Example sentences of "take on [art] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.

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1 For these seemingly innocent catchphrases take on a new meaning in the unofficial dictionary of drug dealing , a chief police officer revealed yesterday .
2 Britten combines this with a highly resourceful method of linking and transforming themes , so that ideas which are at first simply pictorial take on a psychological meaning in the story , or vice versa .
3 Tonight at 8.00 p.m. they take on a Chinese pairing in their bid to reach the final tomorrow .
4 Tonight at 8.00 p.m. they take on a Chinese pairing in their bid to reach the final tomorrow .
5 Not unnaturally one consequence of this reductionism is that action and pragmatism take on an extra dimension in the police mind , holding a special place in the institutional imagination .
6 Today Wales B take on the shaken Aussies in Cardiff — and Davies does n't rule out another shock Welsh win .
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