Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [to-vb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It had not originally been intended to carry on the research after that date , but it was so successful that finding was obtained to set up a panel study .
2 With contracting , hospital doctors will be the agents of the provider , not the purchasing authority , and again can not be expected to take on the gatekeeper role .
3 For example , substance P can be used to control not its own synthesis but some other pathway , just as a thermostat could be used to switch on the television instead of the boiler .
4 This was to be jointly owned by twelve area distribution companies , which were to be created to take on the distribution role of the existing twelve area boards .
5 In each of the above examples the children have been asked to take on the role of " people who know " ; and it is this which gives them their stake in the drama .
6 I have also been asked to pass on the request of one of the nearby residents for the latch to be replaced on the playing field gates .
7 Other actors were instructed to bring on the score .
8 Having asked about Shropshire 's youth and their existence within the diocese , my friend Clare and I were invited to take on the role of Shropshire 's Youth Representatives .
9 Community groups are now being trained to carry on the work started by AREPP .
10 ‘ Conservation is being asked to take on the burden of social policies for rural Britain . ’
11 No one can ever know the fatality rate , the numbers of young inexperienced birds who are tempted to take on the flight across the North Sea , but who never make it .
12 In a number of legal systems there is a presumption that the property in identified goods is intended to pass on the making of the contract , in others , only on delivery .
13 As time passes the new bride is expected to take on the identity of her new family , making her subjugation complete .
14 Whether Hastings is invited to take on the role of Scottish captain is for the future , but he acknowledges the good fortune he has enjoyed in playing under such inspiring leadership : ‘ You only need to look at the names of players who have captained Scotland to be aware of the tremendous honour it represents .
15 " After some discussion it was arranged to carry on the Winter Meetings fortnightly as last year .
16 When he was invited to switch on the Christmas lights in Settle , he needed a police escort because of a bomb threat believed to be from workers at a local quarry .
17 The turning-point in his fortunes came in October 1861 , when he was asked to take on the printing and publishing of the Union newspaper , which was trying to bring Tractarian Anglicans into touch with Roman Catholics .
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