Example sentences of "by taking on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the age of 20 , Gedge was willing to placate his parents by taking on such a squalid job , but just a few years later , he was more than prepared to stand up to their well-intentioned pressure . |
| 2 | However various kinds of feminists might wish it otherwise , women play a mix of roles in present-day British society : they are wives , mothers , daughters and paid workers , and they somehow juggle all these roles together , largely by taking on part-time work which , as Land points out , is seriously marginalised when it comes to occupational benefits . |
| 3 | It is hoped Aberdeen will mark the occasion by taking on Real Madrid in a replay of the 1983 European Cup Winners ' Cup final , won by Alex Ferguson 's side . |
| 4 | Yet they equally commonly affirm the observation that by taking on additional ‘ jobs ’ from which they derive real enjoyment and satisfaction , their energy and resources seem , paradoxically , to be replenished rather than further drained . |
| 5 | There is a risk that people will become over cautious unwilling to rock the boat and upset others by taking on new ideas . |
| 6 | I know I can improve on my acting by taking on more demanding roles , performances that are more difficult than playing Charlene day in day out . |
| 7 | Although information about the roles of heads is argued as being incomplete , particularly if new bases are needed for management training , there seems little doubt that their willingness to help the performance of their colleagues by taking on more of the low-level chores of school life can be misdirected . |
| 8 | Beside this , the very persistence of the term is itself worthy of interest and on academic , moral and political grounds any resolution of the uncertainty that surrounds the value of the concept of the inner city must surely start by taking on this vocabulary for what it is . |