Example sentences of "[verb] take on an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under this set of structural conditions , research has taken on an instrumental character , extrinsically oriented to external goals . |
| 2 | Since the invisibility of women is not confined to particular disciplines , feminism has tended to take on an interdisciplinary approach . |
| 3 | What firm is going to take on an untrained man in his forties at a time when it is being forced to lay off people who have been with their business for years ? |
| 4 | A house in Hampstead would mean taking on an astronomical mortgage , but so what ? |
| 5 | He had dropped down on to one knee and with head bowed seemed to be pushing at the trolley before him , which for some reason had taken on an obstinate immobility . |
| 6 | His status by that time had taken on an additional dimension : ‘ When Johnson battered a white man to his knees , he was a symbolic black man taking out his revenge on all whites for a lifetime of indignities ’ ( Gillmore , 1975 , p.5 ) . |
| 7 | The ‘ Coach Fund ’ was heavily subscribed ; Crawford had taken on an extensive schedule which saw him coaching his protégés ( ‘ Crawford 's Colts ’ ) four evenings a week at Carisbrook , and coaching at the Boys ' High School twice a week . |
| 8 | His eyes had immediately darkened , and his entire body had taken on an aggressive stance . |
| 9 | By the mid-1950s the Cold War had taken on an inexorable logic in Europe , which made divisions hard to break down . |
| 10 | Pete was beginning to think that the party had taken on an unpleasant edge . |
| 11 | For Joshua , at sixty-two , and suffering from a bad leg , distances had begun to take on an extraordinary significance . |
| 12 | I suspect it is no accident the politics of the times seems to parallel the growing toughness of the police image , or that the police have taken on an increasing resemblance to the black-clothed enemies of goodness who sprinkle the popular science fantasy films such as Star Wars , Superman , and the like . |
| 13 | Preparations for bonfire night have taken on an extra sparkle at one Kincardine school . |