Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the biggest companies are refusing to take on new clients with such cars , and are jacking up the premiums on existing business . |
| 2 | Dentists are refusing to take on new Health Service Patients . |
| 3 | Charge cards companies will not be looking to take on those customers with lower incomes who do not want to pay , or find it difficulty in paying , high credit-card interest rates . |
| 4 | He fondly hopes that in the meantime talented managers wo n't be deterred from seeking to take on top jobs because of the greater demands . |
| 5 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |
| 6 | She was n't going to take on more trouble … there was enough of her own . |
| 7 | Thus Goldthorpe and Lockwood ( 1969 ) carried out their research among the manual workers of Luton at a time when academic opinion was saying that such people were beginning to take on middle-class characteristics . |
| 8 | Desire was easy to slam the door on , but emotions were a very different matter , and her fear was beginning to take on new dimensions as she realised Damian Flint threatened her heart even more than he threatened her body . |
| 9 | North Tees Health Authority says its nursing bank , comprising nursing staff not wishing to take on permanent jobs , proved invaluable over Christmas , when a flu epidemic hit hard . |
| 10 | Next year the course is expanding to take on thirty students , including six from China , one from Kenya and one from Egypt . |
| 11 | You may then decide that either you do not need to interview anyone at all because no job exists or that you need to interview someone for a quite different role , perhaps involving taking on various responsibilities of other employees which together form a more rational and cohesive whole . |
| 12 | Better chance of fish at Barry Docks where flounder and pouting taken on light tackle . |
| 13 | Appeared in 700 Carry Ons , including Carry On Naughty Nurses , Carry On More Naughty Nurses , Carry On The Same Character In Everything Else . |
| 14 | Then , just as someone mentioned the band were preparing to go on next door , my luck changed . |
| 15 | ‘ Can we ask all preservationists to keep their eyes out for anyone trying to pass on these parts and a reward will be offered to anyone supplying information . |