Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baldwin and Samuel said that they were willing to serve under the Prime Minister and render all help possible to carry on the Government as a National Emergency Government until an emergency bill or bills had been passed by Parliament , which would restore once more British credit and the confidence of foreigners . |
| 2 | Back in America , Chaka Khan and Ce Ce Peniston offer very different takes on the role of the soul diva . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Jones , I 'm honoured that you should choose me , but I do feel there are others far more suited to take on the responsibility , people who 've worked in radio far longer than I have . ’ |
| 4 | As she disposes of quality adult players , with apparent ease , this 15-year old displays a remarkable poise that will see her well-equipped to take on the best in the world . |
| 5 | These failures arose not only from Edward 's lack of adequate financial resources , but also from the effectiveness of Philip VI 's resistance and the reluctance of the English to take on the French in pitched battle , as the stand-off at Buironfosse showed . |
| 6 | Part of the answer lies in the unexciting fact that he is prepared to take on the jobs . |
| 7 | One correspondent asserts that whilst there is no shortage of organists , there is a dearth of those who are prepared to take on the regular commitment of parish church music . |
| 8 | But the minister pointed out : ‘ The basic fact would seem to be that , the longer the campaign has gone on , fewer people have been prepared to take on the commitments and risks of being part-time soldiers . ’ |
| 9 | and , er well I did say er are you married ? , no , will you be having any children ? , definitely not , I said well unless you 're prepared to take on the responsibility |
| 10 | They unofficially pay bounties to armed freelances willing to take on the terrorists . |
| 11 | This might put pressures on the sons and it could well be that not all would feel able or willing to take on the task . |
| 12 | Yet these farmers had usually been placed in this situation because there was no one else willing to take on the task . |
| 13 | For example , the managing director of an engineering company in Sheffield offered an aircraft kit to a school willing to take on the construction task . |
| 14 | As competition for places on the Kindertransporte mounted to panic proportions , the chances of success turned increasingly on knowing the right people — an official who could hurry through an application or , more critically , someone in Britain who was willing to take on the financial responsibility of acting as a guarantor . |
| 15 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
| 16 | The same is true for France , Australia and anyone else willing to take on the Springboks . |
| 17 | In 1973 , a Japanese motoring enthusiast bought a Super Seven and before long he was back , determined to import the cars into Japan and more than willing to take on the red tape . |
| 18 | It was felt that small companies would be less willing to take on the responsibilities of nuclear power plants . |
| 19 | The society has launched a search for an actor willing to take on the key role of Young Walsingham in their latest production . |
| 20 | By the time I got up the next morning , I had determined to sell the baker 's shop to the highest bidder unless Charlie Trumper were willing to take on the responsibility himself . |
| 21 | Good lines , fair acting , and a surprisingly fresh take on the monster movie |
| 22 | Like the King in chess the Young King had possessed very little power of his own , yet without him it was impossible to carry on the game . |
| 23 | A chilling smell of antiseptic hung on the air . |
| 24 | It was easy enough to get the front door open one-handed , not so easy to switch on the hall light with no hands at all . |
| 25 | INTRIGUING TAKE on the Billy The Kid legend adapted from Gore Vidal play . |
| 26 | Like many doctors still , scientists find it almost impossible to take on the notion of psychic energy . |
| 27 | County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits . |
| 28 | And though previous Starlings singles were pretty much pallid takes on the Mary Chain 's one wonderful trick , the screwed-up-sex prowl of ‘ Sick Puppy ’ radically twists — and improves — on old attempts by pushing the ominous bass and sliding beat upfront and not really bothering with guitars at all . |
| 29 | It is often said that elderly people are glad to take on the role of grandparent or even great-grandparent . |
| 30 | If I had had qualifications I should not have been able to use them legally , and I should have been too hoity-toity to take on the sort of me-nial , unregulated work available . |