Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It hangs on that sort of knife-edge . |
| 2 | John Bell ( England ) takes on former UK champion Stephen Rees , while reigning outdoor world singles champion Tony Allcock clashes with Scotland 's Angus Blair . |
| 3 | John Bell ( England ) takes on former UK champion Stephen Rees , while reigning outdoor world singles champion Tony Allcock clashes with Scotland 's Angus Blair . |
| 4 | Smith takes on former world title challenger Vincenzo Nardiello of Italy . |
| 5 | The arrangement evolving at a number of the resource management pilot sites , in which a doctor acting as clinical director takes on this role with assistance from a nurse manager and a business manager , indicates the likely direction of change . |
| 6 | often , it takes months of phone calls before you have completed your ‘ hit list ’ , and I would suggest that whoever takes on this job should have a very carefree and optimistic attitude . |
| 7 | The structure of deception takes on another layer when Lady Macbeth learns of the prophecies . |
| 8 | In these cases verse takes on another dimension of seriousness by its juxtaposition with the prose of jest and the evasion of responsibilities . |
| 9 | In the light of these observations , the act of living with a prostitute takes on another meaning . |
| 10 | After 28,000 miles perhaps winning or losing takes on less significance . |
| 11 | My local authority , quite rightly , takes on those children because they are in need , but it receives no financial assistance to cope with them . |
| 12 | As the firm takes on more debt , so the cost of equity ( the total return demanded by investors ) must rise in proportion . |
| 13 | If a business takes on more debt , its calculations can be thrown out by two things : if the interest cost of servicing the debt rises by more than was expected ; and if the cash flow earned by the business falls by more than had been planned for . |
| 14 | ‘ The mission of defending and articulating the interests of undeserving populations at risk takes on more importance as the social services in the welfare state become universal ’ ( Kramer , 1981 , p. 261 ) . |
| 15 | The agency takes on any kind of job — you just name the subject and give us some indication of the kind of thing you want to know , and then we go out and get it for you . ’ |
| 16 | If rebates are extensive this takes on some aspects of an income tax too . |
| 17 | Broadly speaking , although it is discussed in more detail below , a business is transferred as a going concern if the purchaser carries on that business in succession to the vendor as distinct from the purchaser selectively choosing specific assets of the vendor for use in the purchaser 's own business . |
| 18 | A correspondent in Nottingham assures me that this year every police vehicle and every ambulance in the county carries on both sides a large photograph of the Chief Constable , Mr C. McLachlan , enjoining temperance . |
| 19 | The former sclerite carries on either side a convex process serving for articulation with the ginglymus of the mandible . |
| 20 | ( c ) No partner should carry on any business which competes with the firm or from which he derives benefit at the expense of the firm Section 30 of the Partnership Act provides as follows : If a partner , without the consent of the other partners , carries on any business of the same nature as and competing with that of the firm , he must account for and pay over to the firm all profits made by him in that business . |
| 21 | That brings on another rule . |