Example sentences of "[conj] take on the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If I had the courage to grow out my hair and take on the streets without frill or face paint , bangles or heels and all such accessories of fear and vanity , then I would be seen far less and see much more .
2 He had been ready to defy the conventions and take on the world — and win ! he thought .
3 McIver ( 1987 ) describes that in retailing customers were persuaded to forgo the service provided by the friendly corner store and take on the labour of pushing trolleys around supermarkets because they made gains through cheaper prices and a wider choice of goods .
4 A company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( p 114 ) .
5 The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that a company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( see Marshall v Industrial Systems and Control Ltd [ 1992 ] IRLR 294 ) .
6 There was nothing left now , but to grow old , but to grow old and take on the burden of her mother growing even older .
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