Example sentences of "on [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a crucial role for partnerships in taking on responsibility for the local co-ordination of education . |
| 2 | The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match . |
| 3 | In any other case , bankruptcy proceedings must be begun in the county court for the insolvency district in which the debtor has resided or carried on business for the longest period during the six months immediately preceding the presentation of the bankruptcy petition ( r 6.9(2) ) . |
| 4 | He turned down £1.5 million to fight someone even less credible than Foreman in April , a guaranteed £5.5m to take on Bowe for the undisputed crown next summer , an opportunity to win the titles in the ring and the star prize , a chance to fulfil his avowed lifetime ambition . |
| 5 | It became the last stop for taking on provisions for the large convoys of merchant and naval ships crossing the Atlantic . |