Example sentences of "take on [art] big [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In my first six weeks here I had lots of battles — taking on the bigger ones .
2 ‘ I enjoy taking on the big battalions , ’ he says .
3 The game boys who took on the big boys , and won ,
4 In his day he has taken on the big guns of industry , commercialised culture and of whole countries ( who can easily forget his devastating portrait of Mrs Thatcher and the fawning Saatchi brothers ? ) .
5 If you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried . ’
6 But I do n't worry about being a loser — if you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried
7 The bell usually tolls for one of the big championship teams on cup day … this is cricket 's FA Cup … where the small teams the non leaguers get a chance to take on the big boys … the pros …
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