Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb base] on [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His pictures which hang on walls all over the world show a fascination with the street life of Parisians .
2 This Saturday they take on Cookstown at Tillysburn in a league match , kick-off 2.30pm .
3 Four pilot Workstart schemes will be started , offering financial assistance to employers who take on people who have been long-term unemployed .
4 Employers who take on people who have been unemployed for longer than either two years or four years , depending on the pilot area , will be paid a subsidy related to average benefits .
5 A couple of girls go past and they got this red sparkly stuff wrapped round their necks — you know , a sort of silvery string they hang on Christmas trees .
6 Any verdict we pass on punishment must be soundly based on an acceptable general moral philosophy .
7 As the figures we carry on Page 7 show , there is now virtual random breath-testing in this country .
8 It is most often used in whole group work , but it is also very productive in forum theatre , particularly if the role you take on functions as an obstacle which the class ( or representatives of the class ) have to find their way round by argument , persuasion and compromise .
9 Former England striker Peter Withe is among a team of Aston Villa Old Stars who take on Tewkesbury Town this Sunday in a festival of football .
10 Flockhart and Jillian Haldane are also in the Scotland Under-23 squad who take on Ulster at Stranraer on 11 March .
11 On other tasks we take on contractors simply because they are cheaper .
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