Example sentences of "[verb] on the role " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in America , Chaka Khan and Ce Ce Peniston offer very different takes on the role of the soul diva . |
| 2 | He takes on the role as band spokesman with relish and enjoys being interviewed , whether it be with the NME or a fanzine about to make its first appearance . |
| 3 | John Gribbin takes on the role of New Scientist 's agony aunt |
| 4 | Firstly , the state takes on the role of intervening in the relations of production to control the dysfunctional aspects of capitalism ; the contradictions of capital that Marx described . |
| 5 | The process whereby a family member takes on the role of informal carer is not fully understood . |
| 6 | The teacher takes on the role of an alien , who says that the crew of the Starship must be lying when they say their leader is a man . |
| 7 | The class takes on the role of a small rural community . |
| 8 | Or perhaps the teacher takes on the role of the Pied Piper and tells the class ( still as townspeople ) that they can write letters to their children ( out of role the teacher could suggest these might be in code ) ; the drama might focus on negotiations between the townspeople and the Pied Piper . |
| 9 | Steve Morrison takes on the role of managing director broadcasting , with David Liddiment the new director responsible for programmes . |
| 10 | A " Space " drama in which each class takes on the roles of the inhabitants of different planets , each of which is in trouble . |
| 11 | If you are part of a group with instructors then the instructors should take on the roles of the Jones and tell you the sort of things they think Olwyn will work for . |
| 12 | The children might take on the roles of factory workers who stand to lose their jobs if the factory cleans up its act . |
| 13 | A shef organization from the towns such as an individual factory would take on the role of cultural and political mentor to some rural group . |
| 14 | Companies wishing to register on the EC eco-audit scheme will have to lodge an externally verified environmental statement with a competent body and Coles is hoping the IEA could take on the role of approving accredited verifiers . |
| 15 | Sometimes it was all she could do not to reproach Liza for her lack of consideration , for her supine acceptance in letting her mother take on the role which should have been her own . |
| 16 | To help the trainees to provide their own answers , instructors should take on the role of parents or anyone else and be prepared to answer any of the trainees ' questions . |
| 17 | It might also take on the role of initiator of research and the evaluation of material . |
| 18 | Erm at that erm meeting members did er bring up a number of points er , the comments and questions which have been put to the Environment Trust and the answers to them are there on page ninety five under progress to date and , and on onto page ninety six er , the main ones really are the question as to whether er , any rented housing could be provided erm , in the scheme is dealt with there the Environment Trust only develop for sale or for equity share er , they 're not a housing association , they 're a charitable body erm so they did n't feel that they were able to er , take on the role of er , provided rented housing in the scheme . |
| 19 | This is not to say that older men do not take on the role of ‘ carer ’ , nor that the perceived threat to independence is only an issue for women . |
| 20 | The teacher will take on the role of the merman , but asks the children : " How do you want me to look ? |
| 21 | The class can take on the role of any group of people unified by a common concern or problem , so long as we ensure that every child has an active role to play . |
| 22 | It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do . |
| 23 | Eleanor was assuming too much in taking on the role of possessive girlfriend . |
| 24 | ‘ If it had n't been for her courage and fortitude in going out there and taking on the role of investigator , private detective and motivator , those files would still be closed and the police would just have an unsolved case of a missing person . ’ |
| 25 | My separatist friends said I was selling out , and taking on the role of mother was just doing what the patriarchy had trained me for . |
| 26 | If the function is seen as the delivery of a service to carers and hence taking on the role of respite care rather than that of aiming for functional improvement then this could have import for the type of staff , ie specifically trained , ratio of staff and the drawing of expertise from other fields , ie occupational therapists . |
| 27 | Within a year , Pinchbeck was on his travels again , this time taking on the role of manager Exploitation with the Gulf of Mexico business unit in Houston , planning new deep water developments and reservoir management . |
| 28 | Well I do n't think you can expect the County Council and the structure plan authority to have an idea of where the allocations are going because that would be taking on the role of the local plan preparation authority . |
| 29 | By taking on the role of representing France , he also took on the nation 's internal contradictions and unresolved tensions . |
| 30 | Taking on the role of an Italian customs officer , she comes on board ship and tells the children that the authorities know about their activities . |