Example sentences of "[adv] take on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 2 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 3 | On the contrary , if the student body were to take its right to learn ( Lernfreiheit ) seriously , and were to be vigilant in seeing that it enjoyed the kinds of academic freedom I spelt out earlier , it would necessarily take on an assertive role . |
| 4 | So although in a liberal democracy it would seem practical and even suitable for the police to have a say in the way order is defined and maintained , as Foucault ( 1970 ) and Douglas ( 1987 ) have shown , this will inevitably take on an expansionist line ; for anything other than bland support of the proposals of the institution will present a challenge or pose a threat . |
| 5 | Why take on an unprofitable company , in a line of business so far removed from shipping , that 's going to demand so much of your time ? ’ |
| 6 | You should never take on an electrical job unless you know exactly what you are doing . |