Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] take 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 | One classic er case that only occurred a few years ago and it was way before bonfire night , but erm , people working from home to try and make a little bit of pin money , a young lady had taken on the task of putting sparklers into five into a little bag for a particular manufacturer . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Then he and his wife retired to take on the Post Office at Romaldkirk , some time before the outbreak of war . |
| 8 | The chanting had taken on the form of animal howls and disgusting collections of words screamed out by the blood-frenzied mob . |
| 9 | Palm have taken on the franchise for Dagger kayaks . |
| 10 | A penguin keeper whose own family has flown the nest has taken on the role of mother to one of her birds . |
| 11 | Sarah 's voice had taken on the tone of an interrogation . |
| 12 | A consistent feature of unpaid caring , demonstrated by all the available detailed studies , is that once a particular relative has taken on the responsibility for the care of an elderly or handicapped person they get rather limited support , if any , from other relatives or friends . |
| 13 | For me the transcendent landscape has taken on the aspect of patterned fields , or small patches of flower beds . |
| 14 | For once a company has taken on the risks they are not easy to transfer . |
| 15 | After the resignation of John St Luce as Finance Minister on Feb. 22 , the Prime Minister had taken on the Finance portfolio himself and presented the 1991 budget to Parliament on March 7 , giving only an outline of the proposals instead of a detailed budget speech . |
| 16 | The London buses by this time had taken on the look of the more modern style and were being driven by diesel engines , also they were capable of carrying as many as fifty-six passengers . |
| 17 | His face had taken on the expression of imbecile beatitude the religious sometimes adopt . |