Example sentences of "take on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Tomorrow the Parks take on the Provincials at Carrick while at Pickie in Bangor the Private Greens meet the BLI . |
| 32 | ‘ Take on the headache and do n't let it win by stopping you doing things , ’ he says . |
| 33 | And first of all , I must say good luck to the eleven local sides taking part in tomorrow 's curtain raiser at Twickers before we take on the argy-bargies and thrash them . |
| 34 | There 's ice action for hockey fans in swindon tomorrow … wildcats against sheffield … on sunday Oxford city stars take on the basingstoke bulldogs |
| 35 | Tors take on the appearance of ruined castles or huge animals through the hanging cloud while stunted trees add to the other-worldly landscape . |
| 36 | The Zombies take on the appearance of people the adventurers know ( and preferably care about or at least like ) and reach forward to them as if in greeting . |
| 37 | Someone and Something take on the attributes of cosmic bodies . |
| 38 | A five-strong British team will contest the Commonwealth Tournament at Northumberland Golf Club from 6 — 8 June ; Great Britain and Ireland take on the Continent of Europe for the Vagliano Trophy at Nairn from 20 — 21 September , and the four Home countries will be among the line-up for the European Team Championship at Wentworth from 10 — 14 July . |
| 39 | What makes Sebadoh so f—ing special is the way Lou Barlow 's take on the vagaries of love still shines through the democratic group process . |
| 40 | The Betts take on the Piggotts in the other semi-final . |
| 41 | EVENTS / Conkering heroes take on the world |
| 42 | Lola gets up to no good with her handsome boyfriend , but it 's a basic boy meets girl story of how the pair defiantly take on the world . |
| 43 | He had been ready to defy the conventions and take on the world — and win ! he thought . |
| 44 | Take on the world and never cry craven , he 'd said . |
| 45 | The Manchester United striker , who will tonight win his 51st cap for his country when they take on the RCS in a vital World Cup qualifier in Cardiff , believes this is one of the best Welsh teams for years . |
| 46 | It is clear that the premium is equivalent as far as factor prices are concerned to a tax on labour in the X sector ( for simplicity we take on the demand side the effects are also equivalent with the simplifying assumptions being made here . |
| 47 | Oxford City Stars take on the city 's University team . |
| 48 | A third group of carers take on the job because they feel that they have to . |
| 49 | I think people who take on the job should know the job . |
| 50 | Today we take on the League leaders , Gosling Celtic , and will be out to prove our Top Ten position is no fluke . |
| 51 | INTRIGUING TAKE on the Billy The Kid legend adapted from Gore Vidal play . |
| 52 | In the main , the college has produced little radical comment or research of note during the four decades of its existence , for the various chief officers have jealously ensured that any consolidation of ideological excellence at this location has been neutered , and under Home Office direction its senior courses have primarily been used to provide a stream of suitably acquiescent candidates for the ACPO ranks , who readily take on the symbols and metaphors of dominance which feed the appetite for power Stead warns against . |
| 53 | Carrots curled into roses and golden hedgehog potatoes sneered : Make this the year you take on the challenge of making your vegetables more interesting . |
| 54 | Neville 's take on the time was more acute . |
| 55 | A company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( p 114 ) . |
| 56 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that a company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( see Marshall v Industrial Systems and Control Ltd [ 1992 ] IRLR 294 ) . |
| 57 | Join Axel and Blaze for more gob-smacking action as they again take on the hordes of Mr Big . |