Example sentences of "[vb -s] take on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A consistent feature of unpaid caring , demonstrated by all the available detailed studies , is that once a particular relative has taken on the responsibility for the care of an elderly or handicapped person they get rather limited support , if any , from other relatives or friends . |
| 2 | The foregoing account confirms the idea implicit in the theoretical scheme which I sketched earlier : namely , that nationalism is an immensely powerful force , first , because it is sustained by a deep-rooted sense of belonging to a territorial and cultural community , and secondly , because this sense of belonging has become firmly attached to the nation state in a process of political development which is now several centuries old , and has taken on the character of a more or less sacrosanct and unalterable principle of political organization . |
| 3 | A major chain of small grocery shops has taken on the might of the big wholesalers in a battle over the right to sell newspapers . |
| 4 | Matthew A. has taken on the notion of drafting , of provisionality , better than the others . |
| 5 | Argument about rival therapies has taken on the passion previously given to theological debate . |
| 6 | For me the transcendent landscape has taken on the aspect of patterned fields , or small patches of flower beds . |
| 7 | For once a company has taken on the risks they are not easy to transfer . |
| 8 | With no qualifications and precious little experience , she has taken on the job of Princess of Wales and is turning it into a significant career — and at the same time has brought up two small boys . |
| 9 | The multitude of Madonnas for Italian worship in the Renaissance made this a fruitful theme for connoisseurship which has taken on the task of distinguishing authentic works from those by followers or copyists . |
| 10 | If some kind person could send us a copy I have some very keen would-be knitters who would be extremely grateful , not least myself who has taken on the task of teaching them . |
| 11 | The organization of women in the controlled zones varies considerably depending on the region : either one of the women 's organizations has taken on the task or there may be a women 's committee of the Popular Power Council . |
| 12 | Recently , Tina Benson , the captain 's sister , has taken on the role of marketing manager . |
| 13 | A penguin keeper whose own family has flown the nest has taken on the role of mother to one of her birds . |
| 14 | ‘ The father may have been violent , the woman might be involved with someone else who has taken on the role of father . |
| 15 | — ITV plans to take on the BBC in the lunchtime ratings battle with a new soap set in a North-East seaside community . |
| 16 | How Jon Solly plans to take on the world |
| 17 | Now with the release of her new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ she prepares to take on the world again , with music of an almost other-wordly beauty . |
| 18 | In the computer distribution sector , Kontrax Office Automation Plc aims to take on the distribution of more products and launch a franchised dealer network while continuing to service large accounts direct . |
| 19 | The cult of sport sometimes seems to take on the quality of an Orwellian nightmare . |
| 20 | Coleridge even dares to take on the subject of the workings of Nature , as it were , as he attempts to describe the power and intensity of the earth breathing ; his reference to the ‘ ceaseless turmoil seething , as if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing ’ shows the poet getting almost as close to the heart of creativity as it is possible to do . |
| 21 | takes over , Blackburn push it wide , at last has found some space but comes across to try and close him down , support just behind from , it 's a woeful cross from and it 's easily cleared by Shrewsbury Town right up to the centre circle , where it 's taken on the chest of Nicky . |