Example sentences of "[noun pl] take on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the rest , the ex-Croydon cars took on the visible signs of war , headlamp masks , white collision fenders and protective netting on the windows . |
| 2 | What arrogance that is , that they allowed the schools to take on the full role when over fifty percent of em were already willing and anxious to do so . |
| 3 | Westminster NALGO is predicting massive redundancies in the borough unless private companies take on the existing staff . |
| 4 | His judgements take on the ex-cathedra ring of a Lawrence : ‘ I believe in you as a painter . ’ |
| 5 | This Sunday the Oxford Saints take on the Delonghi Knights from Kent in the National League play offs . |
| 6 | If we let indicate that part of the surplus-value which serves for the personal consumption of the capitalists , and that which is turned into capital , thus , it we make and correspondingly , if we further let indicate that part of the surplus-value which is accumulated as a part of the constant capital , and that part of the surplus-value which is to be accumulated as a part of the variable capital , and thus posit and correspondingly thus the general formula for the product of both departments takes on the following form : |
| 7 | Then there were truly new beginnings , a hated Poor Law , dead and buried ; a single , uncluttered task — to improve the quality of public care ; and a specially recruited ( and largely newly trained ) new band of professionals to take on the exciting role of pioneers . |
| 8 | The group did little other than a few acts of minor sabotage , as they did n't have the arms to take on the Nazi army . |
| 9 | As a result , psychiatrists take on the crucial rule of assessor and expert witness in child care cases in which the mother has a mental or behavioural disorder . |
| 10 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 11 | FASHION lovers will soon be able to snap up top label clothes at bargain prices as revolutionary new superstores take on the High Street giants . |
| 12 | No clear principles determine the allocation of disputes to these bodies although the greater the element of discretion and the more important the policy considerations , the less likely it is for the courts to take on the new area of responsibility . |
| 13 | Insurance market 's ‘ momentous ’ decision will spark head-on confrontation with leading corporate rivals Lloyd 's of London rewrites its rules to take on the European competition . |
| 14 | Insurance market 's ‘ momentous ’ decision will spark head-on confrontation with leading corporate rivals Lloyd 's of London rewrites its rules to take on the European competition . |
| 15 | At first , he appeared to have no immediate plans to take on the armed forces . |
| 16 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 17 | Not content with beating seven bells out of the test team at Lords The Aussies took on the Combined Universities in a three day game today and almost strangled it at birth . |
| 18 | The discovery instead went to a professional astronomer , Konrad Rudnicki , who shortly thereafter found the comet on photographs taken on the large telescope at Palomar Mountain . |
| 19 | Farr-Jones was clearly in a mood to enjoy himself before joining the Barbarians to take on the All Blacks at Twickenham on Saturday . |