Example sentences of "[prep] taking on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A naive bee carried to the feeder from the hive and placed on the food source will circle repeatedly after taking on a load of sugar water as if ‘ studying ’ the source , and yet when she returns a few minutes later she will be unable to choose the correct feeder colour . |
| 2 | Although it is always very tempting to think of taking on a dog from a rescue centre , so offering it a good home , this can prove problematic in the long term , unless you know the dog 's background . |
| 3 | Senior lecture Adrian Evans said it was ‘ tragic ’ that companies were failing to recognise the mutual benefits of taking on a student for a year . |
| 4 | Lord King , the BA Chairman , talked of the need to create an airline which was ‘ capable of taking on the world ’ in an increasingly ‘ global market place ’ ( refer to Table 2.2 ) . |
| 5 | And with the large capital invetment involved , the customer depends on the fact that any new model must be capable of taking on the task in hand without difficulty — there is no room for mere gimmicks . |
| 6 | It is a question which is relevant at all levels , from taking on a gardener to employing a managing director , but there is a tendency to treat it merely as a formality . |
| 7 | Do not , however , underestimate the problems you may encounter in taking on a building yourself . |
| 8 | I mean many people wrote disparagingly about your attempt , your nerve in taking on a gem of the New York stage and turning it into a British directed movie . |
| 9 | But now it appears thieves are being increasingly interested in taking on the hole in the wall and that means bigger and heavier vehicles to do it . |
| 10 | Courageous in taking on the over-spending bogey that did such havoc in 1987 , it nevertheless opened the floodgates to a fortnight of ‘ we can give away more tax than you ’ , and exchanges between the two parties of a staggering triviality that effectively supplanted any wider debate about the economy . |
| 11 | Eleanor was assuming too much in taking on the role of possessive girlfriend . |
| 12 | An outstanding American teacher of music speaks from her own experience of young children ( Upitis 1990 : 2 ) : " We have one strong factor in our favor in taking on the task of helping people become musicians , and that is , in some form all of us are already musicians . " |
| 13 | Many thanks to them from all our branch members for taking on the job of producing our newsletter which is such a vital link and source of information for the membership . |
| 14 | And he had , after all , his own private reason for taking on the job . |
| 15 | I infer from that he may have had reasons other than professional ones for taking on the employment you offered him . |
| 16 | It could not possibly be , could it , that the man responsible for taking on the loan , the then chairman of Keyser Ullman , Mr Edward du Cann MP , is spending the parliamentary recess leading a debt-collecting bandit gang in Sardinia ? " |
| 17 | ‘ But I was worried about taking on a baby so young . |
| 18 | ‘ And some may be worried about taking on a player with his record . |
| 19 | IF Frank Chamberlain , chairman elect of the Test and County Cricket Board , had any qualms about taking on the job next October , they will have been magnified by his introduction to the massed press at Lord 's yesterday , writes Mike Selvey . |
| 20 | IF Frank Chamberlain , chairman elect of the Test and County Cricket Board , had any qualms about taking on the job next October , they will have been magnified by his introduction to the massed press at Lord 's yesterday , writes Mike Selvey . |
| 21 | The Irish are seeing something of a cricketing revival … it 's the fastest growing sport in their home country , and they feel confident about taking on the World 's best . |
| 22 | By this means the organisation tries to adapt to peaks and troughs in demand without taking on the burden of high fixed labour costs . |
| 23 | He had agreed to taking on a reading tour in Scotland . |
| 24 | Now a podgy , desperately unfit bar-fly , he simply was n't up to taking on the Man of Action role that he craved . |
| 25 | Taylor is obviously full of anticipation as he embarks on the most important year since taking on the England job . |
| 26 | In the year 1990–91 , Innovation 's Franklin business was worth £1.2 million out of their total turnover of £4 million and since taking on the distributorship in 1987 they claim to have sold close to 300,000 units of Franklin product . |
| 27 | Kelly also looked good at taking on the opposition but his final shot was appalling . |
| 28 | It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do . |
| 29 | By taking on the role of representing France , he also took on the nation 's internal contradictions and unresolved tensions . |