Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] on [art] [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 | Charing Cross — should take on the relocated Royal Brompton and Royal Marsden hospitals |
| 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 | If she can fight off that medication , she 'll take on the whole world . ’ |
| 14 | Fisher , who had gone to Melbourne briefly in 1897 with high hopes of being selected for Australia , was determined to see Otago cricket prosper , and convinced the local authorities that Crawford would be the type of coach who could bring on the young Otago players . |
| 15 | Both there and at Keetmanshoep the Germans built headquarters stations which could take on a new strategic role in time of war . |
| 16 | Perhaps if you do n't want to sell we could take on a joint venture . ’ |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Not a happy marriage , and not one that could take on the extra burden of a weeping widowed friend . |
| 19 | Positives could pass on a negative gene . |
| 20 | The new Prime Minister was obliged , yesterday morning , to send a driver to find out the telephone number of one of his key ministers , before Mr Singh could pass on the good news of his appointment . |
| 21 | You could put on a mumming play , sing The Twelve Days of Christmas and make a special cake . |
| 22 | Dana could put on a good show ; no one would know she had broken down and confessed her need for Roman 's strength . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A movement outside caught my eye and I peered through the window ; looked like I 'd put on an outside light , too . |
| 25 | 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 , . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Finance may take on a new urgency . |
| 28 | Her personal life ceases to mean a great deal to her ; the main focus of her interests may take on a strong religious flavour . |
| 29 | The skin may take on a white , waxy appearance with thin slits or ‘ cuts ’ on the surface . |
| 30 | One possible special factor is that in small local communities , monitoring of performance by consumers/voters may take on an important role . |