Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [art] new [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The small , elite , central control agencies such as the Cabinet Office or Treasury takes on a new significance in the context of this kind of analysis ( Dunleavy 1986 ) . |
| 2 | The problem arises when a batch of recruits enter military service or when a large company takes on a new set of graduates . |
| 3 | Doubling in Dostoevsky , which goes back to the very beginning , to Mr Devushkin living and not living in the kitchen , which has its post-Siberian developments in the underground man 's now-you-see-me-now-you-don't ‘ flashing ’ of his consciousness , in Raskolnikov 's and Svidrigailov 's different ways of being among but not with us and Porfiry 's torture tune of ‘ There 's nothing here , precisely nothing , perhaps absolutely nothing ’ — doubling takes on a new form in The Possessed , closer to the I/We/They/Everybody/Nobody shifts of The House of the Dead than anything else before it or to come . |
| 4 | FIESTA takes on a new meaning at Sekers as those with Spanish holidays on their minds adjust to making fabrics for the car instead . |
| 5 | WORK shadowing , a technique usually used for pupils to follow managers around their daily tasks , takes on a new aspect at Swindon , where teachers shadow apprentices on the press lines , and Rover management teaches in local schools . |
| 6 | But the question of the hierarchy between the two discourses involved in the metaphoric relation takes on a new light in Such . |
| 7 | The recent development of the electronic ballast switches on a new era in lighting technology . |