Example sentences of "be taking on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just wonder whether you realise what you 're taking on — what it would really be like to live up here . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Get in and socialise with the family , ’ Peter Shearer told Mr and Mrs M. You re not just teaching one child , you 're taking on the whole family , ’ this being a family of fifteen children , some with social and behavioural problems , and eight still of school age . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've got to know what you 're taking on , especially if , like us , you choose a child of 2 or older . |
| 4 | That 's actually been identified and that 's , that 's the route we 're taking on . |
| 5 | I 'm worried that you 're taking on too much . ’ |
| 6 | I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby . |
| 7 | we 'll talk to Sue Dave that needs to be , to find out if we can , what 's happening elsewhere cos she can through her colleagues and I will also I I do n't think I 'll ring Margaret but I 'll give Terry a ring Morden who 's the record of achievement guy there and get on quite well with him just to find out what sort of tap they 're taking on it cos er yeah , I I take very much what Sandra 's saying as do n't want our youngsters to be disadvantaged in anyway if others are lies , damn lies and |
| 8 | Asked Gary I would think they 're taking on extra staff |
| 9 | I want now to show you this er film then , and there 's no point in having Alright we 're taking on everything . |
| 10 | When we 're talking about the negligence factor , obviously the insurance does n't cover the negligence of of a repairer , erm any faults inherent at the time of purchase are obviously not our responsibility and I do n't think any reasonable person would expect us to cover that because obviously we 're we 're in insurance , we 're not taking on risks already , we 're taking on a risk of mechanical failure of items after they 're sold , not obviously before they 're sold . |
| 11 | By the way I 'm taking on homeworkers . ’ |
| 12 | Now at the same time as ordering the bricks I 'm taking on myself to order the tiles for the roof at the same time . |
| 13 | I 'm taking on the question of violence , this most difficult question . |
| 14 | Events , at last , seemed to be taking on a constructive momentum of their own . |
| 15 | Who was I to be taking on a contender like Thomas Carter , a management consultant and the owner-occupier of a £500,000 property set in the accessible Arcadia of Boars Hill ? |
| 16 | Acquiring a good interview technique is as important for people employing one person to work directly for them as it is for those who will be taking on large numbers to work for a company . |
| 17 | Objections to the proposals essentially turn on the terms under which any devolution would take place , and the question of the competence and reliability of the organisations which would be taking on responsibility for the sites . |
| 18 | Argus will be taking on other people 's technology as well and is currently in negotiations with several firms , he insisted . |
| 19 | Myeloski was beginning to realize that he could be taking on forces that encompassed the very people who ran the Soviet Union , the powermasters who employed him to keep the peace as a police officer . |
| 20 | Argus will be taking on other people 's technology as well and is currently in negotiations with several firms , he said . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm worried , quite frankly , about the responsibility I might be taking on . ’ |
| 22 | Magnus Magnusson , TV presenter , president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , chair of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and currently chair of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland , will be taking on the most demanding environmental job in Scotland as the first chair of the new agency . |
| 23 | Well I do n't think you can expect the County Council and the structure plan authority to have an idea of where the allocations are going because that would be taking on the role of the local plan preparation authority . |
| 24 | When Kostomarov , probably in collaboration with kindred spirits , wrote an emotive tract which concluded by saying that " Ukraine will become an independent People 's State in a Slavonic union " , his cultural activities seemed to be taking on clear political overtones . |
| 25 | The teacher will be taking on a role in the drama ; the class help to construct the role by using the teacher to create a still image of the role . |
| 26 | Drama time After recapping through still images , the teacher explains that he will now be taking on a different role . |
| 27 | Many large firms of solicitors now print their own explanatory leaflets dealing with the stages in conveyancing , and it is both useful and impressive to be able to hand over a printed leaflet or pamphlet at the time of the first meeting , so as to indicate to a client each of the detailed steps you will be taking on his or her behalf . |
| 28 | Love admits it will be very difficult for the players , who will be taking on opposition coming to the end of their season and in weather which will be completely different to what most of them have been experiencing over the past six months , though not to captain Bruce Russell , Iain Philip and Alastair Storie , who have spent the winter playing overseas . |
| 29 | ‘ Bill Clinton looks like he will be taking on quite a responsibility . |
| 30 | From now on Courtaulds Coatings will control its own sales and distribution in mainland Spain , the Canaries and Balearic islands and will be taking on 20 sales and technical service people from CEPI , and agents and distributors . |