Example sentences of "[adv] taking on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was astonished when I was told they did n't want anyone from Scotland for they were only taking on Irish staff . |
| 2 | Not taking on more work yourself in order to take over financial responsibility from the primary sufferer while he or she continues to drink . |
| 3 | Our travellers also noticed that the highly profitable Japanese office automation lines , sold in the home market and historically proprietary , are now taking on new Unix guises . |
| 4 | The KGB has survived and is even taking on new tasks , such as distributing western food aid . |
| 5 | They 're even taking on more workers this summer . |
| 6 | It is a place of confluence , quite noisily so I imagine in winter or during the melting season , for rivers splash down into Arreau from east , west and south , at least four of them , with the Neste d'Aure here taking on more water for the journey north . |