Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this strange institution we did not even know all the people who worked in the same room as ourselves , as the action went on twenty-four hours a day , and we were on duty on varying shifts . |
| 2 | He admits that in the Eighties the card took on some people who were not quite of the calibre of its existing client portfolio . |
| 3 | Woodhill Echo went on last year to win a £1,000 open at Brough Park before finishing third in the Scottish Derby . |
| 4 | The front doors were almost bare of paint and shadows cast by the gas flame took on weird shapes . |
| 5 | Even when no political or social statement was intended , the most abstruse philosophical inquiry , the most obscure historical research , the narrowest psychological study took on political meaning . |
| 6 | Very few husbands took on any household chores . |
| 7 | Suddenly the one-off singles deal took on lengthier proportions and a second single was chosen from the pack . |
| 8 | Its counterpart on Ermine Street was a two-phase structure , beginning life as a building measuring 25.9 by 13.1 m ( 84½ by 43 ft ) , with a shingled roof carried on two rows of massive posts 5.8 m ( 19ft ) apart . |
| 9 | In the far South-west , Cornish mining took on female labour to a degree unusual in the southern part of the country . |
| 10 | Not for him Classical decoration hung on utilitarian steel or concrete frames . |
| 11 | A big , unframed abstract hung on one wall , its colours echoing the cream and tan of the rest of the room . |
| 12 | The usage of ‘ race ’ during the September-October 1985 period took on new meanings , which had little if anything to do with the impact of racism as such , since the emphasis was on the cultural characteristics of the minority communities themselves . |
| 13 | The question of access to the US public utility market in areas such as transport took on new interest with Mr Clinton 's plan to increase investment in areas such as high-speed railways and other transit systems as part of his recovery plan . |
| 14 | Although Clive & Stokes took on one partner from Barker , Peter Bingham ( who had been personnel Director of Bowater ) , the strategy was not successful and in 1986 the connection with Barker was severed . |
| 15 | Last year Rover took on 30 apprentices at Swindon and this year the figure will be 64 . |
| 16 | The underframes carried on six-wheeled bogies were identical . |
| 17 | Er it spoilt it a bit when that guy in the glasses came on half way through . |
| 18 | Increasingly the Scots were coming to feel that they had benefited little from the establishment of the new regime in 1689 , and as a result Jacobitism north of the border took on nationalistic overtones . |
| 19 | Similar soviets had emerged in other cities earlier in the year , but that of St Petersburg took on unique importance . |
| 20 | When the lights went on five minutes later , we were still all lying on the floor . |
| 21 | In the first decades of the twentieth century sex education took on great importance within public debate . |
| 22 | The accusation of hostility to Israel took on new meaning in November 1967 , when de Gaulle made comments about the characteristics of the Jewish people that were interpreted as anti-Semitic . |
| 23 | I was advised by the Greenbelt Local Plan Programme Officer , on fifth March , that counsel for North Yorkshire County Council , with the apparent concurrence of counsel for Ryedale District Council , had delivered an oral submission to the inspector , that at the hearing of the case which was to have taken place on the eleventh of March , certain evidence contained in my proof of evidence issued on twelfth February should be treated as inadmissible . |
| 24 | The Soviet plan would scrap all nuclear mines , torpedoes and depth charges , as well as cruise missiles and nuclear bombs and missiles carried on naval aircraft . |
| 25 | To these weapons , NATO 's response has long been the Polaris and Poseidon missiles carried on nuclear submarines . |
| 26 | A Britain where freedom was extended and where people took on more responsibility for running their own lives . |
| 27 | The difference in the political context meant that the formulation and transmission of government objectives took on different forms and involved different actors in the two cases , most notably where the unions were concerned , as we shall see . |
| 28 | In their last fixture before Henley at Marlow Regatta , St Edwards took on another Oxfordshire school Radley College , and were shocked to loose by just a few feet . |
| 29 | Shamir took on temporary responsibility for all the vacant portfolios . |
| 30 | Those located at holiday resorts took on extra staff to deal with the increased demand brought about by an influx of summer visitors . |