Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Besides its low-profile Object Group Common Object Request Broker Architecture-compliant Application Control Architecture Service application integration scheme , it thinks that COSE might like Habitat , its technology for enabling an operating system to take on the personality of another as it does with Unix System V.4 on its OSF/1 system — and it would n't expect fellow COSEs to implement it right away . |
| 3 | Besides its low-profile OMG Common Object Request Broker Architecture-compliant Application Control Architecture Service ( ACAS ) application integration scheme ( UX No 435 ) , it thinks COSE might like Habitat , its technology for allowing an operating system to take on the personality of another as it does with Unix SVR4 on its OSF/1 platform ( UX Nos 423 , 436 ) . |
| 4 | It was one of the only places that you could get banjo strings to put on the top , because in the old days you could n't get thin guitar strings . |
| 5 | This motion also creates an opportunity for the union , our union , the members ' union , to encourage young members , members and branch activists to take on the role of branch administration officers within the regions we represent here today and gain experience in an area of trade union work that they thought might never have , have existed . |
| 6 | He pointed to a couple of other technical inferiorities , and went on to note that DEC still has n't managed to convince any of the semiconductor manufacturers to take on the production of Alpha — it looks as though DEC will have to make it itself . |
| 7 | She rejected him at birth and it was left to Maria Fountain from the Cotswold Wildlife Park to take on the role of Mother . |
| 8 | The size and price of Sharp 's range of pocket LCD TVs confirm what a nonsense it is to predict large panel screens to hang on the wall are ‘ just around the corner ’ . |
| 9 | Goff points to the contradiction that ensues when sociology attempts to take on the methodology sanctified by positivism for use in the natural sciences : |
| 10 | Born in Venice in 1751 , Tim 's paternal ancestor Zaccaria died in London at the age of 76 , leaving his eldest son Joseph to carry on the family name . |
| 11 | Swindon Racing Engines have developed a Vauxhall Power Unit to take on the Japanese . |
| 12 | Swindon Racing Engines have developed a Vauxhall Power Unit to take on the Japanese . |