Example sentences of "[pers pn] to take on the " in BNC.

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1 Try to round off your answer by demonstrating how the old job has fitted you to take on the job you are applying for .
2 Heaven knows whether he has it in him to take on the legacy of Melvyn Bragg in the 21st century , but he will give Artrageous ! the hip image a youth-oriented arts programme needs to convey .
3 Some time after , he heard from Dr J.B. Danquah , a lawyer and a mainline member of the intelligentsia , urging him to take on the job .
4 Scheduled to ship by year-end , the system will come with a price tag of $300,000-plus , and Eskernazi expects it to take on the the likes of Cray Research Inc and Convex Computer Corp .
5 Gain says the acquisition positions it to take on the full scope of designing , building and delivering large-scale multimedia systems .
6 The local government system of the time had been given some shape by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 , but it was not until the end of the century that it acquired a structure that would enable it to take on the range of functions it has today .
7 Respondents understood very clearly the difficult role of the manager , and some workers openly confessed that nothing would induce them to take on the manager 's job !
8 Naturally I talked over every aspect of it with Elizabeth and the family ; and in the end I concluded that if- and only if-convincing evidence was brought to me that a substantial majority in both Houses wished me to take on the job I would do so .
9 We used to run direct to Kirkwall via and erm it was then that the post office caught hold of us and wanted us to take on the mails .
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