Example sentences of "take on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scrum-half Ant Strachan ( centre ) and flanker Paul Henderson ( left ) take on the Ireland defence , while John Kirwan — one of the few World Cup players to prosper under Mains ' regime — looks to support . |
| 2 | As part of this process some carers experience that in this capacity , whatever their skills in other directions , they take on the invisibility of their dependent , denigrated in a market oriented society as a burden . |
| 3 | With a group of other Australians , I first went there in 1973 , to see Graeme Langland 's Kangaroos take on the Lions before a much smaller crowd than honoured Ellery 's boys last year . |
| 4 | How then , did these early , isolated molecules , take on the trappings of life ? |
| 5 | How would you like to lead out the Merseyside Select XI at Goodison Park a week tomorrow when they take on the pride of Manchester in Graeme Sharp 's testimonial game ? |
| 6 | It is thus that ‘ national liberation ’ , or the breakaway movements , so often take on the colour and rhetoric of the group they see as dominating them . |
| 7 | and this afternoon the Gloucester coach was weighing up his team 's next opponents … tomorrow at Kingsholm the cherry and whites take on the South African Barbarians … a team bristling with international talent … they were warming up on the playing fields at Wycliffe School in Stonehouse … |
| 8 | The survey also contains information on the action employers take on the expiry of the time limit . |
| 9 | The Swindon Robins are facing Black Thursday next week when they take on the Oxford Cheetahs at Blunsdon . |
| 10 | Higher education is notorious for producing disciples , as students take on the mantle of a teacher who has created a great impression . |
| 11 | Ideal notes take on the character of architecture — that is , they comprise a well-defined structure ; they are capable of supporting and containing the burden to be later placed on them ; and they are designed to last . |
| 12 | If I had the courage to grow out my hair and take on the streets without frill or face paint , bangles or heels and all such accessories of fear and vanity , then I would be seen far less and see much more . |
| 13 | We look forward to giving further impetus to the process when we take on the presidency of the Community in the second half of the year . |
| 14 | DOUBLE TAKE ON THE TERRACES |
| 15 | Good lines , fair acting , and a surprisingly fresh take on the monster movie |
| 16 | It is possible to intensify poetry 's power over time if we take on the implications of Rosenblatt 's transactional theory , which is well described in Benton et al . |
| 17 | McIver ( 1987 ) describes that in retailing customers were persuaded to forgo the service provided by the friendly corner store and take on the labour of pushing trolleys around supermarkets because they made gains through cheaper prices and a wider choice of goods . |
| 18 | take on the force of explicit protest , whereas those of Duck and |
| 19 | To have the spokesman for science take on the churches seemed to many neither congenial nor wise . |
| 20 | Every so often , rational pursuits need to be ‘ seen through ’ ; and their practices and concepts , which all too easily take on the form of rituals , need to be demystified . |
| 21 | There was nothing left now , but to grow old , but to grow old and take on the burden of her mother growing even older . |
| 22 | The information should be clearly presented and it should be plain to the audience : what the topic is ; why you have chosen it ; what view you take on the matter ; and why you have arrived at any particular conclusions . |
| 23 | Many in the music business sneer at coverage in the regional press but Gedge has always encouraged it , especially in the Middleton paper where articles take on the role of a public letter home . |
| 24 | The therapists take on the role of director , facilitator , organizer , reinforcer , and teacher . |
| 25 | For daughters who take on the role the identification of the caring responsibility is probably much more complex and is related to a variety of factors including the services which are available , the needs of the older person , the type of relationship and feelings of filial responsibility . |
| 26 | So the women take on the role of his good friends . |
| 27 | Armed forces increasingly take on the role of internal policemen — as they often have in several countries . |
| 28 | If the forecasts are believed , they will affect the actions of agents and so take on the role of expectations . |
| 29 | I take on the role of the mayor to ask — " What on earth has been causing all this damage ? " |
| 30 | And when you take on the role always hold something in reserve , so it 's what they 've created , but here 's something unexpected about it . |