Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from dealing with the matter of the will if one was made , it may be agreed , if your parent wishes , that he should also take on the responsibility for contacting various persons and organisations : the bank , to arrange for money to be available to her pending the settlement of her husband 's affairs ; her husband 's employer and Trade Union branch secretary , or the secretary of any professional association to which he belonged ; his insurance company ; the Department of Health and Social Security , to obtain forms for claiming the death grant and the widow 's pension ; the Inland Revenue , if her husband was still paying income tax ; the Building Society , the mortgagor ( or landlord if she and her husband lived in rented property ) and any other person or organisation concerned . |
| 2 | Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay . |
| 3 | It might also take on the role of initiator of research and the evaluation of material . |
| 4 | From the 1760s , moreover , some of the British secretaries of embassy in Paris and Madrid were also accredited as minister plenipotentiary : they could thus carry on the business of the mission quite effectively in the absence of its head . |
| 5 | Employers could not pass on the extra costs to the consumers either at home or abroad because of international competition — British goods would have been even more expensive than foreign goods . |
| 6 | Thereafter the trustee applied for the certificate , but the Opinion was expressed that the justices could not grant a renewal or transfer of a certificate to a person who , not being in possession , could not carry on the business : Budge v. Goudie ( 1895 ) 2 S.L.T. 406 . |
| 7 | Although he had helped to set up British Aerospace as a nationalised company , he was convinced it could not take on the huge rival plane-makers in the United States unless it was unfettered from government control . |
| 8 | Since it was the only nationwide law enforcement agency when McKinley got killed in 1901- making three presidential assassinations in forty years — it was the only group that could easily take on the job of bodyguarding future presidents . |
| 9 | If your camcorder is one of the new low-light models which can take pictures down to levels of 2 lux , you could simply switch on the normal top lighting in your lounge and start recording some perfectly adequate pictures . |
| 10 | The fate of UK telecommunications equipment manufacturers may also hang on the decision : if the UK market deemed to be open to US suppliers , the US government could decide to waive its penalties against UK suppliers . |
| 11 | But they dare n't take on the decisions and responsibility that would allow them to make their own alternatives , and to drop right out . |
| 12 | Normal human curiosity flexed under the strain , but would not take on the forces of discipline in open combat . |
| 13 | Although it welcomed the extension of home ownership , it also recognized the problems of families who could not or would not take on the responsibility of home purchase ( Department of the Environment 1977b ) . |
| 14 | Immediately after the election Lafontaine announced that he was returning to his post as Saarland Minister President , and would not take on the SPD party or parliamentary group leadership . |
| 15 | The Chief Detective Inspector who would later take on the investigation looked in , and exchanged a few words with the Detective-Sergeant . |
| 16 | I ca n't put on the black and peach creations he bought before , so I told him to go and get something sensible at Marks and Spencer . |
| 17 | We ca n't take on the whole French colonial army — we must escape . |
| 18 | Chair , on the recommendations erm on item D , I 'm a bit unhappy about the use of the term ‘ natural ’ disasters , because I believe that many of the disasters that people in Oxford are actually giving money for are man made disasters , particularly matters of international economics and the unfair burden , erm unfair distribution of wealth which places a whole sector of the world in poverty , and I think , you know , you do get a magnificent response from people in Oxford to these charities , and we must be aware that there are a whole number of greater issues involved , and while I hear what you 're saying earlier on about you ca n't take on the problems of the whole world , I think when people are actually giving money to charities for example , like Oxfam , they are often unaware of these issues , and we do have a wider role in making the , joining with organisations like Oxfam in spreading public awareness on these issues . |
| 19 | Well , what people forget is that , if you put employers in a straight-jacket , the people who suffer first , are the employees , which as you appreciate will not take on the future . |
| 20 | HEARTS ' John Robertson yesterday spoke up for all the members of Scotland 's impromptu squad to face Germany when he railed against any suggestion that the side who will tonight take on the world champions at Ibrox is made up of ‘ second class citizens ’ . |
| 21 | Middlesbrough 's Reserve League side will also take on the Glasgow juniors over six heats in the second half of tonight 's programme . |
| 22 | People ask how can it be that Scotland 's relatively small , relatively low-key club set-up can produce teams that will fearlessly take on the best and nurture expectations of victory over them all until the final whistle . |
| 23 | Maybe the time has come when they will now pass on the secret that they have so jealously guarded . |
| 24 | And they will never pass on the fact that owners could be liable to the same punishment . |
| 25 | I sha n't take on the marchioness without the right weapons . " |
| 26 | It seems that many men , however , show little in the way of symptoms and may therefore pass on the disease quite unknowingly . |
| 27 | The formation of a government can literally hang on the defection of one of these religious leaders to one party or the other . |
| 28 | Johnnie is unable to escape the paralyzing atmosphere of the family home and in the end can only take on the identity of his dead father . |
| 29 | A power to carry out improvements will not usually entitle a landlord to replace existing buildings with buildings in which the tenant can not carry on the business permitted under the lease ( Leathwoods Ltd v Total Oil ( Great Britain ) Ltd [ 1985 ] 2 EGLR 237 ) . |
| 30 | Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by-passed . |