Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although all but 78 paratroop snipers were killed , the Australians were forced to surrender within four days , leaving the 2/2 Independent Company and some Dutch troops to carry on the fight 160 miles ( 257km ) to the east at Dili . |
| 2 | Just for a change I teamed up with a few fellow warriors to take on the Witchlord in Gremlin 's RPG-for-the-masses , Heroquest . |
| 3 | In America , where there was a comparative absence of a long term aristocracy , these social hierarchies took on a particularly strong pecuniary emphasis . |
| 4 | In their very independence , these cultural practices take on a certain ‘ facticity ’ or ‘ materiality ’ , very much like the profane materiality of the practices of every-day life . |
| 5 | It only took a little adaptation for many familiar songs to take on a new life and vigour , especially with the accompaniment of timbrels , clapping and dancing . |
| 6 | In particular , the development of expert systems for use in medical , legal , commercial or educational contexts has meant that many person-computer exchanges take on a conversational quality . |