Example sentences of "take [adv] [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her personal life ceases to mean a great deal to her ; the main focus of her interests may take on a strong religious flavour . |
| 2 | ‘ I am sure that as classes get bigger and lectures replace the old tutorial and seminar systems , books will take on a higher perceived value as they become more central to the course . ’ |
| 3 | While a white working-class female psychologist may take on a new professional identity which erases her class background , a black woman psychologist of any class is always distanced from such an identity by her ‘ race , . |
| 4 | Both there and at Keetmanshoep the Germans built headquarters stations which could take on a new strategic role in time of war . |
| 5 | Both brushes and foam can also take on a partial biofiltering role , but if they are intended to be a mechanical filter , they should be cleaned before they clog . |
| 6 | Train spotting in East Anglia will take on a whole new meaning . |
| 7 | MOVING the goalposts will take on a whole new meaning in Sedgefield next week . |
| 8 | In ‘ Shake , Rattle and Roll ’ , even if it is interpreted as totally devoid of the non-formulaic ( far-fetched , once one listens carefully to performance nuances ) , the collectivizing repetitions can take on a positive cultural significance , in the context of use by young working-class dancers . |
| 9 | embed sentences in relations to reality in such a way that they can take on the general pragmatic functions of representation , expression and establishing interpersonal relations . |
| 10 | Charing Cross — should take on the relocated Royal Brompton and Royal Marsden hospitals |
| 11 | Simultaneously , the His15 and Arg17 side chains of HPr would separate and the active centre would take on the strained open conformation ( Fig. 2 a ) , ready for the next cycle ; formation of hydrogen bonds to His15 and Arg17 would help to stabilize the open conformation and the protein would be in an overall energy minimum . |
| 12 | Although he had helped to set up British Aerospace as a nationalised company , he was convinced it could not take on the huge rival plane-makers in the United States unless it was unfettered from government control . |
| 13 | A letter was received from Mrs. Hogan of Brighton asking if she could take over a sixteen-year-old blind boy , Arthur B. Her own son had died the previous year at the same age , and she said that she would ‘ do her best to make the lad happy , and find him light work in Brighton ’ . |
| 14 | If the Secretary of State accepts an agreement between all the parties at the Inquiry last May , the IHM will take over an additional eight acres of Weston Airport , including the original 1936 control tower along with other building which will provide the space for expansion and improvement of the facilities already on offer at the Museum 's present four acre site . |
| 15 | Added together , the BBC1 and ITV election results specials will take up a mere 12–14 hours , depending on the state of play at 4am . |
| 16 | To do the line justice , it would take up the next six issues , so I intend to show you only some of the more interesting such as the First Class blank Privilege Ticket . |
| 17 | Why ca n't I take back the dozen ski-holiday brochures I 'm leafing through , and be rewarded with a discount from the travel agents , and the knowledge that they 're recycling them ? |
| 18 | And so , depending on what you want to do on nine o'clock on Monday morning , you would take out the required floppy disc , put it in your computer , take out your data disc , which you would also have kept , put that in the second floppy disc unit , and you 'd be ready to run that particular application . |
| 19 | It meant that locals could take out an annual seven-day family membership for just £480 — a mere snip , and that the town school could use the pool once a week , free . |