Example sentences of "to take on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANGRY teachers were last night set to take on Education Secretary John Patten over plans to mobilise a ‘ Mum 's Army ’ to teach young children . |
| 2 | Others , however , set up ad hoc authorities to take on functions delegated by central government . |
| 3 | The only real way to improve your playing and your musicianship is to take on things that you find difficult . |
| 4 | Back in England the A team were reassembled at Lord 's to take on champion county Essex . |
| 5 | Sensibly , Logan decided to take on Paul Morley anyway . |
| 6 | The wins earns Hardy the right to take on Paul Hodkinson if the Liverpudlian defeats EBU champion Maurizio Stecca of Italy this autumn . |
| 7 | TATUNG IS READY TO TAKE ON SUN 's SPARCSYSTEM 10s |
| 8 | Go-ahead for Hide to take on Murray for vacant title |
| 9 | Once the school has formed the relationship many companies will be prepared to take on sponsorship or allocate funds . |
| 10 | ANC leaders decided to take on Gqozo because they figure he is the easiest to topple . |
| 11 | The County Union is looking into the Boyce Hill boy 's absence and Lockwood will wait for the outcome before he names the squad to take on Hertfordshire in the second match in July . |
| 12 | Nogai , you ca n't wrestle with a broken wrist , and no one here is big enough to take on Suragai . ’ |
| 13 | In a fortnight 's time , Derry will be playing their first all-Ireland League game when they travel to Belfast to take on North . |
| 14 | But the problem with these groups is not that they 're wimps , but that they 're runts ; not that they 're vulnerable or soppy , but that they 're flimsy , What 's happened is that the perfectly valiant and appropriate refusal to grow up has become a refusal to grow , musically — to take on space , drift , experiment . |
| 15 | Father and son team up to take on top-dogs Quay |
| 16 | But football — Welsh rugby football — the amateur game that put fifteen men in red jerseys to take on England most especially at Cardiff Arms Park and beat the hell out of them ! — football was his passion . |
| 17 | INTOXICATED as they are with the feeling that they are the World Cup champions , Pakistan , after only a brief stay at home which included a pilgrimage to Meccas at the government 's expense to offer their thanks to the Almighty Allah — besides cash awards at home from every quarter — are now here to take on England in a series of five Tests , and , for the first time in this country , five one-day internationals . |
| 18 | Manchester-based Riverside International is now looking for franchisees to take on Cozydry , which is British Standard approved . |
| 19 | We ourselves are the same it might one subject area , we might have to get down to take on loads of different things . |
| 20 | Even a woman wanting to take on help with child-care may have to consider whether or not she will make the decision herself or whether her husband or even the child itself will become involved . |
| 21 | And since many credit card issuers have introduced an annual charge of around £8 to £12 , it may not be worth getting a credit card just to take on holiday , although there are additional benefits such as travel insurance if you use the card to buy your ticket . |
| 22 | All the things you ‘ ought ’ to take on holiday — just in case it turns chilly , rains , is too hot , or whatever else — have to be reduced by sheer practicality , when forced to it , of deciding what you can possibly do without and leave behind . |
| 23 | In France , for instance , where there are no incentives for employers to take on part-timers ( in the form of our lower National Insurance contributions and lack of rights and benefits for part-timers ) and far more extensive subsidised childcare facilities and parental leave , far fewer mothers work part time and more are in higher status occupations , according to the Department of Employment 's French And British Women 's Employment Comparisons . |
| 24 | for heads to take on tasks themselves |
| 25 | I understand several are ready to take on Taylor and attempt to stop some of their stars travelling on a trip where England will play a tournament against the USA , Brazil and Germany . |
| 26 | Armed with his trusty Nintendo Scope — and with Princess Petal at his side — Power Up Pete is ready to take on Dr Mamuk . |
| 27 | From time to time , too , native fishermen would anchor in their sheltered bays to take on water or ride out storms . |
| 28 | The 68-metre former oceanographic vessel was accorded a rousing welcome as it arrived in the northern Taiwan port of Keelung on May 13 to take on provisions and broadcasting equipment . |
| 29 | The revival in borrowing was concentrated on credit cards , suggesting that consumers are stepping up purchases of everyday items but are still reluctant to take on debt to finance household durables and cars . |
| 30 | ADRIAN DAVIES , the Welsh international rugby union outside-half , runs out with the Cambridge University soccer side to take on Oxford at Fulham this morning with the roar of Twickenham fresh in his memory . |