Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temptation to stay in town for a curry or a Schwarzenegger film , or both , can seriously disrupt that urge to carry on the journey up the 277 summits . |
| 2 | Passey and Melosh suggest taking on the basis of their investigations of crater fields . |
| 3 | Daily inspections of the tank will indicate a few fry hanging on the tank sides and others hiding in the mops . |
| 4 | ‘ I know it 's a long way , ’ I say , ‘ I do n't even know which line to take on the underground . |
| 5 | The oppressed begin to take on the view of the oppressor and in our example above , would begin to feel that their depression is a personal failure . |
| 6 | People , as we will see and know already ( see Stewart 1987 ) , largely choose to take heroin and decide to take on the lifestyle associated with it . |
| 7 | Or perhaps it is that if we try to take on the identity and authority of the Weaving Mother the consequences will be severe ; our own personal weavings are only part of a much greater pattern , which we can not control or take credit for . |
| 8 | Please do pass on the message . |
| 9 | He said Mr Brooke had nothing to offer the people of Northern Ireland and he told the House : ‘ There must be condemnation of those who fail to take on the IRA and the finger must be pointed at the Secretary of State and those behind him . |
| 10 | Strangford MP John Taylor dismissed Mr Brooke 's statement as ‘ bland generalities , ’ and said there must be condemnation of those who fail to take on the IRA and the finger must be pointed at Mr Brooke and those behind them . |
| 11 | There must also be condemnation for those who fail to take on the IRA , and the finger must be pointed at the Secretary of State and those who sit behind him . |
| 12 | Armed with their newest inventions ( a super-duper jeep and hi-tech helicopter ) they vow to take on the forces of evil and blast their way to freedom — so get blasting ! |
| 13 | As far as I know , Sainsburys have n't yet taken that decision they 've they 've hung on the brink for more than six months now . |
| 14 | Best wishes to Vera Reeves , a member from this area , who has embarked on the Teachers Training Course and will , we are certain , help carry on the Medau tradition in Hertfordshire . |
| 15 | But there have been people so sunk in self-blame they 've taken on the guilt of their firm 's collapse — which really does have to be nonsense . |
| 16 | So that 's why , you know , three different sorts of reminders that I 've put on the front of the calendar card . |
| 17 | In retrospect , the techniques that have given molecular biology its pace have hung on the principle that life , which has evolved the manipulative techniques by which it is itself sustained , must also embody the techniques for which laboratories cry out . |
| 18 | I only have to switch on the news to hear things a whole lot crazier than that . ’ |
| 19 | Thus , over the years , many life assurance companies have taken on the management of pension funds on behalf of firms and other institutions . |
| 20 | 120 golfers have taken on the challenges that Woburn has to offer . |
| 21 | Er much to everybody 's fear , really , because we , we , we were stepping into a new area , you can imagine from , from wires to something with no wires , and the risk of that failing , but , but it worked and er from thereon , of course most Fire Brigades have taken on the task and , and er are now on radio contact of this kind . |
| 22 | Up until now researchers have taken on the guise of distant experts who hand down their findings , leaving practitioners with the task of making sense of and using them . |
| 23 | Palm have taken on the franchise for Dagger kayaks . |
| 24 | Four schoolchildren have taken on the farming world — and won . |