Example sentences of "[coord] take on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They often study psychology after developing some expertise in it through education , community , health , or social services work , and they usually return to or take on such work , rather than becoming professional psychologists . |
| 2 | When the text has a reader it ceases to be a mere object and takes on anthropomorphic form ; it has a voice or voices ( the ‘ codes ’ ) , it creates its own history ( the history of the already-read content ) , it ‘ plays ’ , ‘ creates ’ , ‘ lies ’ , etc . |
| 3 | He rises and takes on imaginary partner |
| 4 | The organization is infectious ; many people have joined intending to make a small , easily-managed commitment and ended up doing three or four shifts a week and taking on extra work until sometimes their whole life becomes bound up in the organization . |
| 5 | Is there anyone in the area who might consider joining us and taking on this position ? ’ |
| 6 | Part of the point of selling state businesses is to raise hard cash , and taking on more debt to fund worker buyouts in return for low or non-earning equity stakes ( which may prove to be worthless in the long run ) is not a real option for the government . |
| 7 | Taking a gamble , Seb bought a second plough and took on another ploughman . |
| 8 | She was involved in planning the activities with the advisory teacher and took on full responsibility for organising the equipment for each session . |
| 9 | Daniels proposed to add two forms to the Senior , one at the top and one at the bottom , and to take on another master . |