or four shifts a week and taking on extra work until sometimes their whole life becomes bound up in the organization .
3 The college is taking on extra staff to make sure that anyone who visits or telephones the college can have a confidential chat with adult education experts every day next week .
4 ‘ Central and local government , and public corporations , should be delaying any measures which involve laying off workers until the recovery is well established , while bringing forward measures which involve taking on extra staff ’ , it says .
5 Asked Gary I would think they 're taking on extra staff
6 The UFC 's subsequent system rewarded those who took on extra students cheaply .
7 Write down examples of when you last ( i ) took on extra work in order to provide something for the addict in your life .
8 At about the same time the aliens department of the Home Office took on extra staff and moved to Cleveland House on Thorney Street .
9 Those located at holiday resorts took on extra staff to deal with the increased demand brought about by an influx of summer visitors .
10 The resignations prompted a technical Cabinet reshuffle in which serving Cabinet ministers took on extra responsibilities , notably Famara Ibrahima Sagna , who added African Economic Integration to his existing responsibilities as Economy , Finance and Planning Minister .
11 They had taken on extra teaching staff .
12 That this ‘ slippage ’ is so slight is due to the fact that the other Enterprise staff have worked a great deal of extra time and taken on extra responsibilities and I take this opportunity of thanking them for their hard work and support during this period .
13 On the back of their expected thirty thousand pound cash injection they 've already taken on extra staff .
14 Yeah they 've taken on extra staff
15 ( 'Would you look after my children while I go out and enjoy myself ? ’ 'Would you take on extra work because I am tired ? ' )
16 But none of the employees are expected to take on extra duties after a hard day in the shop .
17 It was never fully explained why he had to leave , but we can imagine that the ardour with which he had previously performed his duties ( always the first to take on extra work ) had gone too far .
18 Consumers may not have any more cash in their pockets than they did 48 hours ago , but it is their willingness to take on extra debt that drives demand for housing , cars , and other big items of spending .
19 The bulk of domiciliary care is already provided by families , but Mrs Thatcher has made it plain that she expects families to take on extra responsibilities , and this is also apparent in the White Paper on Caring for People .
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