Sentence examples for takings on from inspiring English sources
The phrase "takings on" is not correct and does not appear to be a standard expression in written English
It seems to be a misinterpretation or a typo. Example: "The takings on the project were not as expected." (This would need to be rephrased for clarity.)
"VAT on food of 20% is an enormous amount for people to take out of their takings on foods".
Now dubbed "Acid's Mr Big" by the press, and a hugely divisive figure on the scene, he and his entourage would sometimes head straight to The Ritz hotel after one of his all-night events, splashing thousands of the takings on champagne breakfasts.
(Our chart below excludes takings on bank holiday Monday).
The US experienced a drop of 5.2% in box office takings on 2013.
Those extra takings on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday last week push it to £2.94m, and second place.
Takings on the Monday holiday not only crushed Friday, as you'd expect, but also beat Saturday and Sunday.
Waxman is probably best-known for his tenacity in taking-on the tobacco industry and developing many rules concerning their manufacture and, especially, their sale.
It will take creativity and risk-taking on the part of both clients and agencies.
No one ever said taking on weird and well-paying jobs would be easy.
To many on the outside, the audacious assault recalled the first of Russia's wars in Chechnya, in the mid-1990's, when guerrillas twice surprised Russian troops with mass hostage-takings on the embattled province's borders.
TEAMS TAKING ON WATER -- Minnesota, Carolina, Denver, Baltimore, Seattle, Dallas and St . Louis
