Example sentences of "take [adv prt] [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His account brings the whole city alive : the dry bones of the period are suddenly fleshed out and take on a recognizable human face . |
| 2 | This project will examine the process through which boys and girls adapt to this regime , and how they take on a particular social gender identity within the institution . |
| 3 | WATCH receptionist/telephonist Ann Sheppard at work for a few minutes and productivity levels take on a whole new dimension . |
| 4 | THE ups and downs of the business world take on a whole new meaning for successful selfstarter Jonny Sims . |
| 5 | Crackers and flares take on a whole new meaning when you work for the Olefines business . |
| 6 | Countries with large commercial-debt problems will get no help from the Brady plan unless , like Mexico , they take on the drastic economic reforms that western governments demand as the price of their support . |
| 7 | Frank Miller , the writer responsible for The Dark Knight Returns ( and the script for Robocop 2 ) teams up with Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons for the bi-monthly comic Give Me Liberty , a politically sussed futuristic take on the dilapidated American Dream . |
| 8 | In fact , as I write I realize that the whole mess of Primavera must be handed over to you — TAKE OVER THE WHOLE BLOODY THING and get this tremendous weight off my shoulders — change and edit the costumes , but not too much , as they are designed so as not to interfere with the movement of the ballet , as it includes curling up into small balls , rolling , lying etc . |
| 9 | When grating , take off the thin outer layer of zest , being careful not to remove any white pith , which can be bitter . |
| 10 | Sherman Dwight Mower and Buzzie B. take up a showy fast lead , and the race is on . |
| 11 | This could be exacerbated by considering the possibility , not as remote as it might seem , that either party to the above dispute between the convert to utilitarianism and the Samaritan might in fact be convinced by the other 's argument and take up a different moral stance . |
| 12 | You will have to put in fresh leafy stalks every day , take out the old stripped stems , and clear out the prodigious amounts of droppings the caterpillars produce . |