Example sentences of "[vb base] on the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were in London for rehearsals at the Globe , and the actors put on the new play for the first time on the 29th of June , 1613 . |
| 2 | Then Petra , a group which looks and sounds like Led Zeppelin , but is given to quoting from St Paul 's epistle to the Ephesians ( 6:11-17 : ‘ Put on the full armour of God , that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil … ’ ) , is for you . |
| 3 | Which is why it 's a very good idea when you next go into your offices this afternoon , to rock the receiver , like this , because any camp ons put on the wrong extension on the ‘ ring no reply ’ camp on will be matured , on a first come first served basis , so that 's how people get to talk to you . |
| 4 | Better , fit a true mains switch ( e.g. a cord switch on the primary side of the transformer ) and hope that people will use it instead of the on-off switch on the radio . |
| 5 | They identify with the global capitalist system , reconceptualize their several national interests in terms of the global system , and take on the political project of reconceptualizing the national interests of their co-nationals in terms of the global capitalist system . |
| 6 | Today Wales B take on the shaken Aussies in Cardiff — and Davies does n't rule out another shock Welsh win . |
| 7 | This Sunday the Oxford Saints take on the Delonghi Knights from Kent in the National League play offs . |
| 8 | As a result , psychiatrists take on the crucial rule of assessor and expert witness in child care cases in which the mother has a mental or behavioural disorder . |
| 9 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 10 | By the middle of next year the bank will move its head office into Poultry , and take on the heavy mantle of tradition . |
| 11 | Practically , it means that students have to become used to expressing a point of view and exposing it to the critical evaluation of their peers , and in this way take on the ethical demands of rationality . |
| 12 | His judgements take on the ex-cathedra ring of a Lawrence : ‘ I believe in you as a painter . ’ |