Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |