Example sentences of "[noun pl] to take on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pointed to a couple of other technical inferiorities , and went on to note that DEC still has n't managed to convince any of the semiconductor manufacturers to take on the production of Alpha — it looks as though DEC will have to make it itself . |
| 2 | The federal project in Europe would in some respects have enlarged Westminster 's competence , because of the capacity it accorded Europe 's national governments to take on the world 's financial markets and thus broaden the taxing , spending and borrowing options that have been , up until now , in the shadow of highly conservative directors of international capital flows . |
| 3 | It is legendary that actuarial training is rigorous and difficult , but it is this depth of training which enables actuaries to take on the responsibility of advising on the financing of future payments involving billions of pounds for insurance companies and pension funds . |
| 4 | This motion also creates an opportunity for the union , our union , the members ' union , to encourage young members , members and branch activists to take on the role of branch administration officers within the regions we represent here today and gain experience in an area of trade union work that they thought might never have , have existed . |
| 5 | In practice , many family members look to the female members to take on the lion 's share of responsibility for children , elderly relatives , the sick and the disabled , as well as domestic work , sometimes in addition to taking employment outside the home . |
| 6 | CAMBRIDGE 'S caretaker-manager Gary Johnson is being backed by his players to take on the job full-time . |
| 7 | One of the principal factors causing the growth in church planting activity to dry up in other situations is the lack of full-time leaders to take on the work . |
| 8 | Goff points to the contradiction that ensues when sociology attempts to take on the methodology sanctified by positivism for use in the natural sciences : |
| 9 | By the inter-war years such Sikh artisans had a number of Kenyan assistants adopting their skills ; by the 1950s the Sikhs were moving on to the role of investor and entrepreneur in both construction and industry , leaving the way clear for their former assistants to take on the role of artisan . |