Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] on a [adj] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | One of the topics for discussion will be whether Boro should take on a paid employee . |
| 5 | Britain therefore likes the French idea that the European Council should take on a larger role at the expense of the commission . |
| 6 | In spite of recent emotional dramas or conflicts , you must put on a brave face and allow others to share your load . |
| 7 | They must operate on a good deal less than total information ; 70 per cent is considered high availability for business people . |
| 8 | Probably that knocked Peter back a little bit , we 'll read on a little bit later but Peter fully abandons Jesus let's face it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 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 | Or memory might take on a rose-coloured tinge — as with one officer who had commonly thumped prostitutes : |
| 13 | Both there and at Keetmanshoep the Germans built headquarters stations which could take on a new strategic role in time of war . |
| 14 | Perhaps if you do n't want to sell we could take on a joint venture . ’ |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Positives could pass on a negative gene . |
| 17 | You could put on a mumming play , sing The Twelve Days of Christmas and make a special cake . |
| 18 | Dana could put on a good show ; no one would know she had broken down and confessed her need for Roman 's strength . |
| 19 | I 'd put on a frilly pink dress and dance to next door 's rock music — they had it on super-loud , the walls shook . |
| 20 | 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 , . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Finance may take on a new urgency . |
| 23 | Her personal life ceases to mean a great deal to her ; the main focus of her interests may take on a strong religious flavour . |
| 24 | The skin may take on a white , waxy appearance with thin slits or ‘ cuts ’ on the surface . |
| 25 | His long-held belief that spinners could not be trusted had been vindicated , and from now on Test cricket would take on a new dimension . |
| 26 | Best of all , his work would take on a new virility once he rooted himself in the earth and responded to what he called its ‘ music ’ , experiencing its moods as ‘ symphonic , dramatic ’ . |
| 27 | The EC would take on a direct role in defence affairs in the medium term by gradually absorbing the WEU . |
| 28 | If the sensitivity of our pigments suddenly shifted over to that of the bee 's , the sky would still be reassuringly blue with fluffy white clouds , while nearly everything else would take on a bizarre hue . |
| 29 | I can look after her , Dorothea thought , and we will do the garden together , I shall take on a new lease of life . |
| 30 | He would put on a white overall for the occasion , more to impress the customer than for hygienic reasons , then have a good look at the tooth . |