Example sentences of "take on a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Strangely , as they soar ever upwards , the balloons take on a mushroom-shape as if there 's been a nuclear explosion beneath . |
2 | HIT THE NORTH sees Mark Radcliffe take on a session from No Man who are some of Japan . |
3 | ‘ You see , we usually take on a couple of girls locally for when the season picks up . |
4 | The wealth and power of the Victorian cities and the civic pride expressed in their impressive town halls , first enabled them to pioneer public services ; later it permitted them to build up teams of technical staff and take on a range of tasks of increasing complexity and sensitivity . |
5 | The barriers take on a variety of forms including cartel agreements or arrangements , national market organisations ( such as co-operatives or trade associations ) which discriminate against other EC nationals , and abusive monopolisation of markets . |
6 | Whereas other types of programme have the professional broadcaster take on a sort of translating or ‘ brokerage ’ role between the experts and the public . |
7 | First , bodies of thought take on a solidity through being structured around dominant paradigms . |
8 | On that view , institutional forms created by men to suit their common or social needs at a particular point in time take on a being of their own . |
9 | Eighteen months ago the CBI suggested that the HSE take on a number of extra people to monitor the burgeoning biotechnology industry , but this has not been done . |