Example sentences of "[noun] take on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would himself take on the Finance portfolio , with Minister of Agriculture Madun Dulloo taking on Foreign Affairs and further appointments to follow . |
| 2 | The front doors were almost bare of paint and shadows cast by the gas flame took on weird shapes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Though I have never heard of any one collaboration between restaurateur and artist proving more lucrative than the next , there does not seem to be any shortage of artists who will in effect take on certain risks in order to get their work out on the town . |
| 5 | In the far South-west , Cornish mining took on female labour to a degree unusual in the southern part of the country . |
| 6 | As this agenda spreads to other sections of the press , to radio and to television , it produces a ‘ self-enforcing conformity ’ whose importance ‘ lies not in the nuances of attitude taken on different items on the political agenda , but rather in the common agreement on that agenda itself … ’ . |
| 7 | Havant , the leaders , who travel to Chigwell to take on Old Loughtonians , will be without their left-half , Alan Cave , with a leg injury , with the likelihood that Steve Lawson will deputise . |
| 8 | Rovers take on lowly Southend at Prenton Park ( 7.30pm ) , and King explained : ‘ Southend are a physical side full of six-footers and we have to get behind them . |
| 9 | Dr.BERRY TAKES ON TOP RESEARCH JOB |
| 10 | Where consumers are rationed on the labour ( or any other ) market , the formation of expectations takes on additional significance . |
| 11 | The architectural design of the Tripartite Shrine takes on new layers of meaning once the column is seen as an idol or as an actual incarnation of a deity . |
| 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 | COLCHESTER player-manager Roy McDonough will watch from the sidelines as his team take on Norwegian tourists Nessegutten at Layer Road this evening in a friendly fixture ( kick-off 7.45 pm ) . |
| 15 | On the whole socialist feminists were suspicious of allowances on the grounds that they would undermine male wage-bargaining and preferred to argue , like Ada Nield Chew , for services in kind to support mothers in the ‘ drudgery ’ of child care ; Fabian women preferred direct payment to mothers in order to maintain their economic independence from their husbands and free them from the need to take on paid work which would distract them from their primary task of mothering ( Alexander , 1979 ) . |
| 16 | Hendry also possesses a greater range than Davis , who may be hamstrung by his reluctance to take on long pots . |
| 17 | STEVE Dowman has promised there will be no repeat of Saturday 's ‘ inept ’ performance when Wivenhoe Town take on second-placed St. Albans City in the Diadora Premier tonight . |
| 18 | The Kremlin therefore wanted to pursue competition short of armed conflict , and the mid-to-late 1950s saw the Cold War take on new dimensions and a truly global nature as Khruschev adapted to changed circumstances , proving ready , for example , to ally with groups in the emerging ‘ Third World ’ who opposed the capitalist and colonial West . |
| 19 | Together with the intricate and expressive ports de bras he allows his dancers ' feet , legs and body to take on different shapes and lines as the design unfolds to interpret the words . |
| 20 | In the final quarter of the year , it surged and closed at its high of 330p , 24.5% up on the 30th September level ; this was more than twice what the FT 100 Share Index achieved and reflected investor enthusiasm for a group that is seen as a prime beneficiary of any pick up in advertising , has bags of room to take on new business ( 25% unutilised capacity on its magazine presses ) and is cash rich . |
| 21 | I believe that it will be updated as the new computer takes on additional information , but when and at exactly what point is a matter on which I shall have to get back to the hon. Gentleman because I do not know ACPO 's plans . |
| 22 | But whilst the law and order debate ebbs and flows over the political terrain , there is a strategic need to establish a second front where radical criminology takes on corporate crimes and crimes of other powerful institutions and privileged people . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The Ganges is hallowed as a sacred , cleansing river and the humble cow takes on new significance . |
| 25 | The Commonwealth super-middleweight champion takes on American Kenny Schaefer over ten rounds at the Barbican Leisure Centre . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Similar soviets had emerged in other cities earlier in the year , but that of St Petersburg took on unique importance . |
| 28 | Actually , this might have been quite productive since therapy is supposed to be a microcosm of your relationships , with the therapist taking on multiple roles . |
| 29 | In the first decades of the twentieth century sex education took on great importance within public debate . |
| 30 | 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 . |