Example sentences of "[modal v] take on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We lack systematic knowledge of the circumstances under which grandchildren might take on significant responsibility for the support ( either personal or financial ) for their grandparents in contemporary Britain . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll take on any pets . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll take on fresh food and water when we reach Ibiza , ’ Nathan announced . |
| 4 | I 'd take on all comers , especially when I was broke . |
| 5 | Strange , she 'd think , the way life could sometimes go — how you 'd take on one humiliation simply in order to avoid another , and reckon yourself ahead . |
| 6 | They were seen as mindless individuals who could take on repetitive tasks . |
| 7 | Thus accoutred , she could take on all comers . |
| 8 | Though a day with his son-in-law , Miles , could take on certain qualities of a penance . |
| 9 | This is how the romantic-lyric elements in Elvis 's style , for example , could take on new meanings , mediated as they were by country and western 's and black music 's previous appropriations of them , by the ‘ under view ’ of the working class of the South on the American Dream , and by an awareness of a new freedom in adolescent leisure behaviour . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I feel I 've reached the stage of my career when I could take on another event seriously . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I feel I 've reached the stage of my career when I could take on another event seriously . |
| 12 | With the advent of delegated management responsibility to schools and the use of internal evaluation processes , schools could take on more responsibility for the distribution of resources . |
| 13 | Meggie helped Mum , Granny sat there , wishing she could take on any job , as usual . |
| 14 | In Jesus all of God that could take on human expression had been expressed . |
| 15 | The manager may take on that role but the new volunteers may find that they lack support as the manager is likely to be too busy with other duties to carry out the in-bureau training task thoroughly . |
| 16 | — The problem of more training within one 's job means that people may take on more responsibility and will need regrading |
| 17 | Graham says that if the set-up is a success — and it certainly looks as if it 's going to be — he may take on more charity tanks in the future . |
| 18 | Each department head has the support of several junior ministers , known as ministers of state or under-secretaries , who may take on particular responsibilities for specific policy areas . |
| 19 | Activities associated with adjusting income/expenditure would take on greater importance , and would be related to defined shortfalls in resource needs . |
| 20 | Any lumberjack who was feeling sufficiently ill-disposed towards his fellow drinking companions could place on his shoulder a small chip of wood to indicate he would take on any man who cared to flick it off . |
| 21 | An I such a glutton for punishment that I would take on romantic love rather than follow Germaine Greer 's example and embrace ‘ hagdom ’ , as she recommends in her new book The Change ( Hamish Hamilton , £16.99 ) , and with it , a loveless old age ? |
| 22 | You would take on some responsibility immediately for particular areas and additional responsibilities are available to those with the ability and enthusiasm to take them on . |
| 23 | Jamieson ( 1986 ) in her study of working-class mothers and daughters in urban Scotland in roughly the same period , found that young adult women living in the parental home would take on domestic work to assist their mothers routinely and extensively , in a way not replicated by their male counterparts . |
| 24 | Get set : Marathon runners will take on four-legged competition in a long distance run at Llanwyrtyd Wells , Powys . |
| 25 | It will take on minimum portfolios of £100,000 for discretionary management and £250,000 for advisory . |
| 26 | Following his departure , will take on overall responsibility for the management of Courtaulds Health Environment and Safety Services ( CHESS ) . |
| 27 | In addition , Invesco will take on European shares , while Gartmore accepts foreign shares , UK gilts and holdings in offshore funds . |
| 28 | The northern champion and nine other top qualifiers will take on other winners from across the country in London in June . |
| 29 | Knuth has shown that this will take on average O ( log2 n / log2 m ) iterations , where n is the size of the lexicon and m is the order of the trie . |
| 30 | I presume you will take on this responsibility , Trumper ? ’ he added , still not bothering to look in Charlie 's direction . |