Example sentences of "be taken on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Such changes enabled junior partners to be taken on without initial capital contributions and to buy their way in effectively through restrictions on their drawings .
2 ‘ I deplore the attitude that people can be taken on without any training , ’ says Mr Boswell .
3 He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play .
4 After three years , the WIPers would be taken on as normal university staff .
5 They could also be taken on to rough pasture , to distant resources , or even kept in woodland ( their natural habitat ) , though milkers would not be taken too far from the settlement .
6 It stated that any women then in composing rooms could remain there , but that no new recruits were to be taken on before 30 June 1916 .
7 But during this period , in order that the school 's reputation remain intact , he should be taken on in some capacity and paid a salary , that of a youth employment officer 's assistant , for example .
8 At the Russian Supreme Soviet session on Feb. 13 it was announced that responsibility for farm reform would be taken on by Russian Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi , whose public criticism of Yeltsin 's economic reform had become increasingly sharp over previous weeks .
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