Example sentences of "and take on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This change will allow the Gallery to set itself up permanently on a proper funding basis , with the possibility of a number of options : it could move into public ownership , either national or local ; alternatively , a private sponsor might come forward and take on the entire enterprise .
2 Immediately the smug features reassembled themselves in his imagination and took on the friendly demeanour of an irrelevant sibling .
3 Determined to honour the family tradition of social responsibility , she forgot her various ailments , put aside her various unfinished manuscripts , and took on the onerous commitment of managing one of the most important zinc factories in the United Kingdom at a time when women were virtually excluded from the boardrooms of business and commerce .
4 They identify with the global capitalist system , reconceptualize their several national interests in terms of the global system , and take on the political project of reconceptualizing the national interests of their co-nationals in terms of the global capitalist system .
5 By the middle of next year the bank will move its head office into Poultry , and take on the heavy mantle of tradition .
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