Example sentences of "on [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , record the exercise that you take on each day that you record the details of your food and drink . |
| 2 | The books he read and the music he listened to took on profounder significance than ever before . |
| 3 | It is now widely accepted that the Chairmanship of the Bar is virtually a full time job , and the profession has been fortunate indeed in the people who have been prepared to take on that responsibility and make that commitment . |
| 4 | This is the point erm , well Plato made the point that the people we most want to rule us are probably the ones that are the least likely to want to take on that duty and Ben Williams made the same point the other way round that the people who rise to the top in politics are likely to be the ones that we would least like to have governing us . |
| 5 | did n't carry on that game that we were playing before . |
| 6 | Well I could I could er I could probably take on that task if you wish , cos it 's easy enough to actually write letters to people , cos I can just ask my secretary to do that . |
| 7 | The manager may take on that role but the new volunteers may find that they lack support as the manager is likely to be too busy with other duties to carry out the in-bureau training task thoroughly . |
| 8 | Every conversation , every event , took on fresh colour and significance . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll take on fresh food and water when we reach Ibiza , ’ Nathan announced . |
| 10 | Firstly , there were contracts restraining a person from carrying on some trade or business ; these were clearly subject to the doctrine . |
| 11 | Mark my words , a few slippery leaves , or later on some snow and ice , and I shall have some old people in my surgery with sprains and breaks . |
| 12 | Slightly less clear is the effect of FSA , s 48(2) ( h ) , which authorises rules : " enabling or requiring information obtained by an authorised person in the course of carrying on one part of his business to be withheld by him from persons with whom he deals in the course of carrying on another part and for that purpose enabling or requiring persons employed in one part of that business to withhold information from those employed in another part . " |
| 13 | The structure of deception takes on another layer when Lady Macbeth learns of the prophecies . |
| 14 | Her ability to change form is illustrated in the quotation which opened this chapter , where Jung describes how his mother seemed to take on another shape and quality at night . |
| 15 | She took on another personality and a new role as an outlaw . |
| 16 | Only Sinead O'Connor would have the courage , the reckless spirit , to take on songs made famous by the greatest singers — Ella Fitzgerald , Billie Holiday , Peggy Lee — to sing them live in front of a 47-piece orchestra , then take on organised religion and blame it for child abuse , and damn the consequences . |
| 17 | Everything hung on this jump if the RAF were to stand much chance in the rest of the competition . |
| 18 | I suppose it 's really proof of what er the approach that North Yorkshire County Council is taking on this issue because nothing is is as simple a as it seems . |
| 19 | Counsel advice has been taken on this issue and it is concluded that debt restructuring is permitted by virtue of paragraph 1(1) ( c ) of Schedule 3 to the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1975 . |
| 20 | yeah yeah and fine now I think somebody 's coming to see me at eleven and then I 'm teaching from twelve til two , somebody 's coming to see me at two but a bit later on this afternoon or on Monday morning I can do |
| 21 | The I 'm your representative for the minster governors and I 'll be slipping out later on this evening if I may of the installation of the new headteacher , that will be seven minutes time so if you 'll excuse me . |
| 22 | Even if you want the hips , never let a rose take on this effort until it is well established — three years old at least . |
| 23 | Partly for this reason , no decision has yet been taken on this matter but it may well feature quite soon on the agenda of the Welsh Advisory Body . |
| 24 | One reason why the ‘ Other Minds ’ problem was so important for Wittgenstein was because he could not dissolve it without revising the view he had taken on this point when he wrote the Tractatus . |
| 25 | Not for him Classical decoration hung on utilitarian steel or concrete frames . |
| 26 | Consumers may not have any more cash in their pockets than they did 48 hours ago , but it is their willingness to take on extra debt that drives demand for housing , cars , and other big items of spending . |
| 27 | ( 'Would you look after my children while I go out and enjoy myself ? ’ 'Would you take on extra work because I am tired ? ' ) |
| 28 | A man who , through choice or redundancy , decides to work from home , may be willing to take on simple cooking and housework so that his wife can return to full-time employment . |
| 29 | Col. Moussa Diabate , Minister Delegate for Internal Security , took on additional responsibility as Secretary of State for Social Welfare and Women 's Promotion , a post hitherto held by Bocoum Mariama Suzane Maiga . |
| 30 | This has been switched on all afternoon and left flat . |