Example sentences of "[to-vb] on more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their marriage was certainly not typical , yet it is possible that even in the early twentieth century it was not uncommon for retired men to take on more responsibility at home , as many do today : for lack of other evidence , we can only speculate . |
| 2 | Some management theorists maintain that in every organisation there is a hard core of mavericks who are reluctant to take on more responsibility . |
| 3 | The status of the second level nurse has troubled the profession for years , not least because they have been depended on as the mainstay of practical bedside nursing , while being expected to take on more responsibility than their training prepared them for . |
| 4 | Where there is an increasing use of decentralised structures and accountability we would expect individuals lower down the organisation to take on more responsibility . |
| 5 | It is in nobody 's interest for consumers to supply false information when seeking credit , or to try to take on more credit than they can manage . ’ |
| 6 | Independence from police would be illustrated if FMEs were to take on more defence work . |
| 7 | In Durham the engine came to a halt to take on more coal and water . |
| 8 | Firms decline to take on more labour because the effective demand for their goods is deficient . |
| 9 | For Friedman the realized decline in the measured real wage rate — a decline which only becomes apparent to workers with the passage of time — was sufficient incentive for employers to take on more labour . |
| 10 | She was n't going to take on more trouble … there was enough of her own . |
| 11 | HEIs have been tempted to take on more research than perhaps they should have done . |