Example sentences of "[to-vb] on the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're going to put on the Olympic Games in ‘ 96 , we 're going to make everybody including Athens proud . |
| 2 | er I do n't know how to answer that question , all I can say is we 're going to put on the Olympic Games in ‘ 96 and we 're going to make everybody , including Athens I hope , proud . |
| 3 | If new proteins are to be made , the DNA must be activated in some way , so as to switch on the relevant genes . |
| 4 | Little Pete and Ellie who used to hang on the very words of Uncle John . |
| 5 | In the case of Russia , revisionist research has underlined the manner in which the specific nature of the tsarist regime conditioned the decision to take on the Central Powers . |
| 6 | At first , he appeared to have no immediate plans to take on the armed forces . |
| 7 | Jesus had come to Jerusalem , the capital of Judaism to take on the religious authorities and at this point in time in this Gospel it looks like he 's lost , gon na be dead in a couple of days . |
| 8 | Production is being doubled from 300 to 600 cars a week to meet the growing demand and Rover needs the extra staff to take on the extra shifts . |
| 9 | Gadebridge probably began life as a small farm , but from Period 4 , during the third century , it began to take on the additional characteristics , even to the extent of a gatehouse , or porter 's lodge . |
| 10 | Their position was well summed up by the Carers National Association , which has stated that the current rules could have ’ disastrous consequences ’ for the family and friends of the claimant who may have moved into the home to take on the caring responsibilities . |
| 11 | This remark had important implications in the theory of the technique of psychoanalysis , where transference — the way the analyst comes to take on the emotional elements of a parent figure for the analysand — plays a key part in understanding the therapeutic effects of psychoanalysis . |
| 12 | They moved there in 1965 to take on the joint roles of warden and matron at the then residential and day training centre for the mentally handicapped . |
| 13 | Being also part of the ‘ old guard ’ who had been somewhat resentful of Sydney Newman 's wind of change , Kine issued a flat ‘ No ’ when he was asked , by Mervyn Pinfield , to take on the enormous effects requirements of Doctor Who 's science fiction stories . |
| 14 | The bell usually tolls for one of the big championship teams on cup day … this is cricket 's FA Cup … where the small teams the non leaguers get a chance to take on the big boys … the pros … |
| 15 | Having cowed the trade unions , we can see that the next step was to take on the local authorities and the poor . |
| 16 | In theory , each of these has the capacity to know to be a medium and even large scale business , and to take on the corporate giants in the course of time . |
| 17 | Such people are also not themselves so keen or able to bring on the bright youngsters . |