Example sentences of "have take on [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Since the early 1950s , however , urban decentralization has taken on completely new dimensions .
2 So they are observations and it is my feeling that this motion has taken on significantly more importance than its content or indeed its effect .
3 If the client is overworking , has taken on too many commitments , has no fun or pleasure in life , or sets him/herself totally unrealistic goals , then these behaviours and attitudes must be changed .
4 It employs 1,000 people now , just as it did in 1981 , but in the intervening years it has had to take on far more duties — most notably the upkeep of its building which was looked after by the government from 1816 to 1988 .
5 Having taken on so much responsibility for myself , I now began to feel guilty .
6 By Sunday evening , what had seemed utterly ludicrous a mere forty-eight hours before , had taken on almost tangible form in his mind .
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