Example sentences of "on [art] [adj] role " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comedian Mel Smith took on the daunting role of Inspector Morose — a parody of John Thaw 's more famous Inspector Morse — in an advertising campaign launched today . |
| 2 | The society has launched a search for an actor willing to take on the key role of Young Walsingham in their latest production . |
| 3 | Yes well , for the experimental aircraft programme British Aerospace specified what G E C had to do and er a a this time , if you like , Deutsch Aerospace has taken on the equivalent role that B A E had for the experimental aircraft programme and er Deutsch Aerospace are not without experience in flight controls they have . |
| 4 | Phil 's first big break in showbiz was when , as a child actor , he took on the challenging role of Arthur Dodger in Charles Dickens ' classical-rock musical ‘ Camelot ’ where he learned all he knows re : homelessness … |
| 5 | They moved there in 1965 to take on the joint roles of warden and matron at the then residential and day training centre for the mentally handicapped . |
| 6 | Then there were truly new beginnings , a hated Poor Law , dead and buried ; a single , uncluttered task — to improve the quality of public care ; and a specially recruited ( and largely newly trained ) new band of professionals to take on the exciting role of pioneers . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | All four are , for example , victimised in different ways by the taboo of illegitimacy and the play focuses on Rose , who has been kept from the knowledge that Jackie is her mother by grandmother Margaret who has taken on the maternal role . |
| 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 | Negotiations with a difficult character ( e.g. the Pied Piper holding the town 's children in the mountain caverns ) are better conducted with the teacher taking on the problematic role because the teacher can judge just how difficult to make the task , and can allow the children success when they need it . |
| 11 | What arrogance that is , that they allowed the schools to take on the full role when over fifty percent of em were already willing and anxious to do so . |
| 12 | While Halliday takes on a new role , David Irwin is just happy to return to the scene . |
| 13 | Last October in Harare , the Commonwealth took on a new role as a promoter of democracy , the rule of law , and respect for individual freedoms . |
| 14 | The curia was taking on a new role , as the centre of a vast network of appeals ; increasing numbers from near and far came to Rome in search of judgement . |
| 15 | With plans to expand our cutter fleet in the offing Venturous took on a new role as training ship during the winter periods for the next few years . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , the Dak took on a new role in 1948 , as the mount of 60 Squadron , being used for two years on a nationwide aerial survey . |
| 17 | Letitia takes on a challenging role |
| 18 | He never developed a major following there — even , as far as can be seen , in the early 1470s when there was still a possibility that he might take on a political role . |
| 19 | He never developed a major following there — even , as far as can be seen , in the early 1470s when there was still a possibility that he might take on a political role . |
| 20 | There is evidence that men are taking early retirement or using redundancy to take on a caring role ( Green , 1988 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ They give us a sense of achievement too because we like to take on a caring role and feel responsible . |
| 22 | It was through his partnership with Bertie Fisher that Meeke 's Opel connections were established in the early Eighties and when the Spanish arm of the operation needed assistance he was asked to take on a supervisory role . |
| 23 | But quickly she was allowed an even higher profile and last October was formally appointed party deputy chairman to take on a prominent role during the election campaign and to sell the party to the business community . |
| 24 | The analysis of ideology then takes on a critical role by describing the social determination of knowledge in terms of particular social forms that both give rise to the contradictions present in ideology and are legitimized by its content . |
| 25 | He took on a starring role in the Plough Lane Crazy Gang production and gained more notoriety when he was sent off for elbowing a village postman in a pre-season friendly on the Isle of Wight . |
| 26 | Here part-time members could take on a significant role if they were allocated specific monitoring responsibilities and duties , but their current situation and pay militates against that ( Henney , 1984 ) . |
| 27 | Drama time After recapping through still images , the teacher explains that he will now be taking on a different role . |
| 28 | Because Proust saw involuntary memory , which after all causes the past to coalesce with the present , he saw involuntary memory as a means of abolishing time , however provisionally , however briefly , and in this way the artist takes on a God-like role , since through his art he can free the individual from time , and to this extent confer immortality on that individual . |
| 29 | Britain therefore likes the French idea that the European Council should take on a larger role at the expense of the commission . |
| 30 | The EC would take on a direct role in defence affairs in the medium term by gradually absorbing the WEU . |