Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [art] different [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These reunite into a single large body of water just north of Altdorf , and from here the river takes on a different character . |
| 2 | We may conclude then that ‘ de-industrialization ’ is meaningful as a simple description of a relentless process in which the manufacturing sector suffers declining shares of total employment , inevitably leading to the service sector capturing a greater share , but that the process takes on a different pace and complexion in different countries and places . |
| 3 | The real work of acting takes on a different dimension . |
| 4 | Moreover , the thought of having one 's own flat takes on a different vision when it is situated on a sink council estate . |
| 5 | This approach means that the task of establishing and maintaining control takes on a different form at the Delphi Centre ; the deliberate employment of ‘ control periods ’ . |
| 6 | In other words the principle of provenance which underlies archival recordkeeping takes on a different form when electronic information is being considered . |
| 7 | But here is where even the everyday eating apple takes on a different meaning according to the context . |
| 8 | FERGIE may have found it difficult to learn Her Royal Lessons , but you do n't have to be a fitness connoisseur to see that she has learned a thing or two about keeping in Of course her title of the Disappearing Duchess takes on a different meaning now a year ago it referred to her ability to lose five stones of regal flab . |
| 9 | In part two , as the Featherstonehaughs preen themselves in pristine white tuxedos , flaunting two-foot mug shots offering surrealist images of bodyless faces , hands and legs emerging and retreating , the word precious takes on a different meaning : while yet further connotations appear as the Cholmondeleys , in voluptuous crimson velvet , sensually stimulate the imagination in part three . |
| 10 | The question takes on a different quality , however , when related to regression to what was possibly a former life ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 11 | The massive alienation thus bred may be contained in the context of a stable economic and cultural framework , but when that stability breaks down a different picture begins to emerge . |
| 12 | Adelaida points out the different groups : the ‘ grandmothers ’ , who sit in the sun spinning and chatting ; the ‘ complete illiterates ’ , mostly older Aymara women who are making their first letters with painstaking care ; the ’ functional illiterates ’ who have had some schooling and progress more rapidly ; and the groups which practise their recently acquired literacy skills using materials on health and nutrition . |
| 13 | Each party singles out a different manifestation appropriate to its position : but ultimately both admit in a wider , more inclusive , context that there is only one god . |
| 14 | Each picks out a different type of factor and claims that it is the key to a causal understanding of the Industrial Revolution ; and in doing so , each relies on an undefended account of the assumptions that need to be embodied in satisfactory explanations . |
| 15 | The collection of mementos on her mantelpiece sums up the different strands of her life . |
| 16 | A sanitation field manual sets out the different types of low-cost sanitation . |
| 17 | There are three stages — larva , nymph and adult — each of which quite often feeds off a different host . |
| 18 | Testing is the same sort of thing but this brings out the different functions that I talked about either summations or or products . |