Example sentences of "to take [adv prt] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dempsey had tried to take on two dogs that he knocked out his tooth . |
| 2 | It is important not to take on over-ambitious tasks or the client will feel demoralized . |
| 3 | Desire was easy to slam the door on , but emotions were a very different matter , and her fear was beginning to take on new dimensions as she realised Damian Flint threatened her heart even more than he threatened her body . |
| 4 | ‘ The lending figures show that people are still not prepared to take on new credit and this will restrain any turnaround in the economy , ’ said Ian Amstad , of US-based Bankers Trust . |
| 5 | The aircraft serve to show the incredible adaptability of the design to take on new roles and new shapes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Local arrangements would have to be introduced to make sure nurses are not obliged to take on time-consuming procedures when prescribing comes into force in October next year . |
| 11 | However , the finance company will often require the dealer to take on further obligations and to enter into a recourse agreement . |
| 12 | Heads are becoming more reluctant to take on difficult pupils and the LEA has no powers to force an opt-out school to take any , said officer Nigel Hunt . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Together with the intricate and expressive ports de bras he allows his dancers ' feet , legs and body to take on different shapes and lines as the design unfolds to interpret the words . |
| 15 | The status of the second level nurse has troubled the profession for years , not least because they have been depended on as the mainstay of practical bedside nursing , while being expected to take on more responsibility than their training prepared them for . |
| 16 | There will always be pressure to take on more projects than this ; it should be resisted . |
| 17 | There will always be pressure to take on more projects than this ; it should be resisted . |
| 18 | It is in nobody 's interest for consumers to supply false information when seeking credit , or to try to take on more credit than they can manage . ’ |
| 19 | Either he would lose Doctor Who , in which case his small Department would save themselves a very large overhead , or the BBC would let go its purse strings a little and permit Kine to take on more staff and resources to handle such a project . |
| 20 | In Durham the engine came to a halt to take on more coal and water . |
| 21 | Firms decline to take on more labour because the effective demand for their goods is deficient . |
| 22 | HEIs have been tempted to take on more research than perhaps they should have done . |
| 23 | He fondly hopes that in the meantime talented managers wo n't be deterred from seeking to take on top jobs because of the greater demands . |
| 24 | Sufficient money was quickly raised to buy the materials necessary for the construction of Harrier Hide ; a sponsored bird watch in competition with the Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society and the Trust resulted in enough money for a new wader scrape ; and work parties regularly turn up to take on any job that Tim Appleton , the Warden , asks of them . |
| 25 | Durham Police wanted to take on 20 officers but their bid was rejected by the Home Office . |
| 26 | National Grid , a company jointly owned by the 12 regional electricity companies of England and Wales , was granted a licence to take on British Telecom and Mercury . |
| 27 | I want to take down some dado and picture rails . |
| 28 | The many and varied attempts by governments both to take over foreign assets and to set up new state-owned businesses , have seldom been successful . |
| 29 | The decree allows the government to take over public utilities and businesses . |
| 30 | The decree allows the government to take over public utilities and businesses . |