Example sentences of "taking on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was astonished when I was told they did n't want anyone from Scotland for they were only taking on Irish staff . |
| 2 | You may then decide that either you do not need to interview anyone at all because no job exists or that you need to interview someone for a quite different role , perhaps involving taking on various responsibilities of other employees which together form a more rational and cohesive whole . |
| 3 | It 's also done a publisher 's version of reverse engineering with Reed International Plc 's Cahners Publishing subsidiary , that will see Systems Integration Business folded and Reed taking on Digital News and blending it with its own Digital Review . |
| 4 | When the German army followed them , they kept on the move , taking on odd jobs along the way , until they ended up in Warsaw . |
| 5 | Like most activists , Isaacs is fed up with the sloth-like pace with which governments are taking on environmental concerns . |
| 6 | When we 've actually given you the full thing in , the minutes , the mights , and where and whatever , you can look at it and say hey , there 's too much of that but what we 're addressing is the moral aspect of a child 's upbringing that perhaps we should be and say well right fine er , it might , I 'm just taking on environmental , right , now the year children to do environment there , but it 's really happening down there , I feel that these children in the past have n't he so can we take that out this year and bring in something totally new , totally different that you feel should go in erm so that it is more rationalised it 's not just my people doing what they want when you see the , the whole thing you can make suggestions and we come back and go back through it again we actually say to the form teachers this is what this will definitely happen for this term but when we 've looked at the whole five year sa side we might change some things . |
| 7 | Apart from taking on essential supplies , the trip is non-stop . |
| 8 | For headteachers there are opportunities , but also considerable anxieties , involved in taking on greater financial control of the school budget , and these are bound to radiate throughout the school . |
| 9 | The godparent may have a ritual role to the child , such as participating in his wedding ceremony , and taking on certain responsibilities regarding his religious education , but the relationship that is strongest and requires respect , warmth and the obligation to help at all times , is the one between parents and godparents . |
| 10 | The marina at Las Palmas was crammed full of yachts dressed overall , and of crews making final preparations and taking on astonishing quantities of provisions . |
| 11 | The main research issues fall into three principal stages of performance management : setting performance standards and targets ; monitoring and review of performance ; and decision taking on appropriate alternative policies and organisational and operational arrangements . |
| 12 | She battled her way to the last eight finalists of the 28th European Open Karate Championships , taking on 32 of the world 's best female karate exponents . |
| 13 | It could expect to defeat a lesser power like Argentina , but taking on Communist China was unthinkable . |
| 14 | Its Market is unquestionably one of the best in Wales with designated market days being Wednesdays and Saturdays , but Fridays are taking on increasing importance . |
| 15 | There 's that key body of staff , who have romances and do conventional hospital drama/ Emergency Ward 10 type things , but in addition they are fighting against stereotypes and taking on contemporary issues . |
| 16 | ‘ Marriage can succeed for an artist only where there is enough money to save him from taking on uncongenial work and a wife who is intelligent enough to understand and respect the working of the unfriendly cycle of the creative imagination . |
| 17 | Actually , this might have been quite productive since therapy is supposed to be a microcosm of your relationships , with the therapist taking on multiple roles . |
| 18 | The organization is infectious ; many people have joined intending to make a small , easily-managed commitment and ended up doing three or four shifts a week and taking on extra work until sometimes their whole life becomes bound up in the organization . |
| 19 | The college is taking on extra staff to make sure that anyone who visits or telephones the college can have a confidential chat with adult education experts every day next week . |
| 20 | ‘ Central and local government , and public corporations , should be delaying any measures which involve laying off workers until the recovery is well established , while bringing forward measures which involve taking on extra staff ’ , it says . |
| 21 | Asked Gary I would think they 're taking on extra staff |
| 22 | Given the vagaries of the market and rapid changes in processes and products stimulated by changing technology the strategy has evolved of taking on many employees for a short term only . |
| 23 | All the critical functions are within the teams , engineering , technical support , and after suitable training the teams are taking on many skills which would be normally contracted out . |
| 24 | If anyone is interested in taking on such a position or helping out , please contact : |
| 25 | If anyone is interested in taking on such a position or helping out , please contact for more details . |
| 26 | At the age of 20 , Gedge was willing to placate his parents by taking on such a squalid job , but just a few years later , he was more than prepared to stand up to their well-intentioned pressure . |
| 27 | One can only admire Lucie-Smith 's confidence in taking on such an undertaking , but wonder why Laurence King Publishing were keen on this project . |
| 28 | Yet in spite of the drive to encourage employers to recruit more people with physical or mental difficulties — or retain them in the wake of ill-health — too many are still backing off from taking on such staff , according to the Department of Employment . |
| 29 | Sachin Tendulkar came in to a reception whose volume and pitch tended to confirm what Bishen Bedi had been saying about his sex appeal , and there was the arresting sight of a 41-year-old bowler taking on two batsmen whose combined age was 42 . |
| 30 | That was the best thing we ever did , taking on two part-timers |