Example sentences of "to take on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The protestant version has variants as to how pure this church is or whether it remains sinful , but the evangelical version which is the basic one in the North of Ireland opts absolutely for ‘ Jesus Saves ’ ; the community , no longer medium of salvation , tends to take on a visible , earthly role , an occasion of grace and a support for religious ‘ this-worldly ’ activity . |
| 2 | If this explained Mason 's reluctance to pressure Biggs in the middle rounds , thereby allowing the American to pepper him with jabs , it can not obscure the possibility that the British heavyweight will always experience difficulty if required to take on a long contest . |
| 3 | West Germany , in the event for the first time , bring four world champions to Hyde Park to take on a British team that has six silver and bronze medallists from the recent World Championships , as well as squads from Italy , the Soviet Union and France . |
| 4 | This means managers have to be careful when considering whether to take on a new act . |
| 5 | The combination of a broad industrial experience and a close understanding of how the typical mineworker views life gave him the confidence to take on a responsibility which a less courageous man might well have ducked . |
| 6 | But more importantly , as far as Roddick is concerned , each franchised outlet is required to take on a community project in its area , which she believes gives the young women in the organisation additional status and helps them to realise that everybody has the ability to change the world for the better . |
| 7 | In fact the 3000 MkIII had gone the way of many a sports car in its dotage and started to take on a softer aspect . |
| 8 | And then , just as the foyer was beginning to take on a shabby , comfortable look , the lift arrived , an elegant black and gilt box with a sliding door . |
| 9 | Seven years ago , needing more space for their family ( two daughters , currently both art students ) and their work , they decided to move , and to take on a rather dilapidated but unrestored farmhouse . |
| 10 | Far better to build more advanced Airbuses for a new market than a Euro-fighter to take on a non-existent enemy which is increasingly an economic partner . |
| 11 | Far better to build more advanced Airbuses for a new market than a Euro-fighter to take on a non-existent enemy which is increasingly an economic partner . |
| 12 | priding themselves on their hard-headedness , they were eventually prepared to take on a poor commercial risk , or found a college as a pure give-away gesture , in order to win a richer prize — prestige . |
| 13 | In the war , the Party had , in fact , to take on a number of new tasks , some of them important in the context of social welfare and organization , though not necessarily guaranteed to increase the popularity of the local functionaries . |
| 14 | But quickly she was allowed an even higher profile and last October was formally appointed party deputy chairman to take on a prominent role during the election campaign and to sell the party to the business community . |
| 15 | Despite the policy commitment to developmental work in Nottinghamshire social services department , the CMHTs were under great pressure to take on a normal casework function even in advance of developing needed services : health service priorities favoured immediate casework support ; area teams in the social services department hoped to off-load casework with mentally handicapped people — not least to focus more fully on work with children and families ; and the social workers recruited to the CMHTs were confident in their casework skills but needed to adopt new roles , skills , and ways of working if development work was to become a reality . |
| 16 | Characteristic of his style is his intensely naturalistic carving of man and nature ; the carved drapery folds seem to take on a life of their own . |
| 17 | What could be more appropriate than for it to take on a great nineteenth-century house to complement the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century interiors at Ham and Osterley ? |
| 18 | If you can afford private treatment , or you have medical insurance cover to pay for it , you may prefer to take on a full treatment programme with the specialist physiotherapist . |
| 19 | The manager may be the only member of the team who is present in the office full time to fill these gaps and the responsibility of ensuring continuity for clients may make a manager reluctant to take on a large team of very part-time volunteers . |
| 20 | Yet he would spend hours pleading with a reluctant employer to take on a boy he knew needed desperately to work . |
| 21 | AN APPLE for the teacher is about to take on a new meaning in California . |
| 22 | The additional energy they enjoyed after following the diet for a few weeks helped them to take on a much more positive attitude towards life — I could sense a really happy attitude in the remarks on the questionnaires . |
| 23 | A more long-term effect is that over-exposed skin will age and wrinkle prematurely , and will thicken to take on a leathery look . |
| 24 | The word Resident normally implied , at least officially , a preponderance of diplomatic over administrative duties , but it was clear from the beginning that a Lugardian Resident was expected to take on a large number of purely administrative tasks . |
| 25 | Then allow your goal or Dream to take on a symbolic form , and appear on the grass in front of you . |
| 26 | In youth it is relatively easy to create a physical beauty , while the character is still not fully formed ; later on , the search for beauty seems to take on a different aspect , that of expressing the true individual femininity in the most appropriate way . |
| 27 | Within weeks Combined Operations headquarters were to take on a new vitality . |
| 28 | The loose skin of Vologsky 's cheeks and lower chin quivered under the increasing pull of the G-force and his entire body seemed to take on a couple of stone in extra weight . |
| 29 | Indeed , the Consumers ' Association have a publication entitled Taking your own case to court or tribunal designed to assist the layman wishing to take his own case rather than instruct solicitors ; but it warns potential litigants that to take on a particularly complicated legal action without legal help would be madness . |
| 30 | Anyone wishing to take on a franchise can ask the BFA for help and advice : |