Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baldwin and Samuel said that they were willing to serve under the Prime Minister and render all help possible to carry on the Government as a National Emergency Government until an emergency bill or bills had been passed by Parliament , which would restore once more British credit and the confidence of foreigners . |
| 2 | ‘ Mr Jones , I 'm honoured that you should choose me , but I do feel there are others far more suited to take on the responsibility , people who 've worked in radio far longer than I have . ’ |
| 3 | These failures arose not only from Edward 's lack of adequate financial resources , but also from the effectiveness of Philip VI 's resistance and the reluctance of the English to take on the French in pitched battle , as the stand-off at Buironfosse showed . |
| 4 | and , er well I did say er are you married ? , no , will you be having any children ? , definitely not , I said well unless you 're prepared to take on the responsibility |
| 5 | But the minister pointed out : ‘ The basic fact would seem to be that , the longer the campaign has gone on , fewer people have been prepared to take on the commitments and risks of being part-time soldiers . ’ |
| 6 | Part of the answer lies in the unexciting fact that he is prepared to take on the jobs . |
| 7 | By the time I got up the next morning , I had determined to sell the baker 's shop to the highest bidder unless Charlie Trumper were willing to take on the responsibility himself . |
| 8 | For example , the managing director of an engineering company in Sheffield offered an aircraft kit to a school willing to take on the construction task . |
| 9 | It was felt that small companies would be less willing to take on the responsibilities of nuclear power plants . |
| 10 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
| 11 | They unofficially pay bounties to armed freelances willing to take on the terrorists . |
| 12 | The same is true for France , Australia and anyone else willing to take on the Springboks . |
| 13 | This might put pressures on the sons and it could well be that not all would feel able or willing to take on the task . |
| 14 | Yet these farmers had usually been placed in this situation because there was no one else willing to take on the task . |
| 15 | Like the King in chess the Young King had possessed very little power of his own , yet without him it was impossible to carry on the game . |
| 16 | It was easy enough to get the front door open one-handed , not so easy to switch on the hall light with no hands at all . |
| 17 | Like many doctors still , scientists find it almost impossible to take on the notion of psychic energy . |
| 18 | County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits . |
| 19 | It is often said that elderly people are glad to take on the role of grandparent or even great-grandparent . |
| 20 | If I had had qualifications I should not have been able to use them legally , and I should have been too hoity-toity to take on the sort of me-nial , unregulated work available . |
| 21 | Where the VAX System Manager is unwilling to take on the work of LIFESPAN Manager , but is also unwilling to allow other VMS users to have the privileges listed above , the best solution is a Captive Account . |
| 22 | We have discussed this possibility with the company and have been informed that they are unwilling to take on the operation on a commercial basis . |
| 23 | The latter may , for instance , feel that if he is regarded as competent to take on the task by himself he ought to be in charge of his own department and that the manager is intentionally blocking his promotion . |
| 24 | But Francis replied : ‘ With the squad I 've got , I 'm happy to carry on the way we are . |
| 25 | Anyone who can help Pat can contact Sunday Life and we will be happy to pass on the information . |
| 26 | The leather baggage and glass cosmetic pots of the day were too heavy to take on the plane but she managed to find lighter substitutes and so became a pioneer of lightweight luggage , as well as a pioneer female passenger . |
| 27 | The team manager , who had run the campaign against Meyer in 1989 , appears to have been initially reluctant to take on the task . |
| 28 | GREG DOWNS is happy to take on the job of exorcist today . |
| 29 | Although the charge card industry says it will benefit from the move away from credit cards , it is unlikely to take on the mass of consumers who acquired a credit card in the Eighties . |
| 30 | Is it threatened , or do sufficient financial and manpower resources become available to carry on the thrust of research ? |