Example sentences of "[pron] take on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have full responsibility for fund-raising and publicity and because I took on a new post it means I am introducing my own ideas in consultation with the directors and chairman . |
| 2 | ( Here , incidentally , is my take on the homosexual male . |
| 3 | For this reason , adultery should be seen for what it has become , an act of sexual conduct which takes on a symbolic character if offensive to the other partner . |
| 4 | Pliny describes a much sought-after metal called Corinthian bronze , an alloy of copper with gold and silver , which took on a purplish hue . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Every historical case of political change or resistance to change has to be analysed , therefore , in terms of a multiplicity of influences , which take on a specific character and significance in particular countries . |
| 7 | Quite early there came the contradiction that anyone who takes on an extreme diet must meet . |
| 8 | She took on a black lad and because she did that she was ostracised from the rest of the community . |
| 9 | When he started school , she only had to look after him before school started and after it finished , so she took on a part-time job as a lunch-time playground supervisor at the same school . |
| 10 | Sylvie could barely remember the woman who had drowned herself , but through his words she took on the grand status of a tormented romantic . |
| 11 | Formula can , on the one hand , itself take on a positive significance , and on the other , it can provide a traditionally understood basis for the performance of individual variants ( which is what we found in the Billie Holiday recording ) . |
| 12 | There are dangers for voluntary organisations who take on an increased responsibility for service provision . |
| 13 | Another contemporary issue , though in this case an old one taking on a new form , is the provision of more equal educational opportunities for girls , and for young people from ethnic minorities . |
| 14 | After six months we had made such a success of our little business that we took on a fourth girl and moved into the garage , as we now needed more space . |
| 15 | I do n't know whether this is necessary but Caroline erm , but when we take on a new type of business which is n't covered by our current procedures erm , say electronic data collection or something , which up until then has been done on paper , that we ought to have some simple statement in a procedure about how we are going to er , ma , ensure that we 've got a new set of procedures to deal with that new type of , new system . |
| 16 | On balance he 'd have preferred to have seen them take on a top world fast bowler to ease the new-ball burden on him — as indeed they intended before negotiations with Australia 's Craig McDermott broke down months before the start of the season — but sees at least one advantage in having a star batsman rather than bowler . |
| 17 | ‘ We feel we should fight Mr Butters and let him take on a white elephant while we play elsewhere for a year and maybe we can return to Belle Vue . ’ |
| 18 | How many of us can say that someone changed when they took on a certain job or changed when something happened at work . |
| 19 | The Ruffians ' ( 4th XI ) season drew to a close on Saturday when they took on the third team 's opposition at Aldershot . |
| 20 | But at lambing time they take on a total change of character and they can sometimes become very aggressive . |
| 21 | It may be possible to read a listing of a computer program and perhaps make some sense of it but , certainly to many of us who have to use computer programs , they take on a quasi-mystical nature as they are , after all , intangible . |
| 22 | Work on the house still continues , and each year they take on a new project . |
| 23 | Their natural colour is brown , but after feeding , when they may increase their body weight by a third , they take on a redder tinge . |
| 24 | But in the second order system they take on a different set of structural features . |
| 25 | Tonight at 8.00 p.m. they take on a Chinese pairing in their bid to reach the final tomorrow . |
| 26 | Tonight at 8.00 p.m. they take on a Chinese pairing in their bid to reach the final tomorrow . |
| 27 | They take on an elongated shape and fuse with other muscle cells to give a multinucleate muscle fibre . |
| 28 | They take on the whole world , but they 've got no patterns with which to deal with all that experience. , |
| 29 | Clearly it takes on a further significance in the context of the discussion in this paper . |
| 30 | 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 . |