Example sentences of "takes on the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Ideally , the community physiotherapist takes on the wider responsibility of not only teaching the carers , but also assessing and treating the patient 's particular problems through a progressive rehabilitation programme .
2 As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say .
3 ‘ Scalpel ! ’ , then , takes on the indexical value in this context of ‘ Pass me that particular scalpel ’ .
4 The famous Chapter 5 of the first book , which deals with the transformation of labour from a stage where it is a ‘ part of life ’ to a stage under capitalism when it takes on the imaginary form of a thing separate from the labourer , when it can be bought and sold , is worked out in Formen , in the discussion of tribal , oriental , and ancient societies which it contains .
5 Operations support superintendent Barry Edwards takes on the added responsibility for those functions which were previously carried out by production branch .
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