Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] to take on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 1,600 names — the people whose personal wealth is pledged to meeting insurance claims — lost money when they found themselves having to meet huge bills for asbestosis and pollution claims after Mr Outhwaite agreed to take on the risks from other Lloyd 's syndicates in 1982 . |
| 2 | The group maintains that by the time Mr Outhwaite agreed to take on the US risks , the dangers of asbestosis were already known : a Lloyd 's working party had been set up in 1980 to look at the issue . |
| 3 | As August progressed , Arafat began to take on the role of Saddam 's chief ally . |
| 4 | — ITV plans to take on the BBC in the lunchtime ratings battle with a new soap set in a North-East seaside community . |
| 5 | No longer does Gascoigne want to take on the world single-handed , and his reckless nature has been replaced by a more thoughtful approach . |
| 6 | How Jon Solly plans to take on the world |
| 7 | For the recording of his The Manson Family , Moran decided to take on the role of Charlie himself , his unsettling experience with the Psychological Club being , perhaps , influential to his chilling performance . |