Example sentences of "begin to take on [art] " in BNC.

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1 So if Mains ' lean face did begin to take on a grey and grim hue it probably began in 1972 when the All Black selectors began shuffling around their fullbacks , with Mains conspicuously absent .
2 Injury doubt , Mark Hateley will also play , as Rangers begin to take on a menacing look again .
3 The oppressed begin to take on the view of the oppressor and in our example above , would begin to feel that their depression is a personal failure .
4 As an appetiser to the spectacle approaching , the rocks begin to take on an unusually geometric shape , until on turning the jagged headland of Part na Spanaigh , the astonishing site of 40,000 mostly hexagonal stone columns comes into view .
5 As with Diana 's romance , events began to take on a momentum of their own .
6 ‘ Solitude enflamed the imagination of Henri K — , and gradually the parrot began to take on a rare significance in his mind .
7 After the line , ‘ gradually the parrot began to take on a rare significance in his mind ’ , he made the following annotation : ‘ Change the animal : make it a dog instead of a parrot .
8 Although a late developer , it began to take on the size and conformation of an excellent Clydesdale stallion .
9 Gadebridge probably began life as a small farm , but from Period 4 , during the third century , it began to take on the additional characteristics , even to the extent of a gatehouse , or porter 's lodge .
10 As August progressed , Arafat began to take on the role of Saddam 's chief ally .
11 This ruling appeared to have been accepted , however reluctantly , by Sassou-Nguesso , and during April the conference began to take on the character of a national assembly .
12 As the creatures soared up and down , their laughter began to take on an eerie and mournful tone .
13 And then , just as the foyer was beginning to take on a shabby , comfortable look , the lift arrived , an elegant black and gilt box with a sliding door .
14 So by the time you 've played around with type sizes , switched fonts and merged text with graphics the whole document is beginning to take on a whole new look .
15 The foot of the League is beginning to take on a familiar appearance as far as Athletico is concerned :
16 Life was beginning to take on a familiar shape again .
17 I had put on around a stone during the year and I was beginning to take on the traditional pear shape .
18 It was beginning to take on the aspect of a full-scale expedition , and both women were looking forward to it immensely .
19 The ‘ Mouvement du 22 Mars ’ had begun to take on a momentum of its own , as April turned into May .
20 For Joshua , at sixty-two , and suffering from a bad leg , distances had begun to take on an extraordinary significance .
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