Example sentences of "[vb mod] take on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our generation must take on the task of thinking about the future , of assuming towards it the responsibility that we assume towards our children . |
| 2 | The centre-left American Popular Revolutionary Alliance ( APRA — whose leader , former President Alan García , was in exile in Colombia ) , despite internal divisions over the stance which it should take on the poll , called on its supporters to spoil their papers . |
| 3 | The team leader does a further assessment before deciding whether a social worker or social work aide should take on the referral . |
| 4 | If you are part of a group with instructors then the instructors should take on the roles of the Jones and tell you the sort of things they think Olwyn will work for . |
| 5 | To help the trainees to provide their own answers , instructors should take on the role of parents or anyone else and be prepared to answer any of the trainees ' questions . |
| 6 | If this sounds too outrageous then the art department of the local secondary school might take on the design and painting of a mural as a project for older pupils with children from the primary school working as their apprentices . |
| 7 | The children might take on the roles of factory workers who stand to lose their jobs if the factory cleans up its act . |
| 8 | I do n't tell her or she 'll take on the mantleshelf . |
| 9 | I could take on a Gladiator and probably beat them ! ’ ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps the best man could take on the responsibility of arriving before the guests and checking the microphone . |
| 11 | I had watched Quintin under pressure during the Suez crisis where he had shown admirable calm at the Admiralty in testing circumstances ; and while I had some misgivings about his famous ‘ judgement ’ I felt that he could take on the leadership and the job of Prime Minister , and make a success of it . |
| 12 | Companies wishing to register on the EC eco-audit scheme will have to lodge an externally verified environmental statement with a competent body and Coles is hoping the IEA could take on the role of approving accredited verifiers . |
| 13 | When their children go to school , they may take on a morning job in a shop or making school dinners . |
| 14 | The unconscious may take on the status of an answer to everything : a last piece of the jigsaw , which feminists initiated into Lacanianism can use to solve the issue on another plane , or can reject . |
| 15 | Organisations may take on the letting of the employee 's property together with its insurance and maintenance or engage a managing agent or specialist relocation firm to do it . |
| 16 | The summary is essentially confined to factual information , otherwise it would take on the shape of a formal report requiring certain strict legal procedures — of which more later . |
| 17 | Two people would share the role of secretary ; two more with a head for figures would take on the work of treasurer , an area which would necessarily assume vital importance with the huge legal costs that would have to be faced . |
| 18 | The supreme body was the Council of Heads of State , which would take on the responsibility of legal succession from the dissolution of the Soviet Union . |
| 19 | Continuing this political enquiry we should note the belief that was once expressed with some confidence that as workers became more affluent they would take on the values of the middle classes in their society . |
| 20 | A shef organization from the towns such as an individual factory would take on the role of cultural and political mentor to some rural group . |
| 21 | There may well be a reputable graffiti artist in the area who would take on the challenge for little more than the cost of the materials ! |
| 22 | In almost the first 12 months the locomotive is back together again in one piece although some parts had been re-engineered and considerably altered so that the whole locomotive would take on the appearance of its British counterparts . |
| 23 | Both Canada and Argentina admit that it would only be by default that they would take on the task of staging the tournament . |
| 24 | And who would say that enough was enough , and would take on the task of punishing those who transgressed the rules of the game ? |
| 25 | Psychiatry would take on the study of consciousness , including altered states of consciousness , without identifying some states as ‘ pathological ’ . |
| 26 | Nixon 's strategy , in other words , was to take over the bureaucracy while , at the same time , he would take on the congress . |
| 27 | All they had in common , to begin with , was this terrible need : Rich for a mentor who would make him grow , Philip for a pupil who would take on the weight of unspent devotion . |
| 28 | As well as supposedly advising the Secretary of State on policy and standards , they would take on the responsibilities of the Secretary of State , the local education authorities , the governors , the heads and the senior management of schools . |
| 29 | Tomorrow she would take on the persona of Gina Price , hard , successful career-girl , polished and rehearsed , bright , shiny and heart-whole ! |
| 30 | There will be a competition between the two gates to process this information and one output will take on a Logic 1 state before the other . |