Example sentences of "[adj] take on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One correspondent asserts that whilst there is no shortage of organists , there is a dearth of those who are prepared to take on the regular commitment of parish church music . |
| 2 | The society has launched a search for an actor willing to take on the key role of Young Walsingham in their latest production . |
| 3 | As competition for places on the Kindertransporte mounted to panic proportions , the chances of success turned increasingly on knowing the right people — an official who could hurry through an application or , more critically , someone in Britain who was willing to take on the financial responsibility of acting as a guarantor . |
| 4 | In 1973 , a Japanese motoring enthusiast bought a Super Seven and before long he was back , determined to import the cars into Japan and more than willing to take on the red tape . |
| 5 | Other TI partners likely to take on the new technology for X-Terminals include C.Itoh , which launched the CIT-XE+ range at the show , ADDS/NCR , DEC , IBM , Megatek , Princeton Graphics , Sun River , Tandberg Data , Visual and Zentec . |
| 6 | So Murphy , a man with a deep knowledge of the game , will be a help to the beleaguered Ciaran Fitzgerald as the whitewashed Irish take on the All Blacks . |
| 7 | They must be daft to take on the British Empire . |
| 8 | At one time sharing the old Norn language , even there we had been forced to diverge , because while Shetland became absorbed into Scotland and obliged to take on the Scots/English language , the Faroese managed to retain and develop their own language , using that of their ‘ parent ’ country Denmark as the second tongue . |