Example sentences of "[be] taken on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I deplore the attitude that people can be taken on without any training , ’ says Mr Boswell . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You are also far less likely to be taken on for training . |
| 4 | It is here in the tiny , pumping heart of Europe 's ready-to-wear industry that hundreds of sans-papiers , immigrants without work permits , come to be taken on for errands that could last half an hour or a day . |
| 5 | He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play . |
| 6 | After three years , the WIPers would be taken on as normal university staff . |
| 7 | but how do you I mean do you have to be taken on as officers of the R A F |
| 8 | If you are not disciplined enough to arrive at the agency as though dressed for work you may not be taken on to the books . |
| 9 | The train would be allowed to cross the border if there was an absolute assurance that the children would be taken on to Britain . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Animals arrive with forged documentation which claims that they have been bred in captivity , and which therefore entitles them to be taken on to other western destinations . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A stranger asking for employment at the mine would not , unless he was skilled in the mining trade , expect to be taken on in a partnership so readily , though a labour shortage might improve his chances . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The bid approved by the county 's police committee is for 18 extra constables and two more sergeants to be taken on from 1993 . |
| 16 | The proposal approved by the county 's police committee is for 18 extra constables and two more sergeants to be taken on from 1993 . |
| 17 | Most of Grampian 's sales staff will be taken on by TVMM , and the group expects to make savings through increased usage of resources such as research , computers and office space . |
| 18 | So far as I am aware , we have no evidence , for example , to show whether male unemployment which in some areas has been higher than the rate for females , has enabled tending tasks of old relatives to be taken on by men who remain at home . |
| 19 | David Wheatley , 28 , lived in a fantasy after failing to be taken on by the Force . |
| 20 | Furthermore , they were less likely to have applied to be taken on by the firm 's main competitor , which took over its order book , or to look for another job before leaving the firm . |
| 21 | ( Chairing the meetings rests with the house manager , but at Washington Street this is soon to be taken on by residents . ) |
| 22 | Housing , health and social work each provide part of the finance and the management of the project may be by a committee representing all three authorities or may be taken on by one of the participating organisations or by a voluntary body which specialises in carrying for dementia sufferers . |
| 23 | Presented to the Society by Mr J E Cadwallader from Capetown , South Africa - the last employee to be taken on by the Bishop 's Castle Railway . ) |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | A small firm may feel vulnerable and unable to compete effectively and look to be taken over , though with an agreement that those of its partners who do not retire should be taken on by the new firm . |
| 26 | All this sort of responsibility will be taken on by the reception centre . |
| 27 | Haram , 23 , was one of just two artists from across the country to be taken on by the charity which promotes ‘ young musicians of exceptional quality ’ . |
| 28 | The basic divide is over whether the future management objectives can be achieved on a voluntary basis , as at present , or whether they should be taken on by a powerful national park authority , with separate funding and planning powers . |
| 29 | The firm 's number of assignments has doubled since 1979 — from about 70 carried out by five consultants to around 150 handled by nine — and its annual fee income in London now exceeds £3m. profits are shared equally by the partners worldwide , and all new consultants are taken on with the view that they will ultimately become partners . |
| 30 | Those who succeed are taken on as business management trainees . |