Example sentences of "[verb] on the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The disease causes its victims to waste away and take on the sharp outlines of a statue with the shiny , sickly pallid hue of marble as the disease destroys them . |
| 32 | Under the name DNV Technica , the new company will take on the current operations of the Technica Group and the risk and reliability services of DNV . |
| 33 | To me it seemed to hang on the right lip for at least two seconds before it dropped in . |
| 34 | Little Pete and Ellie who used to hang on the very words of Uncle John . |
| 35 | He understood now , all right , and there was some comfort in taking on the complete burden of guilt , a kind of purgative sense of martyrdom , not unrelated to self-pity . |
| 36 | We have demonstrated against petty apartheid because we are taking on the entire system of apartheid on all fronts . |
| 37 | Gloucester 's role was basically to preserve the status quo by taking on the temporary leadership of the connection , rather than to carve out a new power base for himself . |
| 38 | Gloucester 's role was basically to preserve the status quo by taking on the temporary leadership of the connection , rather than to carve out a new power base for himself . |
| 39 | Mothers of younger and younger children have been taking on the dual burden of paid work and child rearing ( see Hunt , 1968 ; Martin and Roberts , 1984 ; Joshi , 1985 ) . |
| 40 | Taking on the difficult task of choosing a winner is London-based Olive Hurford-Porter , whose connection with the amateur operatic movement spans five decades as performer , choreographer and director . |
| 41 | Marcuson found himself increasingly taking on the editorial running of the paper . |
| 42 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 43 | Trees are preparing for winter and their leaves are taking on the beautiful colours of autumn . |
| 44 | Immediately the smug features reassembled themselves in his imagination and took on the friendly demeanour of an irrelevant sibling . |
| 45 | Phil 's first big break in showbiz was when , as a child actor , he took on the challenging role of Arthur Dodger in Charles Dickens ' classical-rock musical ‘ Camelot ’ where he learned all he knows re : homelessness … |
| 46 | Sylvie could barely remember the woman who had drowned herself , but through his words she took on the grand status of a tormented romantic . |
| 47 | Like the rest , the ex-Croydon cars took on the visible signs of war , headlamp masks , white collision fenders and protective netting on the windows . |
| 48 | Comedian Mel Smith took on the daunting role of Inspector Morose — a parody of John Thaw 's more famous Inspector Morse — in an advertising campaign launched today . |
| 49 | In 1967 he was appointed deputy chairman of the nationalised British Steel Corporation and in 1971 took on the additional responsibility of chief executive . |
| 50 | His chief advisers were to be Edwin Meese , James Baker and Michael Deaver and Meese , as Counsellor to the President , took on the major responsibility for selecting and indoctrinating political appointees . |
| 51 | David Thompson , the only new appointment , took on the combined portfolio of Community Development and Culture , hitherto the responsibilities of different ministries . |
| 52 | Not content with beating seven bells out of the test team at Lords The Aussies took on the Combined Universities in a three day game today and almost strangled it at birth . |
| 53 | Thus , playing to the Germans ' appeal for order , these two brave Frenchmen secured for the trade a buffer in the form of the CIVC which took on the day-to-day unpleasantries of dealing with an alien administration . |
| 54 | Determined to honour the family tradition of social responsibility , she forgot her various ailments , put aside her various unfinished manuscripts , and took on the onerous commitment of managing one of the most important zinc factories in the United Kingdom at a time when women were virtually excluded from the boardrooms of business and commerce . |
| 55 | DR GEORGE Preti of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia took on the unenviable task of ‘ harvesting ’ sweat from the acrid armpits of scores of male volunteers . |
| 56 | The Scale 2 teacher-librarian was part of this committee , which took on the ambitious brief of integrating a spiral of library and learning skills within the lower-school curriculum . |
| 57 | There are times ’ — Rose 's face took on the fierce expression of a schoolgirl talking about her most hated teacher — ‘ when I 'd like to brain her with one of her own golf-clubs ! ’ |
| 58 | Better , fit a true mains switch ( e.g. a cord switch on the primary side of the transformer ) and hope that people will use it instead of the on-off switch on the radio . |
| 59 | Employers could not pass on the extra costs to the consumers either at home or abroad because of international competition — British goods would have been even more expensive than foreign goods . |
| 60 | The new Prime Minister was obliged , yesterday morning , to send a driver to find out the telephone number of one of his key ministers , before Mr Singh could pass on the good news of his appointment . |