Example sentences of "takes on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The show itself dealt undisguisedly with Lucille Ball 's troubled marriage to Cuban band leader Desi Arnez , the birth of their son , the twin tugs of showbiz and domesticity , and so on ; just as Sean 's Show overtly takes on the hero 's difficulties with women , and his tendency towards depression and paranoia . |
| 2 | It reads as a separate vertical volume and without being an actual pedestal , it takes on the function of a pedestal . |
| 3 | Her major musical films included Evergreen ( 1934 ) , an untidy but profitable adaptation of a West End stage success ; First a Girl ( 1935 ) , in which Matthews amusingly impersonates a female impersonator in a British version of the German Viktor und Viktoria , and the fascinating It 's Love Again ( 1936 ) , in which Matthews is a struggling dancer who takes on the character of a fictional celebrity dreamed up by two desperate newspaper men . |
| 4 | Besides which , butler 's argument really moves at the level of phenomenology only , as an account of the conscious character of desire , and hardly takes on the idea of someone like Spinoza that all activity at a deeper level is a manifestation of the organism 's disposition to preserve and enhance its own being . |
| 5 | Notice that it takes on the formatting contained in the paragraph mark that follows it . |
| 6 | As you approach the Peak District National Park from the west across the monotonous Cheshire Plain , past the star-probing Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope , a small blimp on the horizon gradually takes on the classic , pyramidal mountain shape — a sort of mini Mount Fuji . |
| 7 | Fortunately , Britain takes on the presidency of the European Community on July 1 so the Prime Minister could convene a conference to rethink the Maastricht conclusions . |
| 8 | When the appointment of three arbitrators is required , each party chooses one arbitrator , and the arbitrators-dual appointed-dual in this way choose the third arbitrator and it is he who takes on the presidency of the arbitration authority . |
| 9 | It was submitted that an owner can not turn his back on his property because when he purchases and takes on the responsibility of letting , he knows the property will in the course of time deteriorate . |
| 10 | still takes on the responsibility there ! |
| 11 | Undoubtedly part of this affect is due to the form of presentation — because of this immediacy television often takes on the appearance of an oracle — but a large part of the value of video documentation is in capturing peoples own experiences directly . |
| 12 | The forced march through Siberia becomes increasingly desperate and hallucinatory ( in fact Ypsilanti is , from the outset , clear in his own mind that they will never find the emperor ) : when the regiment comes to cross the tajga in July 1918 , the forest takes on the appearance both of a paradise regained and of a place of horror , endless in extent , haunted by marauding tigers and ghostly tribes . |
| 13 | One species of beetle in Brazil , when alarmed , immediately folds up its legs and flattens itself sideways , exposing its white underside and so takes on the appearance of a bird dropping . |
| 14 | Wings appear externally for the first time and the insect takes on the appearance of an adult . |
| 15 | Rather than being a credible exposé and powerful statement on the subversion of British ‘ democracy ’ , the film takes on the flavour of international espionage and intrigue , epitomised by the killing of Paul . |
| 16 | Back in America , Chaka Khan and Ce Ce Peniston offer very different takes on the role of the soul diva . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | John Gribbin takes on the role of New Scientist 's agony aunt |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The process whereby a family member takes on the role of informal carer is not fully understood . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The class takes on the role of a small rural community . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Steve Morrison takes on the role of managing director broadcasting , with David Liddiment the new director responsible for programmes . |
| 25 | In some cultures the mother proceeds to the status of a matriarch , when she takes on the authority of mother to the whole extended family or tribe . |
| 26 | If the divisional management is convinced , it then takes on the duty of providing impetus and promoting the project through the corporation . |
| 27 | Even when one member of the family takes on the lion 's share of caring , there is no reason why brothers and sisters should not make some contribution . |
| 28 | The purchaser who relies solely on this mortgage report takes on the risk of unexpected building defects . |
| 29 | If that person has no real exposure as a concomitant of trading activity but takes on the risk as a means of generating income , he is referred to as a " speculator " . |
| 30 | So for a lot of the time , their father takes on the job . |