Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have accepted the need to be flexible towards tenants who would have real difficulties in taking on a long-term lease , treating those nearing retirement with special consideration . |
| 2 | Once the school librarian or teacher has mastered the simple stages of switching on the different parts of the microcomputer , e.g. to set up the BBC microcomputer , the user 1 ) Plugs in the computer , the disk drive , the monitor and the printer 2 ) Switches on the microcomputer , the disk drive , the monitor and the printer 3 ) Puts a disk into the disk drive 4 ) Types in a command on the microcomputer s/he will be able to use programs for different applications such as database creation or word processing and the applications are covered later in this book . |
| 3 | They did not want to waste their time , effort , money and future chances in taking on an impregnable President . |
| 4 | The process usually starts with practice of the initial movements for putting on a particular garment , before the garment is given to the patient . |
| 5 | Having satisfied the urge to ‘ have a go ’ , they can sometimes be surprised by the everyday practical ramifications of taking on a new job . |
| 6 | He showed them into the lounge and drew the threadbare curtains before switching on the light . |
| 7 | In other words , whilst women , as it were , merely conducted the animal-like repetitive tasks of carrying on the reproduction of the human race , men , by one supreme symbolic act , imposed themselves upon nature and enacted a cultural rebirth . |
| 8 | Senior lecture Adrian Evans said it was ‘ tragic ’ that companies were failing to recognise the mutual benefits of taking on a student for a year . |
| 9 | I infer from that he may have had reasons other than professional ones for taking on the employment you offered him . |