Example sentences of "[adj] take on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When You 're A Boy ’ features a very droll version of ‘ Boys Keep Swinging ’ , as well as some seriously funny takes on '60s and '70s pop . |
| 2 | If rebates are extensive this takes on some aspects of an income tax too . |
| 3 | As they were fanatically tidy this took on enormous importance . |
| 4 | ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’ |
| 5 | It is now widely accepted that the Chairmanship of the Bar is virtually a full time job , and the profession has been fortunate indeed in the people who have been prepared to take on that responsibility and make that commitment . |
| 6 | His counterparty could be someone who is prepared to take on that extra risk by selling a future or writing a call option . |
| 7 | It was foolish to take on two , but I could n't stomach what they were at . ’ |
| 8 | In times of full employment , employers are more willing to take on disabled people of all kinds and there is a direct economic incentive to ensure that those who can work do . |
| 9 | Well the City in fact has twenty one Community Centres , most of which have bars , some of them only have small bars that open maybe once a week , others have very large bars , and especially the ones with the larger bars I think are willing to take on such a project . |
| 10 | A man who , through choice or redundancy , decides to work from home , may be willing to take on simple cooking and housework so that his wife can return to full-time employment . |
| 11 | The Italians like to run their own tours , rather like a closed shop , so I need to find an operator willing to take on more tourists . |
| 12 | As Mr Frohnmayer writes : ‘ Few , it seems , are willing to take on those who cloak themselves in the mantle of religion , no matter how far they stray from religious doctrine or behaviour . ’ |
| 13 | TVMM will have just under 8 per cent and Charles Romaine , the sales director of HTV , said TVMM would be willing to take on any other groups to bring that total closer to 25 per cent . |
| 14 | The accountant will identify whether there is a need to establish a PAYE scheme and , if the band or their manager are n't willing to take on this responsibility , the accountant will operate this scheme on their behalf . |
| 15 | Second , whether adoptive parents could be found who are willing to take on this new challenge . |
| 16 | Nor have the courts seemed willing to take on this task . |
| 17 | So we 're very lucky indeed , I say without any hesitation whatever , that Jeffrey has been willing to take on this |
| 18 | Anyone at the assembly can nominate a person or persona whom they consider most appropriate to take on certain responsibilities . |
| 19 | I was just going to say , I think what you say on full employment , erm , elsewhere they 're keeping wages and pay up is n't it , erm , and I 've known a couple in Telford again , that there 's work there , a new company it 's perfectly easy to take on all the good skilled labour they want , then they say they feel they 're very guilty because they 're poaching it from across the road , the British company has probably been two wages so that the jobs , it does mount up , so I do n't , I , I would like to know more about erm , what the low pay unit would really do to help us , and I look at this eight thousand two hundred and eighty pounds , and I think that would go an awful long way in the Mr Chairman , in helping to keep that going , which creates all the people who leave and get jobs , and good jobs , and get skills , and erm , I , I , it may be if there 's going to be a big budget , eight thousand pounds is not very much , but I , but when you think an individual project like that of course , any sort of traineeship , it 's a lot of money . |
| 20 | But so far only Brodsworth has been taken in this way and the signs are that English Heritage , which is under severe financial pressure , is not likely to take on many , if any , further houses . |
| 21 | ‘ There is a holy well in the area and around August time , these take on particular significance . |
| 22 | I 've seen it written , ‘ They did seventy takes on this , ’ but a lot of these might be the count-off between every start . |
| 23 | They 're very pleased at that because I mean they obviously found it to be useful , erm we proved it to be useful and it 's nice to see them all taking on this responsibility now , now and doing it , because that 's all progress . |
| 24 | This now means that many institutions no longer have the business and technological skills in-house to take on large systems integration projects , and are looking to external providers to save them money on services and hardware . |
| 25 | Benhabyles , as chair of the Constitutional Council , should have assumed interim presidential powers in the absence of a Speaker of the National Assembly , but was apparently unwilling to take on this responsibility , under which he would have been obliged to organize presidential elections within 45 days . |
| 26 | The answer emerged in the form of a fascinating take on photographic history called ‘ Multiple Exposure The Group Portrait in Photography ’ seen earlier this year in the art gallery of Wesleyan University and now on view at Zabriskie ( until the 27th ) . |
| 27 | Many take on this role , unaware of its myriad problems . |
| 28 | Heads are becoming more reluctant to take on difficult pupils and the LEA has no powers to force an opt-out school to take any , said officer Nigel Hunt . |
| 29 | Some management theorists maintain that in every organisation there is a hard core of mavericks who are reluctant to take on more responsibility . |
| 30 | What they did not seem to perceive was that non-intervention in the Spanish conflict was part of the policy of appeasement then being followed by the western powers , or that , even if a European war began before the Spanish conflict were settled , the European democracies would be reluctant to take on extended commitments , especially if this meant running the risk — as they saw it — of assisting communism on Europe 's southern flank . |