Example sentences of "be [v-ing] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Tonight , over in the nurses ' home on Huntley Street , a bunch of junior doctors would be putting on the usual end-of-year revue . |
| 3 | We have demonstrated against petty apartheid because we are taking on the entire system of apartheid on all fronts . |
| 4 | Trees are preparing for winter and their leaves are taking on the beautiful colours of autumn . |
| 5 | Mothers of younger and younger children have been taking on the dual burden of paid work and child rearing ( see Hunt , 1968 ; Martin and Roberts , 1984 ; Joshi , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | These compensatory orders can only be obtained against the contravener who , for section 6 purposes , has been carrying on the unauthorised investment business , or who , for section 61 purposes , has contravened one or other of the statutory provisions referred to in section 61(1) ( a ) . |
| 7 | More interested in the style than the fashion , Huggy Bear are carrying on the feminist tradition of punk bands like The Slits and X-Ray Spex with all the musicality of Pete Duel & The Shit or Alien Sex Fiend . |
| 8 | The practice of medicine is carrying on the same way as it has done before but we 're addressing issues like quality and standards and timing and waiting lists in a way we have n't done before . |
| 9 | Today ranked number eight , he was taking on the best of British , Jeremy Bates . |
| 10 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 11 | It looked as if he was taking on the whole KGB . |