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 . |