Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The report comes as the Department of Trade and Industry takes on the tasks of the now defunct Department of Energy .
2 Two hundred and fifty signed letters were delivered to the Irish Embassy , protesting at the Irish government 's censorship and refusal to take on the issue .
3 His constant flow of crosses and ability to take on the Southampton defence created sufficient openings for United to have transformed their domination into goals .
4 If the reason for leaving was ill-health refer to it briefly , explain it was a temporary situation and emphasize your present fitness and ability to take on the demands of the new job .
5 In their hands , structural anthropology and semiology took on the study of the structural form of meaningful systems .
6 To identify somebody with such skills and sufficient knowledge of the subject matter who also has the time and energy to take on the task will be a major problem to most groups .
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