Example sentences of "[vb mod] take [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson ( 17 ) has suggested that to exploit the potential market , producers must take on a new , invigorating , active , forward-looking stance and lay aside the conservatism , traditionalism and isolation which have hindered development in the past . |
| 2 | Under this circumstance , the ‘ old ’ attitudinal stance must take on a new meaning , if it is to be repeated in the changed context , inasmuch as it will be directed against different counter-attitudes . |
| 3 | Either the applicant must take out a bridging loan for that period — most are not in a position to do so — or the contractor goes without payment . |
| 4 | Today , in the early 1990s there seems to be every possibility their taste for autocracy and power might persuade the police that secrecy should take on a new dimension , so that sedition could acquire new status as a deviance , while even the ‘ espionage ’ of ethnography could well become actionable . |
| 5 | Britain therefore likes the French idea that the European Council should take on a larger role at the expense of the commission . |
| 6 | One of the topics for discussion will be whether Boro should take on a paid employee . |
| 7 | However , PEPs do not include life assurance cover and those with dependants should take out a separate policy , at additional cost . |
| 8 | I sent the letter to the Department of Employment , among others , and received a reply from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State , suggesting that my constituent should take out a career development loan . |
| 9 | Er , Erm , another thing you might do , you might take up a hobby that you 've got to think about . |
| 10 | Or memory might take on a rose-coloured tinge — as with one officer who had commonly thumped prostitutes : |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Likewise , a carpenter or joiner might be on a set day rate but who for a period might take on a separate contract to saw timber at a rate per 100 ft. , the figure depending upon the hardness of the wood . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | One day you might take out a screw too many and the world will fall apart . ’ |
| 15 | We 'll take up a general collection . |
| 16 | Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so . |
| 17 | If I really wanted to make it all ‘ organic ’ I 'd take out a section of , like , six guitarists , who could all double up on parts . |
| 18 | Both there and at Keetmanshoep the Germans built headquarters stations which could take on a new strategic role in time of war . |
| 19 | I could take on a Gladiator and probably beat them ! ’ ’ |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | Perhaps if you do n't want to sell we could take on a joint venture . ’ |
| 22 | A letter was received from Mrs. Hogan of Brighton asking if she could take over a sixteen-year-old blind boy , Arthur B. Her own son had died the previous year at the same age , and she said that she would ‘ do her best to make the lad happy , and find him light work in Brighton ’ . |
| 23 | The introduction of the rabbit into Australia offered a classic illustration of how a species could take over a new environment in which there were no natural predators . |
| 24 | Eventually they may take over a small group when the large parent troop undergoes fission as increasing size produces social instability . |
| 25 | When their children go to school , they may take on a morning job in a shop or making school dinners . |
| 26 | The skin may take on a white , waxy appearance with thin slits or ‘ cuts ’ on the surface . |
| 27 | Her personal life ceases to mean a great deal to her ; the main focus of her interests may take on a strong religious flavour . |
| 28 | While a white working-class female psychologist may take on a new professional identity which erases her class background , a black woman psychologist of any class is always distanced from such an identity by her ‘ race , . |
| 29 | Such movements , however , do not necessarily and simply entail the substitution of a smaller conjugally-based family for a traditional extended family ; rather it would appear that at these times kin may take on a new significance , and that we may need to look at a network of relationships much wider than the conjugal family . |
| 30 | Finance may take on a new urgency . |