The phrase "assuming a lead" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is taking charge or responsibility for a project, task, or situation.
Example: "In the absence of the project manager, I will be assuming a lead on this initiative to ensure everything stays on track."
Alternatives: "taking the lead" or "assuming control".
The MetroStars' propensity to retreat after assuming a lead stung them when Raul Diaz Arce headed in a crossing pass in the 84th minute.
The fatwa - which is influential among Muslims but not legally binding - came at the end of an extraordinary three-day conference of female Islamic clerics: a rare example of women assuming a lead role in religious affairs in this mostly-Muslim country.
101 respondents (44.3%) indicated that they had participated in an RCA investigation with 71 assuming a lead investigator role (70.3%) on one or more occasion.
For example, a cancer detected by opportunistic screening mammography at age 49 would have surfaced clinically at age 51, assuming a lead time of two years.
And whatever her concerns, Ms. Slatkin did quickly assume a lead role in the investigation, he noted.
Mike Hoffmann, executive director of the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions and professor of entomology, served as interim director of the center for much of the past year and assumed a lead role in the search for a new permanent director.
Last week, the Army Reserve announced that 800 soldiers from the 98th Division, based in Rochester, N.Y., would be sent to Iraq during the next nine weeks to assume a lead training role.
I think we're looking at something more of a division of labor, where the coalition retains the security function, where the U.N. and international agencies assume a lead role on the humanitarian side and where there's a division of labor or a sharing of responsibility on the political and economic side among governments, the U.N. and, increasingly, Iraqis".
Just as she assumed a lead role in her father's foundation and became a chief campaign surrogate for her mother, Chelsea Clinton is willing to step up should her parents need her if they return to the White House, according to the former first daughter's friends.
Integrated urban development with a focus on energy, water, greenery and the urban microclimate will have to assume a lead role and urban designers will engage with policy makers in order to drastically reduce our cities' consumption of energy and resources.
Of RCA-experience staff, 71 had assumed a lead investigator role (70.3%) on one or more occasions.
