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How to use take on in a sentence

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The Tall Blacks take on the Czech Republic in three matches that mark the start of their road to the Olympic play-offs.
She began by making samosas, chapattis and other finger foods for a takeaway and soon she had to take on others to help her.
His intriguing take on evolution proposed that the apparent saltation of the fossil record actually reflected saltatory events.
Two notable new releases by filmmakers known primarily as independent auteurs take on reality in highly comic ways.
You're aware of your roots but you're happy to take on board the best of other cultures.
The colours are no longer saturated, indeed they take on a certain mistiness.
Worldly worries and cares take on a different perspective as the devotee looks on everything with a spiritual outlook.
At 48, he is learning to tame his creative spirit and take on just a couple of projects at a time.
You now feel a little more adventurous and are willing to take on a little more risk.
This extra ageing in oak barrels does not benefit all cognacs, and some will take on an unattractively dry, planky taste.
Everlast is one of the few artists who can take on a style of music like rap and bring something fresh to it while still keeping it all real.
Indicate whether you are a parent, a teacher or a pupil, and let us know your take on the debate.
He can take on two or three people and, when you think he's going to lose balance, somehow keep his feet and beat the goalkeeper.
They were not allowed to participate directly in political affairs or take on church roles.
Their initial banality allows them to be fulfilled, to take on another life, to free themselves of their own geographies.
Los Lonely Boys are a hard-working, hard-rocking Tex-Mex trio with an incendiary take on barroom blues.
After the funding the company plans to grow it development team and take on more sales and marketing staff.
In a market economy, entrepreneurs are people who voluntarily take on uncertainty.
That warning enabled her to take on extra water ballast, put out sea anchors and batten down for the blow.
If her take on hiring practices is right, Emory isn't going to be tenuring anyone in this area of interest anytime soon.
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It is not easy to calibrate his success but it stirs a seamless passion in those now ready to take on the mantle.
The workers take on the responsibility of cultivating the ground and tending the crops.
Suddenly, tracks such as If I Die Tonight cease to sound like mannered posturing and take on a peculiar prescience.
The play tears a strip off beauty pageants, satirizing their supermodel-thin take on what qualifies as beauty.
Slabs of cod are battered and cooked until they take on a golden hue, then served with a lemon wedge and creamy tartar sauce.
He offers six varieties of crudo, the Venetian-inspired take on sashimi that's currently ubiquitous on Manhattan menus.
A modern version of the same book will have a different take on what we should know.
He is obviously having fun with his take on a midwestern everyman, but make no mistake, it is a take and little more.
The judges liked this new take on a traditional material and were seduced by the tactility, colour and robustness of the felt panels.
The only reason she has not been is that her release has been in the hands of politicians, who have not dared take on the tabloids.
You also want your vice president to take on the role of attack dog during the campaign.
On another note, the Rocket Prof had better stay anonymous if he's going to take on sacred cows like global warming.
You can't let that psychological battle have the victim all of a sudden take on the guilt for the atrocious acts of the perpetrator.
Harrogate Town could make it ten UniBond League premier division wins on the trot when they take on Eastwood Town at home.
Employees would receive no pay during the sabbatical year, but would be free to travel or take on another job if they wished.
As the days grow shorter and cooler, plants take on new personas, ripening into warm gold, russet, and sepia tones.
The combination of the assassins, of time, of blame, and his own inevitable errors mean that someone else must take on the job.
Each man now had his own take on the world, and a person's storehouse of knowledge and arsenal of techniques were the measure of the man.
She is doing a little royal work and doing it well, but will not take on a full-time round of royal engagements.
Promising a fresh take on any and every aspect of the media world, The Desk is filmed on location and in the studio.
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The chain plans to take on its arch-rival in a bitter street-by-street fight for British stomachs.
This is often too big a job to take on by yourself and I would recommend hiring a professional arborist.
The knock-on effect is that liquidators will not take on jobs where there is no money in the failed company to cover their fees.
Organisers are opening up the contest to youngsters from across the region to take on its champion rocketeers in reaching for the stars.
They travel to Denver next week having won 4 of their last 5 and riding a wave of momentum to take on the Broncos.
The typical person lacks the resources, knowledge, and skills to take on the local leviathan that our local governments have become.
You need to take on board the fact that in some cases terminally ill people ask to go home to die.
Who on earth would be prepared, let alone equipped to take on such a challenge?
He is asking us to do nothing less than to take on his characteristics and become like him.
Spy Hunter is a revamp of the old, old arcade game, in which your souped-up car would take on all manner of villains on the wide open roads.
Others admit they are afraid to take on private landlords or commercial mortgage lenders.
What's your take on low-cut ankle socks, and what do you think is the most fashionable length for socks when you're playing golf in shorts?
After a rest day tomorrow, India will take on archrivals Pakistan while Germany, the fourth team in the fray, play Holland on Tuesday.
My blood begins to boil and my hair and eyes take on the angry shade of fire engine red.
But more surprising is the number of independent people wanting to take on such a responsible position.
I know of a particular group who are already set up and will take on this task and the responsibilities that go with it.
Civilian officers have been asked to take on their responsibilities, he said.
His take on the respectability of SETI in the scientific community is unduly pessimistic.
This meant that they had to take on Fighter Command, led by Sir Hugh Dowding, of the Royal Air Force.
The police's long running battle to take on the burglar enters a new phase in the town this week.
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Having experienced professional football and American football he is eager for rugby to take on similar codes of practice.
While the influence of Fela's music has been pin-pointed, his spiritualism and contemporary take on Yoruba culture was extraordinary.
I think the practical element of his take on remarkableness makes this far more useful than the vague pronouncements of a self-proclaimed guru.
But investors are reluctant to take on long-term risk given the uncertainties over the economy.
Without further ado, here's my take on the city's top 10 best pieces of theatre in alphabetical order.
Visiting valets and lady's maids know their place and take on the names of their employers.
Yet all told, its simplicities are gloriously redeemed by the novel's intricate take on sexuality, and its ecstatic and gilded prose.
He said they planned to take on extra clinicians in respiratory medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology.
Here we are finally at Easter, with our Easter Carnival all ready, the course looking good and ready to take on all comers.
Several young children give us their take on the celebration of life known as Kwanzaa.
Men can actually take on that aura of authority just by moving through life with an air of self-assurance and a boost of self-esteem.
What Kuwaiti fans lack in numbers, they plan to make up for in noise and enthusiasm when their team take on Australia in the Asian Cup.
His colleagues at the Pentagon asked him to take on the job of mechanizing the planning process.
Earthquake concerns are what led Opera House to take on the refurbishment now.
We would therefore hope he will take on board the feelings of fellow residents.
Australian Airborne Battle Group wings take on a special flavour when matched with the Malaysian uniform.
Or was this a wry post-modernist conceptual take on our received notions of the picture postcard?
Australian winemakers take on the latest scientific techniques to advance winemaking into the 21st century.
The Government will only take on claims after the new enterprise liability scheme kicks in.
We will not hesitate to take on tough, escalating issues, but we will do so in a measured, thoughtful fashion.
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When an artist and a scientist got together they came up with a unique take on fashion.
A diocesan bishop does not take on the role of father to fellow priests as an abbot does to monks.
It must please the Lord to no end to watch one group of abominators take on another group of abominators.
Tailored of fine thin-wale corduroy this smooth cotton sport shirt from Martin Gordon offers a modern take on a classic fabric.
However since the time around the release of the Athlon, power supplies began to take on a more important meaning for computers.
The 10 presidential wannabes will take on one another today at a debate in New York.
The horizontal bands of sky and sea take on the rich tonal consistencies of a Rothko abstraction.
Institutional investors are understood to be seeking reassurances that companies will take on board their concerns.
Now it's up to Julie to suit up and take on these meanies and figure out exactly what's going on.
The drive, the determination to take on all-comers, has come mainly from her father.
That is a more viable option to pass time than to watch this jarring take on a surge of youthful passion.
So artworks begin to take on the aura of talismanic objects of prestige and power which have value on their own account.
This think piece from Scotland has a more serious take on the doomsday scenarios.
Now she has a corps of enthusiastic volunteers, ready, willing and able to take on other people's crises.
It's working class fathers who are more likely to take on a larger share of childcare responsibilities.
She was strong when it came to physical combat, but not even she was crazy enough to take on a Geno barehanded.
Kenneth had acquired a good reputation in the area, and was asked to take on the role, to which he agreed.
Forecasters said the UK would take on a tropical feel, with sticky and muggy weather making conditions unpleasant.
Up to 30 people turned up at Sligo racecourse last week to take on the challenge of running a mile in four minutes.
Refusing to work or take on duties on health and safety grounds is not secondary action.
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For the next two years it's more important to me to do the writing than take on jobbing director work.
The charm of his take on the situation is that the golden boy and girl expand their bubble of radiant happiness to let the waif in.
But we've been too busy raising kids and too broke putting them through college to take on any major home improvement projects.
This is fair enough, for what survives to us in the Fourth Gospel is the Johannine take on this event.
Children are able to take on the roles of evacuees, undertaking a variety of war-time tasks such as darning socks or making rag rugs.
Sea Grapes take on a number of growing habits and can also be found as spreading shrubs.
Both have formed partnerships with larger companies in order to take on big projects without spreading themselves too thin.
Richard and Jude produce 15 barrels of beer a week at present and soon hope to take on their first full time employee.
If it hadn't been the right choice for my family there's no way I'd have been able to take on the massiveness of this job.
Mixed fruit and citrus aromas with a candied edge provide even sweeter raisiny flavours that take on a honeyed concentration at the finish.
If they don't take on the role of guardians there is going to be a real disaster.
It remains to be seen after May's parish council elections who will be willing take on the mantle of chairman and continue with the next stage of the transformation.
Her novel, a fictionalized take on her Left Bank intellectual circle, centers on an adulterous woman torn between two men.
They want to take on authority and comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable and all that hoo-ha.
Maybe you managed not to cringe at his take on the bard in Shakespeare in Love, making you a stronger person than most.
Kayleigh Roberts, the online editor of bop and Tiger Beat, had her own take on the phenomenon.
As Bryce Covert recently reported in The Nation, many new parents take on debt in order to finance time off.
The unit had to lay off staff, cut its caseload, and lacked the funds to take on statewide corruption cases.
Under the new contracts for teachers, they will be entitled to time away from pupils while support staff take on tasks such as collecting dinner money and chasing absentees.
However, that ambition drove him to take on challenges others avoided.
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These polemics, though, take on again and again an elegiac ring, as he settles accounts with the great figures who had preoccupied him throughout his life.
Hindus take on a caste identity at birth, being born into a family within a particular jati, as the argument goes, because of actions in a previous life.
This week, one team has to find a way of waterproofing a tent to take on an expedition, while the other team builds a seismograph out of an old alarm clock.
He speaks of taking on all the top junior welters, and he has also toyed with the idea of going up seven pounds to take on welterweight champion Cory Spinks.
They take on a protective stance in public, and they exude insecurity in their condescension.
And though topical humor tends to be transitory, a really bad gag can take on a life of its own and curdle a political career.
Designed with a fresh take on ergonomics, kinesiology and basic mechanical efficiency, this stuff's a fast-forward fantasy for all men who like a souped-up brand of fitness.
These low-income students take on debt and are also the least likely to finish.
He is so confident that his new energy drink will knock them dead in the market place that he is planning to take on the likes of Lucozade and Red Bull.
But as he goes on, this idea tends to take on worrisomely subversive overtones as he tries to make the case that it's essentially tricking people into learning.
I am so sorry that your parents did this to you, developing their own discriminatory take on your existence.
The snapshots show the artist's wryly observant take on his world.
The Lions now will hope Lady Luck continues to smile on them as they take on their arch rivals West Ham at Upton Park on Sunday, kick-off at noon.
Bacup manager Brent Peters will also be getting in on the action when he swaps his trade-mark coat for a pair of football boots to take on the all-stars.
In a Savage Land Aussie director Bill Bennett wowed the arthouse crowd a few years back with Kiss or Kill, his wicked take on two criminals on the lam.
But also, the idea all along of having the dream team take on gay marriage was that the case would go to the Supreme Court.
The two-hour delay in starting that morning began to take on increasing significance as the sun reached its zenith without disclosing Petersburg on the horizon.
Ken Campbell's slapstick take on the nursery rhyme for Unicorn Theatre bears the old rogue's unmistakable signatures of anarchic humour and lurking menace.
As the individual warmed, it moved to the sunlit side of the plant to take on the normal zygopteran posture, posture 2, where only the legs touched the substrate.
You'll wake up rested, relaxed and ready to take on the day.
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In short, the skin can take on a coarse and leather-like appearance.
While reflation does resuscitate the economy to an extent and lift consumer spending, consumers have a relentless tendency to take on even more debt in different forms.
They battled bravely even when defeat was staring them in the face, but the fact of the matter is that they are not yet ready to take on teams in the top flight.
Gorgeous gave them an opportunity to take on a serious subject in a fun, exploratory way, McGill says.
Such vehicles help the Coast Guard handle hostage situations at sea and take on pirates, poachers of marine wealth, smugglers and anti-national elements, an official said.
The plaintiff's back injury only allowed him to take on light work.
My take on that is that I always read him as an older kind of a guy on the cusp of finishing school and finding a job.
Through the late '70s and into the early '80s, it honed its take on the appropriationist methods that characterized the vanguard art of the period.
Seemingly broad, formless, and anecdotal, the book circles around leitmotifs that take on the ring of inevitability.
But if she breaks her silence and says anything at all about the furore, it could take on a more serious hue.
But a sequel most often means another look or furthered take on the same story, not new adventures and new stories of a character.
We take on the gamut of recent confessionals, from the sickeningly self-involved to the extremely endearing.
I could take on a crew and sail to Canada in my own boat instead of booking passage, or turn into a rover of the sea, going where I please and doing what I like.
Artists have often been said to take on godlike powers of life and death, but here it feels almost true.
The worst of the bunch was Mary Reilly, a gothic take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Do you think we'd be able to take on soldiers loyal to a warlord?
We judge our seriousness not only by the quality of our prose and lucidness of our arguments but by the caliber and seriousness of the enemies we choose to take on.
The absurdly successful Gwyn Barry is a hilarious take on middlebrow, narcissistic celebrity authors.
In an interview with The Daily Beast, halter sounded at least a tad reluctant to take on the mantle of the Great Progressive Hope.
The telecom industry was already in a tailspin, so no one wanted to take on the added risk of doing business in areas where they couldn't be sure they'd get paid.
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As women take on more national security roles, they bring a unique perspective and skill set to the table.
Port that has been left to age in wooden casks for six or more years begins to take on a tawny colour and a soft, silky character as the phenolics are polymerized.
The main problem with his take on the story is his overwhelming niceness as a director.
It took some courage, six years ago, for Steve Reynolds to take on a tiny village pub in the back of beyond and, defying all odds, become a Herefordshire hero.
Today, something as simple as a scooter, a toaster or a set of turntables take on an almost political meaning thanks to the urgency of these stencilled images.
This one-off single sees the band present a genuinely beautiful take on Punjabi folk, backdropped by a loping funk beat and breathtakingly lovely guitar.
Having been trained at Harvard both as a medical man and an anthropologist, you'd think his take on scientific issues of our day would be worth noting.
That's actually a great take on a spin-off, and to get to start my own franchise.
The novel is peppered with knowing humour, which for the most part stems from Alix's wry observations and self-deprecating take on her manless state.
The purpose of a spoof is to attract consumers outside the normal demographic with a comedic, sexualized take on a known brand.
His collection reflected his eccentric take on classic American sportswear.
I think every artist has to reveal little bit of their personal baggage on a record, but sometime when you are being creative, you take on a role.
In 2012, Bentivolio filed as a long-shot primary candidate to take on idiosyncratic five-term incumbent Thaddeus McCotter.
Down champions, Mayobridge will be entering unknown territory this Sunday when they take on Carrickmore in the opening round of the Ulster Club Championship.
He was currently testing them and their strength, they would need to be strong to take on any of the Dream Weaver's guardians, and he had seen their power.
About 10,000 Rangers fans make the trip to Bradford to pay tribute to Stuart McCall, whose testimonial sees the Yorkshire side take on Rangers' nine-in-a-row side.
The act gives training, respite care, and stipends to family members who take on the role of long-term caregivers to the wounded.
Wanderers go to Molineux on Monday to take on a team that is a banker bet to make an instant return to the Nationwide League but has shown a willingness to fight to the death.
After all, we acknowledge that we take on Christ in our baptisms.
Curry was intrigued and, unlike the other filmmakers VanDyke consulted, he had time to take on a major project.
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Would you ever in a jillion years suggest that your candidate take on racism within the GOP as a speech topic?
It is a very British take on the mishaps, family drama, and last minute jitters of a bride on the day of her wedding.
Schools and colleges will have to take on board the views of young people and parents in their area.
The Stirchley bakery will also make sweet pastries, such as Chelsea buns, croissants and brioche, as well as Tom's take on babka.
In cold weather rosaceous cheeks often tend to become mauvish and take on a cyanotic tinge.
Males develop hooked jaws known as kypes and take on a brilliant red colour.
The duty of mounting 'Queen's Guard' as it is known within the Army is one which many also take on with great pride.
Nowadays, musicians in British Army bands are normally required to take on a secondary role in the battlefield as medics.
Customers were allegedly inappropriately pressured to take on excessive debt burdens and to make acquisitions benefiting Quayside.
The dresses will be narrower at the hips, midriffs bare and the classic skirt will take on newfashion impetus.
The music played does tend to also take on a more contemporary style as is reflected in modern music today.
Instead, new banks were established to take on the domestic operations of the banks, and the old banks will be run into bankruptcy.
Undeterred, the writing team refused to give up the dream, waiting for a studio to pick up their take on a pirate tale.
The Chrysler Nassau concept car, a less costly take on the Mercedes CLS, a sedan with coupelike styling.
Boulton generally preferred not to take on lengthy projects, and he warned Cook that its completion might take years.
Wolves are ferocious predators, brave enough to take on a herd of massive, angry musk ox.
A FAMILY of kickboxers are getting ready to leave Scotland to take on the world.
Now the 31-year-old is itching to kick-start his career and can't wait to take on Ross County tomorrow.
People are understandably looking to take on more hours just to keep the wolf from the door.
It's down to the once-great Kain, and a few gullible humans, to take on the Sarafan.
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Others decided to go for a modern take on the quincentennial celebrations which have taken place this year.
What musical instrument did comedian Jack Benny always take on stage with him?
Nonetheless, the High Priests of Amun and God's Wife of Amun still had to take on royal regalia to be depicted before the gods.
The coin, which features a salmon and smolt, is the work of designer Emmet Mullins and is a modern take on the 1928 floirin by Percy Metcalfe.
Caryn James picks four other recent novels that also take on the classics.
Meanwhile, Leen Amersfoort will take on a new position as commercial development director in Business Area Table Top.
Terms such as exoticism, theriophily, xenophilia, and xenophobia will take on renewed potential for literary analysis after this book.
Aberdeen face their most treacherous test yet this season when they take on Kairat Almaty in the far reaches of Kazakhstan today.
Because our existence has no intrinsic value, it can take on whatever value that we autarkically choose to give it.
For an extra dose of vintage Daly, read his blistering take on Adam Lanza.
It's a serious topic, but C4 offers this humorous take on it with a mockumentary written by and starring Jack Docherty.
Laborists also can take on the responsibilities of on-call obligations, which for a busy, general ob.
Black flicky eyeliner, big backcombed hair and paler than pale lips are what you need so here's how to achieve a modern take on the retro trend.
Black flicky eyeliner, big backcombed hair and paler than pale lips are what you need, so here's how to achieve a modern take on the retro trend.
Newlywed Dec and Ant host as the usual parade of sportspeople, soap stars, and 70s stars who aren't in jail take on the jungle challenges.
City will take on the Portland Timbers, a team in the second-tier of Stateside Soccerball.
Mark Adams' unique wrapround dash treatment will also appear in the Astra, but with a different take on that found in the Insignia.
Princes is hoping to take on tinned meat market leader Fray Bentos with a relaunch of its major pie range.
If so, maybe it's time to seek out the company of a fellow Air sign member, or any friend who has a very calm take on life.
To the uninitiated, it looks like a bizarro take on a classic clown act.
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They are only one place and two points ahead of Wolviston, who have four games in hand as Leam take on Jarrow at Perth Green today.
My best take on this is that we need to acknowledge our differences, but we should not absolutize them.
This sensibility has nothing in common with the fascist take on Lebensraum, which is about making the world empty for one's own life.
Age is nothing but a number as spritely OAPs take on youngsters in a new ITV family show, Amazing Greys.
Fo's leitmotivs come through, as these meetings to discuss solutions take on an air of carnival.
And rush upon his foes and take on them his wreak, At push of sword and pike, in fury uncontrolled.
The commitment to marginality in much of the antiglobalization movement would take on a tang of negative logic.
Consequent upon this, the students also, in many respects, are able to take on a tutorly role as they work together in a group.
The first game of the weekend saw the ladies take on an experienced Penguin Rockhoppers team from London.
Join Morgan Spurlock, along with nine ordinary men and women, as they take on the wild with only the technology cavemen used to survive.
Television to develop a take on the lasso-happy Amazonian warrior.
The skipper, Matt Craughwell, said their boat had begun to take on water after being tossed, stern upwards, by huge waves.
So Inn Liverpool is another example of a modern beerhouse, a new-school take on the pub, of a kind that's already common in other cities.
Most existing composites involve thermosetting polymer resins that take on an unalterable shape once polymerized.
The Swordfish star wants to take on roles that make people laugh but feels he has been stereotyped as a roughie toughie.
The council won't dare take on litter louts, boy racers or under-age boozers, but dog walkers are viewed as a soft target.
Ton Pentre are in a local derby against AFC Rhondda, while Pontardawe take on third-placed Uwic.
Both Spanish and Portuguese ships used the islands as a replenishment spot to take on fresh meat and water.
Marvel has also published their take on this classic by releasing a short comic series of five issues that stays true to the original storyline.
High and rocky towards the centre of the Lake District, the Southern Fells progressively take on a moorland character toward the south west.
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The hale and hearty John Wilson provided an alternative take on the role of Lake Poet.
With more advanced locomotives no longer needing to stop midway to take on water Parkside station soon closed, and little trace of it remains.
In English, the umbrella term Pacific Islands may take on several meanings.
At Parkside railway station, near the midpoint of the line, the locomotives made a scheduled stop to take on water.
William Whewell pushed Darwin to take on the duties of Secretary of the Geological Society.
Many English nouns can be used in either mass or count syntax, and in these cases, they take on cumulative reference when used as mass nouns.
The menu comprised of satay chicken, beef rendang and a Malaysian take on sago pudding.
In liberal political theory, citizens take on obligations beyond those of samaritanism.
Here each sound moves one position to the right to take on its new sound value.
Rather than take on new issues, I believe bioethicists should rethink our approach to bioethical topics more generally.
First up, they have to make a traditional sandwich cake, before the technical challenge sees them take on an angel food cake.
Others adopt Cossack clothing to try to take on some of their mythic status.
In the Cheshire Cup fourth round on Sunday, Wallasey take on neighbours Birkenhead Park at the Kevin McCullagh Oval.
Peasants were tied to the land and townsmen were forced to take on their fathers' occupations.
They travel 10 miles to take on local rivals Threave Rovers at Meadow Park with Simpson at the helm after Jim Thomson resigned two weeks ago.
Autumn is from March to May, with mostly settled weather, as summer patterns gradually take on the shape of winter patterns.
The NHS also pays for private hospitals to take on surgical cases under contract.
To cut a long story short, I'm willing to take on the job, provided you really want to have done with it.
This, in turn, means that our statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking.
It's the usual freemium offering, with the birds posing as Optimus Prime et al to take on those pesky pigs in a side scroller.
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A brilliantly twisted take on the Frankenstein tale with a touch of David Cronenberg-style body horror for good measure.
People my age and younger can only take on trust the impact of the Hamlet whose influence lasted more than 30 years.
But, once he finds himself in the position of master to a bondslave, the colonial narrative and his own take on similar hues.
The States of Zeeland had tried to convince the States of Holland to take on the responsibility for the New Netherland province, but to no avail.
Now you wanna go off all half-cocked and take on one of the most powerful bastards in all of bastard-dom?
As a result of a deep history and strong African ties, symbols take on great meaning within Haitian society.
His memoirs were his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive.
However, as they left the Spice Islands, the Trinidad began to take on water.
So it's apt that Boudicca has lent her name to a business with a unique take on home comforts of the animal, vegetable and mineral kind.
The fashion world has been looking back in time for inspiration this season and this modern take on the bouffant was big news on the catwalk.
Hamleys in London has announced its top picks for this year with a new take on the Rubik's Cube a firm favourite to be a sell-out.
Elsewhere, Newcastle Benfield will face the winners of Darwen v Chadderton, while Shildon travel to take on Shaw Lane Aquaforce.
These scientific debates take on political significance for advocates of great ape personhood.
Edmund reluctantly agrees to take on the role of Anhalt, the lover of the character played by Mary Crawford.
The resulting aircraft would be large enough to carry sufficient fuel to fly long distances and could berth alongside ships to take on more fuel.
Since Rudi Joseph was a novice producer, though, Brattier asked Seymour Nebenzahl, his old producer, to take on the project.
Inland from the immediate coastlines, mediterranean climates can take on extreme temperatures.
Further, the mechanicals understand this theme as they take on their individual parts for a corporate performance of Pyramus and Thisbe.
The CA Brumbies return to Canberra Stadium this Saturday to take on reigning Champions, the Crusaders.
In Lindisfarne Cuthbert began to take on a solitary lifestyle, eventually moving to Inner Farne Island where he built a hermitage.
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The normal mesothelial lining cells take on four different stages before the degenerating stage.
Since no Dutch company was willing to take on this task, the project was awarded to an English contractor.
Prior to underway replenishment, naval vessels had to enter a port or anchor to take on fuel.
Almost all have a dorsal fin on their backs that can take on many forms depending on the species.
The Mergini take on the eclipse plumage during the late summer, and molt into their breeding plumage during the winter.
The meticulousness with which he ripped Nadal apart indicated a hunger in Federer that had threatened to take on a primal form.
A GROUP of young Wirral cheerleaders are preparing to take on the world at a championships in America next month.
It aired on BBC One Wales from 7 May 2012 and saw him take on jobs such as primary school teacher, zookeeper, drag artist and police officer.
But the battle of the sexes school has a different take on the matter.
While reigning as the world's greatest flyweight, Wilde would take on Bantamweights and even Featherweights, and knock them out.
This is the west-coast take on structured freedom, and it's a wonderfully far cry from the film soundstages where too many LA jazzmen grow rich and stiff.
The system of kirk sessions gave considerable power within the new kirk to local lairds, who were able to take on the dignity and authority of an elder.
One of these threads was their take on folk music, which would form such essential groundwork for their later collisions with Indian music and philosophy.
You don't have a boyfriend, slutface, you take on the whole school.
For a new take on a perennial favorite, treat your guests to our savory, sweet and spicy Butternut Squash, Cranberry and Cabot Habanero Cheddar Wontons.
At these ports, cargo ships may take on supplies or fuel, as well as unloading and loading cargo while cruise liners have passengers get on or off ship.
Sharpie Premium is a stylish new take on the classic fine-tip marker.
But Vaughan started reading the part himself during casting and decided to take on the role and swop the beer gut for a baseball cap and trainers.
They will take on other students, apprentices and sheet metal workers from around the country at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon on Wednesday.
Having recorded sections of this early version of Tubular Bells as demo pieces, Oldfield attempted to persuade record labels to take on the Tubular Bells project.

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