Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [art] new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life has taken on a new sense of urgency and my mind is working overtime . |
| 2 | His life had taken on a new dimension . |
| 3 | Shirai 's voice here seems to have taken on a new dimension , a darker tonal colour , a new expressiveness that is constantly compelling with the emphasis on the drama . |
| 4 | In introducing the subject Grant commented that while it was important in crime investigation , it has taken on a new significance in the past year because of the large number of valuable documents that had been damaged as a result of fires caused by enemy action . |
| 5 | Even with only limited information , it is clear that auditing has taken on a new significance in many firms . |
| 6 | Undeniably the birth certificates of such as Jeff Probyn , Wade Dooley , Mike Teague and Peter Winterbottom have taken on a new significance since 4.30pm on Saturday . |
| 7 | The recruits themselves have taken on a new air of self-confidence . |
| 8 | Within two weeks we were encouraging our readers to lobby their MPs concerning the restrictive Night Assemblies Bill , Robert Tripp was regaling us with tales of groupies and interviews had taken on a new air of contention , seriousness and madness . |
| 9 | The parliamentary party has taken on a new style , in which the old alliance of interests to which Henry Fairlie alluded has fractured . |
| 10 | Since moving into a gymnasium in Florida and working with Vic Andreetti , a former British champion from the East End of London , Benn has taken on a new mantle . |
| 11 | Since moving into a gymnasium in Florida and working with Vic Andreetti , a former British champion from the East End of London , Benn has taken on a new mantle . |
| 12 | I did , however , recently visit a long-established and normally experienced retailer who had taken on a new member of staff who filled a big sales tank with a mixture of large Heteractis and Stoichactis anemone species . |
| 13 | The seemingly inexorable march of new technology in the newspaper industry has taken on a new complexion over the last couple of weeks . |
| 14 | After a long period of depression , and a short period of training , he had taken on a new career — one which also demanded dexterity with the hands : that of a mortician . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the paper had taken on a new cub reporter in the person of Matthew Smith , a tall gangling young man who was to go far in his chosen field . |
| 16 | Was it possible that her sister had taken on a new maid for the Fanshawes ' flat and not said anything about it ? |
| 17 | The question of the relation between Christianity and other world faiths has taken on a new urgency in a time where , for instance , an Indian Christian must take stock of his position vis-à-vis his Hindu fellow-countrymen , or a British or American Christian finds himself living alongside adherents of other religions in his own homeland . |
| 18 | FIVE war veterans have taken on a new challenge producing a regular news booklet for their fellow medal holders . |
| 19 | The phrase ‘ Go West young man ’ has taken on a new meaning in Canada , where going west means coming to terms with sushi , the bullet train and sumo wrestling . |
| 20 | The handbrake was extensively used to cope with icy conditions on what seemed to be never-ending hairpins and headlights in the distance changing direction constantly made us wonder whether the word insanity had taken on a new meaning [ going up and down snowy mountains in a 30-year-old car ] . |
| 21 | THE hit song Lady in Red has taken on a new meaning for Chris de Burgh as his wife , Diane , makes a full recovery after a horrific riding accident in mid-July . |
| 22 | That humble little abode for plant pots , trowels and gro-bags has suddenly taken on a new meaning in the light of the latest Sunday night shocker Lady Chatterley . |
| 23 | The minster leads into the largely undisturbed Georgian town centre , which has taken on a new lease of life under the guidance of the local Civic Society . |
| 24 | THE house where ex-Goon Peter Sellers was born has taken on a new lease of life as a Chinese restaurant . |
| 25 | He seemed to have taken on a new lease of life . |
| 26 | Hi-Tech and more sleekly designed kitchens look good with white tiled floors whether ceramic or vinyl , but again you could use cork and vinyl , or composition tiles or even linoleum which has taken on a new lease of life now that people have realised how well it can look inlaid with other colours . |
| 27 | And then I met someone from the Kaplan galleries which showed thinking bishops in their robes such as you see in the windows of the galleries in St James'/ The gallery had just taken on a new director and were proposing to show modern art — people like Tinguely and Marcelle Cahn who at that time were n't known . |
| 28 | The principal question , whether the serfs were to be emancipated at all , had been answered , for after the circulation of the Nazimov Rescript to provincial governors and its publication in the journal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs there was no doubt that the relationship between landowners and privately owned peasants was going to be put on a new footing . |
| 29 | From March 1859 it was clear that , when the empire 's local government was put on a new footing , people other than bureaucrats would be participating in it . |
| 30 | Over his pyjamas he had put on a new Fair Isle pullover which had been his mother 's Christmas present . |