Example sentences of "take on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gregory argues that if God did not take on a humanity like ours , then we are not redeemed ; for it was through sharing our humanity that Christ redeemed it . |
| 2 | I may have the idea that makes me start putting the brush strokes down , but at some point the canvas will take on a life of its own and lead me off in a direction I never expected to go . |
| 3 | ‘ Your reflections , ’ Hope cried out to the apparently enraptured merchant , ‘ set off my own — as do all the most acute thoughts , scattering from the hand like seeds , each of which can take on a life of its own , and I confess that I became absorbed in those great matters of morality and commerce raised by your eloquent conversation . ’ |
| 4 | However , if staff are to remain in touch with each other , and the head is to remain in touch with all staff , close attention needs to be paid to communication , and to ensuring that managerial procedures like school philosophies and policy statements remain rooted in day-to-day needs and realities rather than take on a life of their own . |
| 5 | When knowledge becomes formulated into a science , then it does take on a life of its own , often alien to the human spirit that conceived it . ’ |
| 6 | If they belong to the party that wins power they may well take on a government office of some kind . |
| 7 | There will be a competition between the two gates to process this information and one output will take on a Logic 1 state before the other . |
| 8 | You should not take on a case if you or your firm has a conflict of interest . |
| 9 | He can take on a back row and come out trumps , giving good ball sooner or later for his backs to benefit . |
| 10 | I could take on a Gladiator and probably beat them ! ’ ’ |
| 11 | For mothers faced with the task of reconciling an inadequate income with the health needs of their children , small additional sources of income can take on a significance disproportionate to their size . |
| 12 | Third , we assume that visionary style can take on a variety of different forms . |
| 13 | No we just no it was just , people had said these things and wo n't take on a Sunday . |
| 14 | When their children go to school , they may take on a morning job in a shop or making school dinners . |
| 15 | The Regional Research Laboratories will also take on a training function as they develop and organise courses and workshops at the regional level to promote their facilities . |
| 16 | MICHAEL Watson will never take on a world title fight again . |
| 17 | The last one we had we had a budget of ten thousand pounds the company which did it said that it would normally not take on a project of that sort of cost but they found a junior member of staff to take it on and the end product I mean that 's going back nearly five years now , was quite er acceptable and welcome but now it it looks very much out , the force has been reorganised , we need to give it a new look . |
| 18 | We now have a situation where , in the unskilled occupations , an employer will take on a woman in preference to a man — since he would expect higher wages . |
| 19 | For individuals with substantially less money , Dunedin will take on a minimum of £10,000 for its discretionary unit trust management service . |
| 20 | The fashionable discussion of incentives usually overlooks what may be one of the more potent of the disincentives operating on the productivity of the British labour force : the anticipation of domesticity , discouraging young women from seeking training and employers and educational institutions from providing it , even to women who do not take on a family or a traditional role within one . |
| 21 | He will take on a role as the head of a special unit in a hospital , and they will need to adopt the roles of experts whose help is needed in dealing with a particular patient whose case is causing him great concern . |
| 22 | The teacher can take on a role and introduce the information in role — as a messenger , as a member of the group , as an outsider , as someone giving orders . |
| 23 | This week Les Bence and two of his squad will take on a team of religious fundamentalists from the local mosque . |