Example sentences of "[v-ing] take 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 | She was n't going to take on more trouble … there was enough of her own . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Next year the course is expanding to take on thirty students , including six from China , one from Kenya and one from Egypt . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Better chance of fish at Barry Docks where flounder and pouting taken on light tackle . |