Example sentences of "[noun sg] to take on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is Digital Equipment 's attempt to take on the Intel Pentium chip . |
| 2 | Association chairman , Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson , said : ‘ We are extremely fortunate that Orient were prepared to allow a man of Frank 's talent to take on the job . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The 24-year-old sweeper will lose three days ’ wages for deserting his father 's electrical business to take on the infinitely more difficult job of shoring up the leakiest defence in international soccer . |
| 5 | A team to take on the Tories |
| 6 | Does he not realise that many Members on both sides of the House and many staff who work here have to eat morning , noon and night in those cafeterias , and that there is a desperate need to take on the services of people who are qualified and at the forefront of their field in this subject ? |
| 7 | Two hundred and fifty signed letters were delivered to the Irish Embassy , protesting at the Irish government 's censorship and refusal to take on the issue . |
| 8 | He is the natural author to take on the popular character to so successfully revived in ‘ Batman 2 ’ . |
| 9 | Fans of volleyball reckon its the fastest … hardest court game of all … this week two of the world 's top teams Latvia and Lithuania have come to town to take on the might of England and the pick of the nation 's universities … on tuesday … wednesday … and thursday they 'll be battling it out in the gym at Iffley Road in Oxford and then on Friday they they head for the finals at the american airbase at Upper Heyford |
| 10 | ‘ Neil had the vision to see what needed to be done to carry Labour forward , he had the courage to take on the task , and he had the determination to see it through , ’ he added . |
| 11 | This official was furious when it appeared that Oslear had spoken to media men about his determination to back Palmer and Hampshire , as well as Lamb , the only England cricketer who has had the courage to take on the cricket establishment . |
| 12 | Six years later , in 1980 , he moved south of the Border to take on the role of TMcL 's UK managing partner and promptly landed himself in his first hot seat . |
| 13 | Michael Peckham is the first person to take on the task of directing the research effort of the National Health Service Phyllida Brown |
| 14 | Michael Peckham is the first person to take on the task of directing the research effort of the National Health Service . |
| 15 | 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 … |
| 16 | TRAINERS have shunned the chance to take on the brilliant miler Zafonic at Royal Ascot next week . |
| 17 | But , less than three years on , a barrage of unforeseen problems has compelled Peter Mantle to take on the responsibilities of a new role : that of vigorous country crusader . |
| 18 | The two most prolonged battles of this kind , at Mavisbank near Edinburgh and Pell Wall in Shropshire , are cases where the owners have been deaf to every offer to take on the house and restore it . |
| 19 | All of this does not mitigate well for a prospective owner to take on the airframe in an easily-delivered and/or operational manner . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Does subsidiarity mean that the Member States should be permitted to decide whether that decision is an individual matter or one for the national state to take on the basis of its view of where the best interests of |
| 22 | Mrs Clwyd gave up her old job of Overseas Aid spokesman to take on the job after Alyn and Deeside Barry Jones lost his Shadow Cabinet seat after the general election . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | No that 's right really , I mean if you do n't know the area you do n't know which road to take on the islands . |
| 25 | But as they do need the financial background too , finding a suitable candidate to take on the finance director role , particularly of a large organisation , can be a problem and it 's not unknown for a company to invest considerable time and money in training someone specially for the job , though it is rare . |
| 26 | The City 's sigh of relief at Barclays ' decision to look for an outside candidate to take on the role of chief executive was audible . |
| 27 | This much is an advance , but whether they have the stomach to take on the power industry and the Department of Energy remains to be seen . |
| 28 | This is not an aim — this is a method ; the aim underpinning this response is to get another agency to take on the family . |
| 29 | I think this is a difficult line to take on the issue . |
| 30 | This is both in respect of the run up to the seventy fifth birthday and also with the increase in responsibility to take on the remit for the development of our work in relation to the European Community , central and Eastern Europe . |