Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the role " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in America , Chaka Khan and Ce Ce Peniston offer very different takes on the role of the soul diva . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | John Gribbin takes on the role of New Scientist 's agony aunt |
| 4 | Firstly , the state takes on the role of intervening in the relations of production to control the dysfunctional aspects of capitalism ; the contradictions of capital that Marx described . |
| 5 | The process whereby a family member takes on the role of informal carer is not fully understood . |
| 6 | The teacher takes on the role of an alien , who says that the crew of the Starship must be lying when they say their leader is a man . |
| 7 | The class takes on the role of a small rural community . |
| 8 | Or perhaps the teacher takes on the role of the Pied Piper and tells the class ( still as townspeople ) that they can write letters to their children ( out of role the teacher could suggest these might be in code ) ; the drama might focus on negotiations between the townspeople and the Pied Piper . |
| 9 | Steve Morrison takes on the role of managing director broadcasting , with David Liddiment the new director responsible for programmes . |
| 10 | A " Space " drama in which each class takes on the roles of the inhabitants of different planets , each of which is in trouble . |
| 11 | On August 11th , long-serving press relations officer at Sun Microsystems UK Ltd , Ellie Pendrich , is moving over to become European marketing and communications manager for SunPro , one of the SunTech enterprises : Alison Dendy takes over the role for the time being . |
| 12 | In a Word , the paraclete takes over the role of Jesus . |
| 13 | If you are part of a group with instructors then the instructors should take on the roles of the Jones and tell you the sort of things they think Olwyn will work for . |
| 14 | The children might take on the roles of factory workers who stand to lose their jobs if the factory cleans up its act . |
| 15 | A shef organization from the towns such as an individual factory would take on the role of cultural and political mentor to some rural group . |
| 16 | Companies wishing to register on the EC eco-audit scheme will have to lodge an externally verified environmental statement with a competent body and Coles is hoping the IEA could take on the role of approving accredited verifiers . |
| 17 | Sometimes it was all she could do not to reproach Liza for her lack of consideration , for her supine acceptance in letting her mother take on the role which should have been her own . |
| 18 | To help the trainees to provide their own answers , instructors should take on the role of parents or anyone else and be prepared to answer any of the trainees ' questions . |
| 19 | It might also take on the role of initiator of research and the evaluation of material . |
| 20 | Erm at that erm meeting members did er bring up a number of points er , the comments and questions which have been put to the Environment Trust and the answers to them are there on page ninety five under progress to date and , and on onto page ninety six er , the main ones really are the question as to whether er , any rented housing could be provided erm , in the scheme is dealt with there the Environment Trust only develop for sale or for equity share er , they 're not a housing association , they 're a charitable body erm so they did n't feel that they were able to er , take on the role of er , provided rented housing in the scheme . |
| 21 | This is not to say that older men do not take on the role of ‘ carer ’ , nor that the perceived threat to independence is only an issue for women . |
| 22 | The teacher will take on the role of the merman , but asks the children : " How do you want me to look ? |
| 23 | The class can take on the role of any group of people unified by a common concern or problem , so long as we ensure that every child has an active role to play . |
| 24 | Ceramic materials may take over the role of cobalt in magnets , a move stimulated by the political upheavals in Zaire in 1978 , which forced up the price of the metal and made many manufacturers look for substitutes . |
| 25 | IBM is apparently now convinced that DME can succeed — it will get a distributed object application development environment and Corba-compliant object dispatcher — and because of the resources available to it , will take over the role of key integrator . |
| 26 | IBM is apparently now convinced that DME can succeed — it will get a distributed object application development environment and Corba-compliant object dispatcher — and because of the resources available to it , will take over the role of key integrator . |
| 27 | Although each patch would have a back-up long-term hostel , it was intended that the mental health centres should take over the role of caring for most people with longer-term difficulties . |
| 28 | It would take over the role in Ukraine of the former USSR Vneshekonombank ( Bank for Foreign Economic Relations ) , whose assets were taken over by Russia pending an agreement between the republics . |
| 29 | We could all take up the role of publicity agent , advertising our own favourite recreation ! |
| 30 | It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do . |