Example sentences of "[noun] take on [adj] significance " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 28,000 miles perhaps winning or losing takes on less significance . |
| 2 | Where consumers are rationed on the labour ( or any other ) market , the formation of expectations takes on additional significance . |
| 3 | It is in terms of expert systems or other items of computer software designed to provide advice that the potential for liability for negligence takes on special significance . |
| 4 | The Ganges is hallowed as a sacred , cleansing river and the humble cow takes on new significance . |
| 5 | In the context of giant industries such as electricity supply the questions take on considerable significance . |
| 6 | Once the basic strategy has been decided the timing of the offer takes on particular significance . |
| 7 | Even that incomplete list of achievements takes on special significance when people encounter Nadia for the first time and learn how a genetic abnormality meant she was born with only one finger on each hand . |