Example sentences of "[conj] taking [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it worth insuring your computer or taking out a separate contract with a third-party maintenance company ? |
| 2 | Re-decorating one bedroom should be fun and is much less of a task than taking on a whole house . |
| 3 | Banishing an old life and taking on a new life and character when the time seemed ripe was a very Indian thing to do . |
| 4 | In other cases he remains cut off , although he may then recover well enough physically and mentally to start a new life , perhaps even setting up home with someone else and taking on a new job . |
| 5 | Austerity was Britain 's peculiar reward for surviving World War II unbeaten at the cost of selling her foreign assets and taking on a crippling load of debt to the United States . |
| 6 | A younger person marrying and taking on a teenage family may know very little about adolescents . |
| 7 | Wolfgang took the advice of his Mannheim friends — who professed themselves as disappointed as he on his lack of success — and decided to stay on until the spring , moving to cheaper lodgings and taking on a few pupils to earn money . |
| 8 | However , Victoria 's weekly bath was a ritual , a ceremonial , absorbing all Aunt Margaret 's attention and taking up a great deal of time , and Melanie was by herself in the kitchen , which was warm and smug and complacent since its work was finished for the day . |
| 9 | Floorboards tend to be fitted in long lengths and taking up a whole length is an unnecessary bore . |
| 10 | Confusion sometimes arises over the use of the words ‘ book ’ and ‘ volume ’ , normally regarded as almost interchangeable , but taking on a special meaning , often indicated by the title-page , when applied to the make-up of a complete work . |
| 11 | Primary earnings under F R S Three including everything down twenty one percent , but taking out the non-operating items , that 's the erm fixed assets , er profit sales on the one hand and the old extraordinaries on the other , and you have I think a more meaningful guide to our performance a reduction in any nine percent . |
| 12 | Sun Microsystems is apparently considering taking back every nasty thing it ever said about X terminals and entering the business . |
| 13 | If anxieties are ironed out before a transfer takes place , the employee is less likely to be under the pressure of family concerns when taking up the new appointment . |
| 14 | There will nearly always be problems when taking on a rescued dog , but with determination and good will on both sides , there are very few that ca n't be solved . |
| 15 | Many clients saw headhunters as taking on the dirty work , and many candidates obviously shared this view . |