Example sentences of "[pers pn] to take on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try to round off your answer by demonstrating how the old job has fitted you to take on the job you are applying for . |
| 2 | Your new commitments will be relevant in working out how much you can afford to pay out , but the law will favour the children of your first family — after all , no one forced you to take on another relationship , and it would be unfair to the children of your first marriage if they suffered because you chose to do so . |
| 3 | From there it is a comparatively small step for you to take on a role in a piece of forum theatre , and then on to working in role with the whole class . |
| 4 | May we now ask you to take on a more promotional and persuasive role ? |
| 5 | He says you lot ca n't play and it 's getting to him , it 's too much work for him to take on , what with his writing and everything . |
| 6 | Heaven knows whether he has it in him to take on the legacy of Melvyn Bragg in the 21st century , but he will give Artrageous ! the hip image a youth-oriented arts programme needs to convey . |
| 7 | Taken to extremes , it will cause the person who feels inadequate to become a workaholic , compelling him to take on more and more in order to make up for his own shortcomings . |
| 8 | Some time after , he heard from Dr J.B. Danquah , a lawyer and a mainline member of the intelligentsia , urging him to take on the job . |
| 9 | ( Given this prestige , it would he unseemly for him to take on a menial local job . ) |
| 10 | He has an excellent background in support , not involved in in the running but continuous interest and support and for him to take on this challenge shows a particular kind of commitment to the work of the Save The Children Fund and we 're very grateful to him for taking it on and I sincerely hope that he will enjoy the experience , especially after meeting all of you today . |
| 11 | What roles are they to take on ? |
| 12 | It was too dear to her to take on ‘ the degraded position of a woman who had forsaken husband and child and formed a union with her lover … she would always be a guilty woman continually threatened with exposure , deceiving her husband for the sake of a shameful union with a man who was a stranger and independent of her , and with whom she could not live a united life . |
| 13 | What could be more appropriate than for it to take on a great nineteenth-century house to complement the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century interiors at Ham and Osterley ? |
| 14 | Scheduled to ship by year-end , the system will come with a price tag of $300,000-plus , and Eskernazi expects it to take on the the likes of Cray Research Inc and Convex Computer Corp . |
| 15 | Gain says the acquisition positions it to take on the full scope of designing , building and delivering large-scale multimedia systems . |
| 16 | From the fact that it was chosen by lot , with the further provision that no one might serve on it more than two years in his life , it is clear that the Athenians of the fifth and fourth centuries intended that the council should have no chance of developing a corporate sense , which would enable it to take on an independent life , and wished it to be merely a fair sample of the Athenian people , whose views would naturally coincide with those of the people . |
| 17 | The local government system of the time had been given some shape by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 , but it was not until the end of the century that it acquired a structure that would enable it to take on the range of functions it has today . |
| 18 | The initiative helped it to take on new staff , all previously unemployed , and train them in skills ranging from computing to business administration . |
| 19 | Respondents understood very clearly the difficult role of the manager , and some workers openly confessed that nothing would induce them to take on the manager 's job ! |
| 20 | The additional energy they enjoyed after following the diet for a few weeks helped them to take on a much more positive attitude towards life — I could sense a really happy attitude in the remarks on the questionnaires . |
| 21 | Whilst most activities taking place during the scheming ( or " drawing board " ) phases are seen to be based around discrete geometric interpretations , their function may allow them to take on many differing forms . |
| 22 | On the other hand , I might be able to demonstrate , even inculcate , ways of thinking that will enable them to take on new topics much more quickly . |
| 23 | If the Catalans or the Basques should end up satisfied with that in the context of a confederal Europe who would press them to take on more ? |
| 24 | But the task of clearing hundreds of tips was too much for them to take on at the last minute . |
| 25 | As a headteacher of a state primary school I was immediately aware that I would be asking the staff who worked with me to take on new responsibilities . |
| 26 | ‘ It was quite usual for me to take on this sort of job but it was n't usual for him to make an appointment for me and only tell me at the last minute , especially when it meant working after hours . |
| 27 | Naturally I talked over every aspect of it with Elizabeth and the family ; and in the end I concluded that if- and only if-convincing evidence was brought to me that a substantial majority in both Houses wished me to take on the job I would do so . |
| 28 | Announcing his departure , Hickey commented : ‘ I am leaving the post at a natural time in Filmhouse 's history and on a personal level it enables me to take on a new challenge while moving to another area of the film industry . |
| 29 | And you know I think if we can , that 's a big enough task for us to take on here . |
| 30 | This is too big a responsibility for us to take on our own . |