Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bolstered by his landslide electoral victory in 1972 , the President moved to take on the legislature . |
| 2 | Pegasus did n't win their first short corner of the game until the 28th minute , and that was down to Nadine Long , who at times was the only forward prepared to take on the Portadown defence . |
| 3 | At the same time , we will be paying special attention to the acquisition of management skills , providing specific training courses to develop in our trainees the confidence and resourcefulness needed to take on the responsibilities of running a busy section . |
| 4 | This ruling appeared to have been accepted , however reluctantly , by Sassou-Nguesso , and during April the conference began to take on the character of a national assembly . |
| 5 | In the computer distribution sector , Kontrax Office Automation Plc aims to take on the distribution of more products and launch a franchised dealer network while continuing to service large accounts direct . |
| 6 | Then he and his wife retired to take on the Post Office at Romaldkirk , some time before the outbreak of war . |
| 7 | In mainland Europe the spacing between tracks and reversible signalling enables engineers to work on one track in complete safety while traffic continues to pass on the other . |
| 8 | Formatwise , Hooker has stuck rigidly to the formula that turned ‘ The Healer ’ into a Grammy-grabber , with a miscellany of guests — in this instance Vaughan , John Hammond , Robert Cray , Charlie Musselwhite , Albert Collins etc — effectively fitting into selected niches while producer Roy Rogers creates an aura that , while allowing Hooker to be his usual minimalistic down-homey self , provides an urgency guaranteed to have the rock generation continuing to hang on the 72-year-old 's every ‘ uh uh ’ . |