Example sentences of "[noun] take on the role " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Royal Society for Nature Conservation / Wildlife Trusts Partnership took on the role of lead-organisation within the Consortium , although they have tried hard to liaise with all other partners , particularly CPRW . |
| 2 | Deputy Premier Djamshed Karimov took on the role of acting Premier after the resignation of Prime Minister Akbar Mirzoyev on Aug. 30 . |
| 3 | Many in the music business sneer at coverage in the regional press but Gedge has always encouraged it , especially in the Middleton paper where articles take on the role of a public letter home . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | With the Prime Minister sitting , smiling , between this unlikely comic duo , Mr Patten took on the role of presenter Sue Lawley while Swansea-born Mr Heseltine — billed by the Tory chairman as ‘ the most famous living Welshman ’ — groped into his memory for an accent with which to parody Mr Kinnock . |
| 7 | The therapists take on the role of director , facilitator , organizer , reinforcer , and teacher . |
| 8 | John Gribbin takes on the role of New Scientist 's agony aunt |
| 9 | TWO-GOAL Billy McConnell took on the role of super sub at Olympia yesterday as Holywood dramatically overturned a 2–1 deficit to move within sight of the Harp Senior League title with a 6–2 hammering of Annadale . |
| 10 | Six years later , in 1980 , he moved south of the Border to take on the role of TMcL 's UK managing partner and promptly landed himself in his first hot seat . |
| 11 | Mike took on the role of environmental manager in 1990 and like most others wears two hats … his other is process investigation manager . |
| 12 | This motion also creates an opportunity for the union , our union , the members ' union , to encourage young members , members and branch activists to take on the role of branch administration officers within the regions we represent here today and gain experience in an area of trade union work that they thought might never have , have existed . |
| 13 | His observation of the way in which after 1942 Churchill took on the role of Roosevelt 's faithful second left him with long-lasting suspicions of Britain 's priorities . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The City 's sigh of relief at Barclays ' decision to look for an outside candidate to take on the role of chief executive was audible . |
| 16 | Steve Morrison takes on the role of managing director broadcasting , with David Liddiment the new director responsible for programmes . |
| 17 | Because of the star 's absence , his understudy took on the role . |
| 18 | In the beargardens that became a feature of almost every major kite flying meeting , a parade of well-dressed bears took on the role of chairbears , observing in silence the antics of crazy ‘ humes ’ as they lounged in their designer suits , awaiting the call to elevation . |
| 19 | She rejected him at birth and it was left to Maria Fountain from the Cotswold Wildlife Park to take on the role of Mother . |
| 20 | The process whereby a family member takes on the role of informal carer is not fully understood . |
| 21 | Mr. Charles Vaughan took on the role until 1961 when Micky Watson assumed both halves for a short time until the arrival of Mr. G.T. Edwards as Secretary , on an honorarium of £200 per annum . |
| 22 | So the women take on the role of his good friends . |
| 23 | A " Space " drama in which each class takes on the roles of the inhabitants of different planets , each of which is in trouble . |
| 24 | The class takes on the role of a small rural community . |
| 25 | Sometimes it was all she could do not to reproach Liza for her lack of consideration , for her supine acceptance in letting her mother take on the role which should have been her own . |
| 26 | Within a year , Pinchbeck was on his travels again , this time taking on the role of manager Exploitation with the Gulf of Mexico business unit in Houston , planning new deep water developments and reservoir management . |
| 27 | Judith took on the role of House Mother . |
| 28 | Probably a priestess took on the role of Artemis and became the epiphany of the goddess . |
| 29 | When Julie took on the role as Ruth in The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil , it could have destroyed her confidence in her femininity for ever . |
| 30 | Blindcraft moved to its present home in 1972 and in 1975 , the Region took on the role of supervisory authority . |