Example sentences of "[verb] take [adv] the [adj] role " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes well , for the experimental aircraft programme British Aerospace specified what G E C had to do and er a a this time , if you like , Deutsch Aerospace has taken on the equivalent role that B A E had for the experimental aircraft programme and er Deutsch Aerospace are not without experience in flight controls they have . |
| 2 | All four are , for example , victimised in different ways by the taboo of illegitimacy and the play focuses on Rose , who has been kept from the knowledge that Jackie is her mother by grandmother Margaret who has taken on the maternal role . |
| 3 | Science fiction has taken over the fantasy-forming role of traditional mythology . |
| 4 | Again , the frequency of masturbation is perhaps highest among older males recently defeated by a newcomer male who has taken over the sexual role in his harem . |
| 5 | Federman sees the postmodern period as one in which the media have taken over the informational role of fiction , drastically reducing its status . |