Example sentences of "[noun] takes on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Halliday takes on a new role , David Irwin is just happy to return to the scene . |
| 2 | But the term takes on a specific meaning in those studies in the sociology of policing which are inspired by ethnomethodology and phenomenology , where it describes a quality of the accomplishment of these tasks — that they are produced in a taken-for-granted , commonsensical , and habitual manner . |
| 3 | Wire wool takes on a new meaning when you see Sophie Ryder 's flock of sheep at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park . |
| 4 | In any semiconductor electrons move freely through a crystalline lattice and because the conduction electrons are shared by all the atoms the lattice takes on a tube-like character for easy passage of electrons . |
| 5 | The question takes on a different quality , however , when related to regression to what was possibly a former life ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 6 | The novel 's apocalyptic ending takes on a universal dimension by being implicitly compared to a nuclear holocaust . |
| 7 | The Evening Star sponsored Star of Anglia takes on a new format this year . |
| 8 | Once that level of proficiency has been achieved , the kata takes on a new meaning . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Because the British planning system reinforces a natural tendency towards ‘ lumpy ’ growth , individual places tend to grow rapidly for a relatively short time and then consolidate more gradually , with the result that a place takes on a particular profile which then becomes relatively ‘ fossilized ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The real work of acting takes on a different dimension . |
| 13 | Doubling in Dostoevsky , which goes back to the very beginning , to Mr Devushkin living and not living in the kitchen , which has its post-Siberian developments in the underground man 's now-you-see-me-now-you-don't ‘ flashing ’ of his consciousness , in Raskolnikov 's and Svidrigailov 's different ways of being among but not with us and Porfiry 's torture tune of ‘ There 's nothing here , precisely nothing , perhaps absolutely nothing ’ — doubling takes on a new form in The Possessed , closer to the I/We/They/Everybody/Nobody shifts of The House of the Dead than anything else before it or to come . |
| 14 | Then , the upbeat finale takes on a military air , with a flute solo leading the troops into their march towards life and death . |
| 15 | Because we earn no money for the bulk of our day 's work , buying things takes on a rich range of meanings . |
| 16 | June 's event takes on a new prize category , a team award . |
| 17 | The sexual life of the young exhausted mother of a fractious baby takes on a dream-like quality . |
| 18 | But here is where even the everyday eating apple takes on a different meaning according to the context . |
| 19 | Moreover , the thought of having one 's own flat takes on a different vision when it is situated on a sink council estate . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | These reunite into a single large body of water just north of Altdorf , and from here the river takes on a different character . |
| 22 | After NASA , Briggs ' life takes on a mysterious tone , since he subsequently left NASA for Delphin Systems , a computer firm in San Jose and then on to Santa Clara . |
| 23 | Because Proust saw involuntary memory , which after all causes the past to coalesce with the present , he saw involuntary memory as a means of abolishing time , however provisionally , however briefly , and in this way the artist takes on a God-like role , since through his art he can free the individual from time , and to this extent confer immortality on that individual . |
| 24 | Visitors look around and find themselves at a party , surrounded by chatting people , but their journey takes on a new twist as they glass is tipped , a face looms over the rim and they are poured into the drinkers throat . |
| 25 | But the question of the hierarchy between the two discourses involved in the metaphoric relation takes on a new light in Such . |
| 26 | In other words the principle of provenance which underlies archival recordkeeping takes on a different form when electronic information is being considered . |
| 27 | Stripped to its essence , this model takes on a mechanical quality which surely robs the process of much of its evocative appeal . |
| 28 | Letitia takes on a challenging role |
| 29 | The small , elite , central control agencies such as the Cabinet Office or Treasury takes on a new significance in the context of this kind of analysis ( Dunleavy 1986 ) . |
| 30 | Travel takes on a multiple significance as geographical discovery , facetious mythical enactment ( its resemblance to Alger 's stories is mocked ) , sexual fulfilment , and above all textual sequence . |