Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hopefully it will take constructive criticism well and will carry on the excellent scientific work of the NCC . |
| 2 | Her personal life ceases to mean a great deal to her ; the main focus of her interests may take on a strong religious flavour . |
| 3 | While a white working-class female psychologist may take on a new professional identity which erases her class background , a black woman psychologist of any class is always distanced from such an identity by her ‘ race , . |
| 4 | Both there and at Keetmanshoep the Germans built headquarters stations which could take on a new strategic role in time of war . |
| 5 | Both brushes and foam can also take on a partial biofiltering role , but if they are intended to be a mechanical filter , they should be cleaned before they clog . |
| 6 | Train spotting in East Anglia will take on a whole new meaning . |
| 7 | MOVING the goalposts will take on a whole new meaning in Sedgefield next week . |
| 8 | In ‘ Shake , Rattle and Roll ’ , even if it is interpreted as totally devoid of the non-formulaic ( far-fetched , once one listens carefully to performance nuances ) , the collectivizing repetitions can take on a positive cultural significance , in the context of use by young working-class dancers . |
| 9 | embed sentences in relations to reality in such a way that they can take on the general pragmatic functions of representation , expression and establishing interpersonal relations . |
| 10 | Charing Cross — should take on the relocated Royal Brompton and Royal Marsden hospitals |
| 11 | Simultaneously , the His15 and Arg17 side chains of HPr would separate and the active centre would take on the strained open conformation ( Fig. 2 a ) , ready for the next cycle ; formation of hydrogen bonds to His15 and Arg17 would help to stabilize the open conformation and the protein would be in an overall energy minimum . |
| 12 | Although he had helped to set up British Aerospace as a nationalised company , he was convinced it could not take on the huge rival plane-makers in the United States unless it was unfettered from government control . |
| 13 | If your camcorder is one of the new low-light models which can take pictures down to levels of 2 lux , you could simply switch on the normal top lighting in your lounge and start recording some perfectly adequate pictures . |
| 14 | I 'd put on a frilly pink dress and dance to next door 's rock music — they had it on super-loud , the walls shook . |
| 15 | Tom : ‘ We do n't really put on a big theatrical performance , so you do n't look at it that way , you just try and sing it in tune . |