Example sentences of "taking on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With many sexually active before their sixteenth birthday and with drug taking on the increase , education needs to start young . |
| 2 | AS THE title of his admirable autobiography — Jousting with Giants — admits , Jim McLean has always enjoyed taking on the Scottish game 's major forces . |
| 3 | It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do . |
| 4 | Taking on the title role originally created by Michael Crawford in the Seventies , Jonathon opens at the Opera House in Manchester in September as Billy . |
| 5 | We have demonstrated against petty apartheid because we are taking on the entire system of apartheid on all fronts . |
| 6 | He has set himself up as a left-wing leader taking on the Government , ’ Mr Clarke said . |
| 7 | IF Frank Chamberlain , chairman elect of the Test and County Cricket Board , had any qualms about taking on the job next October , they will have been magnified by his introduction to the massed press at Lord 's yesterday , writes Mike Selvey . |
| 8 | IF Frank Chamberlain , chairman elect of the Test and County Cricket Board , had any qualms about taking on the job next October , they will have been magnified by his introduction to the massed press at Lord 's yesterday , writes Mike Selvey . |
| 9 | If you are waiting for post-feminists to hasten to your rescue , girding their loins and hairy-leggedly taking on the Viz comics and Dennis Potters of this world on your behalf , I would suggest that you do n't hold your breath . |
| 10 | A syndrome — which was to recur again and again , from ABC to Age of Chance — of indie bands lashing other indie bands for their defeatism in not taking on the mainstream , was inaugurated . |
| 11 | I always will be , ’ claiming that taking on the pop funk sound of the moment was a perfect fulfilment of punk 's evangelist logic . |
| 12 | Eleanor was assuming too much in taking on the role of possessive girlfriend . |
| 13 | I infer from that he may have had reasons other than professional ones for taking on the employment you offered him . |
| 14 | Such was the confidence of the little girl they used to call ‘ Shorty ’ at school that she was now considering taking on the might of the English legal system . |
| 15 | The hurricane would never blow itself out ; and at its eye was a figure already taking on the lineaments of a familiar enough twentieth-century ‘ type ’ , the male-dominated , passion-ridden female so well-known to the readers of the novels of Barbara Cartland . |
| 16 | The affair , dubbed Baftagate by members of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , is taking on the dimensions of a drama itself . |
| 17 | The affair , dubbed Baftagate by members of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , is taking on the dimensions of a drama itself . |
| 18 | ‘ If it had n't been for her courage and fortitude in going out there and taking on the role of investigator , private detective and motivator , those files would still be closed and the police would just have an unsolved case of a missing person . ’ |
| 19 | Davidson , who was second to Richard Meade at Badminton 10 years ago on J J Babu , is among riders from 10 overseas countries taking on the British . |
| 20 | Overwhelmed , he retreated to London , eventually setting up his own label in 1967 and taking on the design directorship for Kangol hats and berets in 1981 . |
| 21 | I suddenly realised the air was filled with soot from the chimneys above and the snow was taking on the appearance of cottage cheese sprinkled with black pepper . |
| 22 | Many thanks to them from all our branch members for taking on the job of producing our newsletter which is such a vital link and source of information for the membership . |
| 23 | Taking on the care of an elderly relative is likely to have far-reaching and sometimes long-term effects on the lives of the carer and their family and friends . |
| 24 | Jazz FM , Kiss FM and LBC are taking on the might of London station Capital Radio by selling their airtime in one package . |
| 25 | This will be very unsatisfactory , so is there anyone nearer to Horndean who would consider taking on the task ? ’ |
| 26 | Courageous in taking on the over-spending bogey that did such havoc in 1987 , it nevertheless opened the floodgates to a fortnight of ‘ we can give away more tax than you ’ , and exchanges between the two parties of a staggering triviality that effectively supplanted any wider debate about the economy . |
| 27 | Now a podgy , desperately unfit bar-fly , he simply was n't up to taking on the Man of Action role that he craved . |
| 28 | ‘ Get in and socialise with the family , ’ Peter Shearer told Mr and Mrs M. You re not just teaching one child , you 're taking on the whole family , ’ this being a family of fifteen children , some with social and behavioural problems , and eight still of school age . |
| 29 | Taylor is obviously full of anticipation as he embarks on the most important year since taking on the England job . |
| 30 | Released worldwide on all formats on November 24 ( Sonic Tuesday , apparently ) , once again it sees the animal libber hedgehog taking on the evil Dr Robotnik through a series of worlds ( The Mystic Cave , The Toxic Plant Zone etc ) . |