Example sentences of "to take on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of the New Workers ' Scheme ( discontinued in 1989 ) which subsidised employers who agreed to take on young workers at low rates of pay and the similar effect of the Jobstart Scheme for the long term unemployed . |
| 2 | Eight days after knocking out Errol McDonald on a low-key bill at Bury , the 25-year-old Dudley boxer steps unexpectedly into the big time to take on experienced champion Donovan Boucher , of Canada . |
| 3 | With Winter 's agreement the new Food and Beverage Manager started to take on industrial release students in 1985 . |
| 4 | A scheme the weekly earnings disregard from £15 for a man and dependent wife to £60 a week for six months , to encourage the over-50s to take on part-time work . |
| 5 | Anyone at the assembly can nominate a person or persona whom they consider most appropriate to take on certain responsibilities . |
| 6 | On the whole socialist feminists were suspicious of allowances on the grounds that they would undermine male wage-bargaining and preferred to argue , like Ada Nield Chew , for services in kind to support mothers in the ‘ drudgery ’ of child care ; Fabian women preferred direct payment to mothers in order to maintain their economic independence from their husbands and free them from the need to take on paid work which would distract them from their primary task of mothering ( Alexander , 1979 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ The way I understand it firms are obliged to take on disabled men from the war . ‘ |
| 8 | In times of full employment , employers are more willing to take on disabled people of all kinds and there is a direct economic incentive to ensure that those who can work do . |
| 9 | The task of the academic is to teach and engage in research , and , if required , to take on administrative duties . |
| 10 | It is important not to take on over-ambitious tasks or the client will feel demoralized . |
| 11 | Apart from , as CAJEC chairman said , ‘ clearing up any misunderstanding that this enquiry procedure is just restricted to audits — it applies to all assignments ’ , other significant changes include requiring firms to provide minimum accounting information to a successor even where fees remain outstanding and stronger procedures to be followed by firms to inform the existing adviser that they have been invited to take on additional work . |
| 12 | When you first apply to join the bank , make clear to your employer just how much responsibility you feel able to take , and discuss ways of improving your clinical and management skills to take on additional responsibilities . |
| 13 | It does not for the moment wish to take on additional responsibilities in respect of criminal legal aid , means assessments and determinations and taxations of costs , given that it is not at present in a position to do the work more effectively . |
| 14 | Thus Goldthorpe and Lockwood ( 1969 ) carried out their research among the manual workers of Luton at a time when academic opinion was saying that such people were beginning to take on middle-class characteristics . |
| 15 | The only second-class side still left in the competition travel to Stradey Park to take on mighty Llanelli , the current holders of the trophy and eight-times winners in all . |
| 16 | They warn some practices will go private and their patients will face a massive increase in costs , while other practices may refuse to take on new NHS patients . |
| 17 | Desire was easy to slam the door on , but emotions were a very different matter , and her fear was beginning to take on new dimensions as she realised Damian Flint threatened her heart even more than he threatened her body . |
| 18 | It is in the nature of a goal oriented specialty to take on new tasks , which has often been necessary in the past . |
| 19 | On the other hand , I might be able to demonstrate , even inculcate , ways of thinking that will enable them to take on new topics much more quickly . |
| 20 | ‘ The lending figures show that people are still not prepared to take on new credit and this will restrain any turnaround in the economy , ’ said Ian Amstad , of US-based Bankers Trust . |
| 21 | Many of the biggest companies are refusing to take on new clients with such cars , and are jacking up the premiums on existing business . |
| 22 | This optimism was partly reflected in the fact that 40 per cent claimed they intended to take on new employees within the next six months . |
| 23 | In the final quarter of the year , it surged and closed at its high of 330p , 24.5% up on the 30th September level ; this was more than twice what the FT 100 Share Index achieved and reflected investor enthusiasm for a group that is seen as a prime beneficiary of any pick up in advertising , has bags of room to take on new business ( 25% unutilised capacity on its magazine presses ) and is cash rich . |
| 24 | Dentists are refusing to take on new Health Service Patients . |
| 25 | It is , in our view , more important to forge a whole school policy than to take on new practices piecemeal . |
| 26 | ‘ We would encourage people to look at their total income and their outgoings and work out if they can afford to take on new loans , ’ said Mr Adair . |
| 27 | The aircraft serve to show the incredible adaptability of the design to take on new roles and new shapes . |
| 28 | The initiative helped it to take on new staff , all previously unemployed , and train them in skills ranging from computing to business administration . |
| 29 | Its proportions can be varied to take on new shapes . |
| 30 | As a headteacher of a state primary school I was immediately aware that I would be asking the staff who worked with me to take on new responsibilities . |