Example sentences of "[verb] taken [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The multitude of Madonnas for Italian worship in the Renaissance made this a fruitful theme for connoisseurship which has taken on the task of distinguishing authentic works from those by followers or copyists . |
| 2 | Tamati has taken on a lot but life from here should not be dull for Salford 's long-suffering support . |
| 3 | With no qualifications and precious little experience , she has taken on the job of Princess of Wales and is turning it into a significant career — and at the same time has brought up two small boys . |
| 4 | She has worked tirelessly and helped raise millions of pounds for the charities she has taken on . |
| 5 | Like the Prince , she requests and gathers together information and reading material on all of the subjects she has taken on . |
| 6 | Martin Hardwidge , the General Secretary , left in April and Stuart Waddington has taken on that role . |
| 7 | Since moving into a gymnasium in Florida and working with Vic Andreetti , a former British champion from the East End of London , Benn has taken on a new mantle . |
| 8 | Since moving into a gymnasium in Florida and working with Vic Andreetti , a former British champion from the East End of London , Benn has taken on a new mantle . |
| 9 | To prove his point he has taken on the legal profession and , with no legal training whatsoever , tied judges in such knots they have overruled each other . |
| 10 | Mark Jones , the exhibition 's curator , has taken on the dual task of tracing the history of forgery from archaic Babylon to contemporary California , while at the same time tracing the history of how forgery is understood . |
| 11 | The parliamentary party has taken on a new style , in which the old alliance of interests to which Henry Fairlie alluded has fractured . |
| 12 | Matthew Spender ( son of the poet Stephen ) has taken on the harder task of writing about Tuscany from within . |
| 13 | Recently , Tina Benson , the captain 's sister , has taken on the role of marketing manager . |
| 14 | The site of the garden has taken on special significance since A Morbid Taste for Bones , by Ellis Peters , was published in 1977 . |
| 15 | In introducing the subject Grant commented that while it was important in crime investigation , it has taken on a new significance in the past year because of the large number of valuable documents that had been damaged as a result of fires caused by enemy action . |
| 16 | This is the case of Austria , for instance , of which it has been said that ‘ banished to insignificant social roles , Austrian federalism has taken on something of a folklore quality ’ . |
| 17 | Since its early expression was in the form of sexual relations between conquering white soldiers and dominated Indian women , it has taken on a distinctly aggressive element which can emerge in the form of violence . |
| 18 | A local trust has now been set up to champion the restoration of the landscape ; and the Landmark Trust has taken on the principal building , the splendid banqueting house , constructed with three great arches , overlooking the valley like one of the fountains of baroque Rome . |
| 19 | Any smallholder would do well to join a local ATB group , particularly if he has taken on his own farm with relatively little experience . |
| 20 | The village Neighbourhood Watch scheme is now fully operational , thanks to Clifford Watts who has taken on overall responsibility . |
| 21 | For me the transcendent landscape has taken on the aspect of patterned fields , or small patches of flower beds . |
| 22 | As such , the quality of interfaces to GIS has taken on a considerable importance in terms of awareness , training and usage , both to the providers of GIS software and users of GIS alike ( Rhind , et al. 1989 ) . |
| 23 | The Gondoliers likewise provides a bonus — the best of all Sullivan 's orchestral pieces , called by him Overtura di Ballo ( though here , as usual , the bogus-Italian overtura has taken on its conventional form ) . |
| 24 | The Community has taken on additional powers , particularly in the foreign policy and security area , and has expanded the role of qualified majority voting . |
| 25 | Since the powers of the European Parliament were enhanced by the Single European Act in July 1987 , lobbying of MEPs and the European Parliament 's committees has taken on new significance . |
| 26 | The minster leads into the largely undisturbed Georgian town centre , which has taken on a new lease of life under the guidance of the local Civic Society . |
| 27 | If some kind person could send us a copy I have some very keen would-be knitters who would be extremely grateful , not least myself who has taken on the task of teaching them . |
| 28 | Life has taken on a new sense of urgency and my mind is working overtime . |
| 29 | By the halfway stage he has taken on the slightly desperate , bloodshot aspect of the tragic hero about to be engulfed by the forces he has unleashed : ‘ I shall resolutely ignore everything but the skeletal essentials of my theme , ’ he declares ( ‘ Off , off you lendings ! ’ ) . |
| 30 | THE house where ex-Goon Peter Sellers was born has taken on a new lease of life as a Chinese restaurant . |