Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front , quashing speculation over their marriage . |
| 2 | It is difficult to believe that a desire to put on a good show at an exhibition could shape a major research programme . |
| 3 | Pluralists agree with Mills that it is a post-war phenomena and arises due to the United States ' need to take on a new world role The military fill the political vacuum which exists in foreign policy-making , and this brings them into close contact with the industrial firms which prospered out of the Second World War . |
| 4 | We need EVERY qualified teacher to take on a full workload this year . |
| 5 | It had been a very long night to pass on a tiny piece of sandwich . |
| 6 | We put this to you as an answer to all slimmers who say they only need to look at a single cake or bar of chocolate to put on a substantial amount of fat . |
| 7 | With inflation the cost of stocking a small farm , quite apart from the value of the land itself , is so high that the tax imposition will make it virtually impossible for a farmer to pass on a flourishing farm to his son . |
| 8 | The fact that Adorno 's thinking on the question is locked into a model which pits individual subject against reified social totality leads his picture of the social meaning of music to take on a monolithic appearance . |
| 9 | Despite the policy commitment to developmental work in Nottinghamshire social services department , the CMHTs were under great pressure to take on a normal casework function even in advance of developing needed services : health service priorities favoured immediate casework support ; area teams in the social services department hoped to off-load casework with mentally handicapped people — not least to focus more fully on work with children and families ; and the social workers recruited to the CMHTs were confident in their casework skills but needed to adopt new roles , skills , and ways of working if development work was to become a reality . |
| 10 | Far better to build more advanced Airbuses for a new market than a Euro-fighter to take on a non-existent enemy which is increasingly an economic partner . |
| 11 | Far better to build more advanced Airbuses for a new market than a Euro-fighter to take on a non-existent enemy which is increasingly an economic partner . |
| 12 | But quickly she was allowed an even higher profile and last October was formally appointed party deputy chairman to take on a prominent role during the election campaign and to sell the party to the business community . |
| 13 | West Germany , in the event for the first time , bring four world champions to Hyde Park to take on a British team that has six silver and bronze medallists from the recent World Championships , as well as squads from Italy , the Soviet Union and France . |
| 14 | The obvious solution was for the ELR to put on a daily goods train to service the site from both Bury Buckley Wells yard and a temporary sand and gravel dump established at Ewood Bridge . |
| 15 | Penry laughed as he went over to the stereo to put on a compact disc . |
| 16 | There is evidence that men are taking early retirement or using redundancy to take on a caring role ( Green , 1988 ) . |