Example sentences of "be [adj] [adv] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , assistant manager Terry McDermott claimed Newcastle are good enough to take on the Premier League now and still be winners . |
| 2 | It took her a minute to unlock the car and then she sat shaking behind the wheel , waiting until her hands were steady enough to switch on the ignition . |
| 3 | It 's small enough to carry on the hill , but the historical introductions get together to give a good potted history of the Golden Age of Alpinism . |
| 4 | None of these operations , however , was strong enough to take on the role of nurturing talent or providing a supportive home for creative filmmakers . |
| 5 | If only she was alive today to pass on the secrets of her success . |
| 6 | There were some excellent investigative programmes from Panorama , World in Action , This Week , First Tuesday and Twenty-Twenty Vision , which probed government scandals in the 1980s , but no journalist was bold enough to take on the Prime Minister herself . |