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

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1 My kid I take on no call Monsoon .
2 Rules originally designed for efficiency take on a significance which is totally unrelated to any organisational goal ;
3 Strangely , as they soar ever upwards , the balloons take on a mushroom-shape as if there 's been a nuclear explosion beneath .
4 HIT THE NORTH sees Mark Radcliffe take on a session from No Man who are some of Japan .
5 I take on a board all the comments that are made here , I I think they do need investigation .
6 In people with sickle cell anaemia , the molecule that carries oxygen in the blood , haemoglobin , is abnormal , and the red blood cells take on a sickle shape .
7 If the analyst normalises to the conventional written form , the words take on a formality and specificity which necessarily misrepresent the spoken form .
8 ‘ You see , we usually take on a couple of girls locally for when the season picks up .
9 The wealth and power of the Victorian cities and the civic pride expressed in their impressive town halls , first enabled them to pioneer public services ; later it permitted them to build up teams of technical staff and take on a range of tasks of increasing complexity and sensitivity .
10 The barriers take on a variety of forms including cartel agreements or arrangements , national market organisations ( such as co-operatives or trade associations ) which discriminate against other EC nationals , and abusive monopolisation of markets .
11 Whereas other types of programme have the professional broadcaster take on a sort of translating or ‘ brokerage ’ role between the experts and the public .
12 First , bodies of thought take on a solidity through being structured around dominant paradigms .
13 When tenants take on a lease they may make extensive alterations to the premises in order to make them better suited to the type of catering enterprise they intend to undertake .
14 Wiz sounds as elusive and fragile as ever — lost somewhere in his own private world — while musically the songs take on a rougher-edged , gritty power .
15 In effect governments take on a commitment to support a part of the costs of several hundred projects at any one time , such ‘ counterpart funding ’ in countries like Kenya or Tanzania frequently amounts to a nominal commitment of about $200 million per year .
16 Yeah , like the electricity , but your chickens come home to roost when your overtime goes , when your job goes and you take on a commitment and they never , the last ten , fifteen , twenty , twenty five years and they 've never ever , ever taken on a commitment like that before , when it 's presented with just the roses around it , everything 's sweetness and light and roses and the other side is n't really put , put to you , think of the worse scenario , you 're out of a job , what can you do ?
17 Today England , having demolished a Railways XI containing no opposition of any note , take on a team sponsored by Air India , which looks almost as weak .
18 But the highlight for me was a thumping take on a buzzer which came adrift after a couple of really powerful lunges .
19 Events in our own lives take on a pattern , as if we really were walking with God in our midst , guided continually by his presence .
20 On that view , institutional forms created by men to suit their common or social needs at a particular point in time take on a being of their own .
21 ‘ As Emporio spreads and grows , I will concentrate more on doing a few limited pieces for the special clients who buy my signature line , ’ he smiles , betraying a special fondness for those who grudge no expense for a new take on a shoulder-line , a fresh twist to this year 's lapel that simply can not be copied in a less fluid fabric at a lower price .
22 Eighteen months ago the CBI suggested that the HSE take on a number of extra people to monitor the burgeoning biotechnology industry , but this has not been done .
23 If you take on a project , you take it on and put everything into it . ’
24 The brainchild of former Middlesex and England batsman Roland Butcher , the first matches will see West Indies , captained by Clive Lloyd , take on an England side led by Mike Brearley .
25 Men take on an obligation to maintain their children and their wives , and refusal to take paid employment in order to do so can in the last resort lead to imprisonment .
26 Women , however , take on an obligation to care for children , sick and elderly relatives and their able-bodied husbands .
27 If I take on an artist , for example , I need to think they will have a future .
28 Marine boss Roly Howard takes charge of the HFS League representative side for the ninth consecutive season tonight , when they take on an F.A .
29 When you , as an employer , first take on an employee , you must tell the Inspector of Taxes , who then sets a Pay As You Earn ( PAYE ) scheme and sends you an ‘ Employers ' Starter Pack ’ .
30 This can be one of the greatest difficulties to overcome if you take on an adult dog which has had several previous homes , and has gained a reputation for snappy behaviour .
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