Example sentences of "[coord] taking on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vocabulary we have painstakingly acquired is steadily being eroded or expanded or taking on new and important meanings . |
| 2 | Even if you are a very small business or taking on domestic staff you should write a job specification , although you may prefer to make it a more informal list of everything the job entails . |
| 3 | Unless you do something about it you will be losing money — money you could have invested in new equipment , or better marketing , or taking on more employees . |
| 4 | The godparent may have a ritual role to the child , such as participating in his wedding ceremony , and taking on certain responsibilities regarding his religious education , but the relationship that is strongest and requires respect , warmth and the obligation to help at all times , is the one between parents and godparents . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The marina at Las Palmas was crammed full of yachts dressed overall , and of crews making final preparations and taking on astonishing quantities of provisions . |
| 7 | The capital from the share issue will be used to strengthen the company 's infrastructure — by buying new computers , for example , and taking on new staff . |
| 8 | At 17 , the Swindon student back on his feet and taking on new sporting lessons . |
| 9 | There 's that key body of staff , who have romances and do conventional hospital drama/ Emergency Ward 10 type things , but in addition they are fighting against stereotypes and taking on contemporary issues . |
| 10 | Is there anyone in the area who might consider joining us and taking on this position ? ’ |
| 11 | In later chapters we shall see Marxist writers borrowing fundamental theoretical notions , not just from Morgan , but also from others , such as the British anthropologist Taylor , and the German anthropologist Ratzel , and taking on these writers ' simple-minded theories of history in spite of the fact that they were influenced by philosophical positions totally foreign to Marxism . |
| 12 | Part of the point of selling state businesses is to raise hard cash , and taking on more debt to fund worker buyouts in return for low or non-earning equity stakes ( which may prove to be worthless in the long run ) is not a real option for the government . |
| 13 | She wants women to pay more attention to their achievement needs , and ends with a celebration of throwing off feminine values , and taking on some masculine ones : giving up ‘ guilt and shame and the tireless self-discipline of women ’ for ‘ magnanimity and generosity and courage ’ ( 1971 : 330 ) . |
| 14 | The aim is to ease the stress of house-buying by giving advice and taking on some of the workload . |
| 15 | It could expect to defeat a lesser power like Argentina , but taking on Communist China was unthinkable . |