Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report comes as the Department of Trade and Industry takes on the tasks of the now defunct Department of Energy . |
| 2 | The ErgoClient takes on the characteristics of a personal computer by means of a similar personality module , which incorporates an Intel Corp 80486 processor and simply slots into the machine . |
| 3 | The hyperventilation brings on the symptoms , but the patient perceives them as a consequence of the food or chemical — so the pattern of behaviour is reinforced . |
| 4 | This is the heart of the notion of the inner city ; at the very moment that policy draws the boundaries of the inner city a place takes on the qualities of coherence that it does not possess , embodies all the contradictions that are part of the original concept . |
| 5 | Mum and health writer Nikki Bradford takes on the bottle-bashers |
| 6 | RADIO : Billy Butler takes on the challenges offered by Radio City 's Tony Snell and one man celebrating 25 wavelength years John Peel . |
| 7 | NCUBE TAKES ON THE TERAFLOPPERS WITH ORACLE-RUNNING 65,384-PROCESSOR NCUBE 3 FOR 1994 |
| 8 | Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York carries on the adventures of smart schoolboy Kevin who outwits blundering thieves Harry and Marv , played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern . |
| 9 | A " Space " drama in which each class takes on the roles of the inhabitants of different planets , each of which is in trouble . |