Example sentences of "[noun sg] take [adv prt] the task " in BNC.

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1 After the death of her mother , one lady took on the task of caring for her bereaved cat .
2 An expert taking on the task of deciding a dispute of this kind would be well advised to establish terms excluding claims .
3 A small theatre group takes on the task of mounting a Passion Play in Montreal .
4 ‘ Neil had the vision to see what needed to be done to carry Labour forward , he had the courage to take on the task , and he had the determination to see it through , ’ he added .
5 Michael Peckham is the first person to take on the task of directing the research effort of the National Health Service Phyllida Brown
6 Michael Peckham is the first person to take on the task of directing the research effort of the National Health Service .
7 In other words , the New Critical concept of coherence took over the task of unifying meaning which could no longer be attributed to the author .
8 The RIBA/ARCUK Joint Visiting Panel took over the task of visiting UK schools of architecture in October at the beginning of the 1992–3 academic session and made its first visit to the University of East London .
9 SAVE therefore decided the only way forward was to establish a new independent trust to take on the task of urgent major repairs .
10 More probably he had not yet composed much beyond the opening of the movement ; accordingly , after writing in these first few bars , he left space for the remainder of the movement to be inserted once it was finished , and another copyist took up the task of fair-copying subsequent movements which Purcell had already drafted .
11 To identify somebody with such skills and sufficient knowledge of the subject matter who also has the time and energy to take on the task will be a major problem to most groups .
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