Sentence examples for that took on from inspiring English sources

So, one by one, the banks that took on the most risk are facing the real possibility of going under.

We therefore constructed a dummy variable that took on the value of one if the observations had missing values for income.

"This is one of those cases that took on a meaning for everyone outside the defendant," Lucille Douglass said not long ago.

Leary's escapade was seriocomic — a midlife crisis that took on the dimension of a cultural revolution.

He started a construction business that took on small projects in communities along his truck routes.

Dr Venter was the man behind Celera, the company that took on the Human Genome Consortium.

We formed a uniquely successful partnership that took on and beat the world.

Uber Mini-cab app that took on trad taxis, and ran foul of privacy campaigners.

It was a what-if conversation that took on a life of its own".

(Antiquing is a family pastime that took on a life of its own).

The Democrats have their base in the Northern states that took on secession last time.