Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is by making use of this complexity of an extended observing participation I believe anthropology can edge beyond its contemporaries in the other social sciences , so that the ‘ thick description ’ which Geertz ( 1975 ) urged us to use , takes on the ‘ finer grain and detail ’ necessary for an anthropology at home ( MacDonald 1987 : 120 ) where access to the social group or community studied is readily available to any demand for analytic reassessment . |
| 2 | When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye . |
| 3 | A similar tiny gesture takes on the same value when Alain rubs one foot up and down the other leg when the girls tickle him . |
| 4 | A charming children 's story in which a small helicopter takes on the biggest financial brains in Europe and the USA , and loses badly . |
| 5 | But he will think long and hard before he again takes on the United board . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Her major musical films included Evergreen ( 1934 ) , an untidy but profitable adaptation of a West End stage success ; First a Girl ( 1935 ) , in which Matthews amusingly impersonates a female impersonator in a British version of the German Viktor und Viktoria , and the fascinating It 's Love Again ( 1936 ) , in which Matthews is a struggling dancer who takes on the character of a fictional celebrity dreamed up by two desperate newspaper men . |
| 8 | ( 1937 , You 're in the Army Now in US ) , the improbable tale of an American hoodlum who takes on the identity of a murdered gambling companion and finds himself in the British Army , where he slowly comes to understand the habits of self-effacing Englishmen . |
| 9 | It was submitted that an owner can not turn his back on his property because when he purchases and takes on the responsibility of letting , he knows the property will in the course of time deteriorate . |
| 10 | Table Tennis Douglas takes on the Preans . |
| 11 | The purchaser who relies solely on this mortgage report takes on the risk of unexpected building defects . |
| 12 | Against Moses ' expectations he also takes on the task of feeding his people . |
| 13 | Back in America , Chaka Khan and Ce Ce Peniston offer very different takes on the role of the soul diva . |
| 14 | Fortunately , Britain takes on the presidency of the European Community on July 1 so the Prime Minister could convene a conference to rethink the Maastricht conclusions . |
| 15 | Undoubtedly part of this affect is due to the form of presentation — because of this immediacy television often takes on the appearance of an oracle — but a large part of the value of video documentation is in capturing peoples own experiences directly . |
| 16 | The forced march through Siberia becomes increasingly desperate and hallucinatory ( in fact Ypsilanti is , from the outset , clear in his own mind that they will never find the emperor ) : when the regiment comes to cross the tajga in July 1918 , the forest takes on the appearance both of a paradise regained and of a place of horror , endless in extent , haunted by marauding tigers and ghostly tribes . |
| 17 | Rather than being a credible exposé and powerful statement on the subversion of British ‘ democracy ’ , the film takes on the flavour of international espionage and intrigue , epitomised by the killing of Paul . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Often he takes on the legs-apart , guitar pose with Solowka mirroring his every move while massive grins threaten to slice their faces in two . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | With cool logic but passionate polemic , Segal takes on the ( primarily North American ) body of feminist work which has been so influential in the peace , ecology , and anti-pornography campaigns of the last two decades . |
| 22 | A small theatre group takes on the task of mounting a Passion Play in Montreal . |
| 23 | Notice that it takes on the formatting contained in the paragraph mark that follows it . |
| 24 | John Gribbin takes on the role of New Scientist 's agony aunt |
| 25 | Even when one member of the family takes on the lion 's share of caring , there is no reason why brothers and sisters should not make some contribution . |
| 26 | If we let indicate that part of the surplus-value which serves for the personal consumption of the capitalists , and that which is turned into capital , thus , it we make and correspondingly , if we further let indicate that part of the surplus-value which is accumulated as a part of the constant capital , and that part of the surplus-value which is to be accumulated as a part of the variable capital , and thus posit and correspondingly thus the general formula for the product of both departments takes on the following form : |
| 27 | The sites where tree clumps now exist may have particular etheric qualities which encourage the growth of particular species or groups of species , so the natural and created landscape gradually takes on the form of the underlying pattern of energies . |
| 28 | This is the heart of the notion of the inner city ; at the very moment that policy draws the boundaries of the inner city a place takes on the qualities of coherence that it does not possess , embodies all the contradictions that are part of the original concept . |
| 29 | Level Three , on the other hand , is an entirely different kettle of fish as Rambo , strapped into the seat of a stolen tank , single-handedly takes on the entire Soviet Army . |
| 30 | The show itself dealt undisguisedly with Lucille Ball 's troubled marriage to Cuban band leader Desi Arnez , the birth of their son , the twin tugs of showbiz and domesticity , and so on ; just as Sean 's Show overtly takes on the hero 's difficulties with women , and his tendency towards depression and paranoia . |