Example sentences of "took on [art] new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madeleine 's face took on a new expression . |
| 2 | Running and sport took on a new emphasis as it was the only way to keep warm . |
| 3 | However , the golf reports took on a new look when supplied by Jack Webb in the two or three years before his death . |
| 4 | Suddenly , his inability to attract friends took on a new significance . |
| 5 | There was a renewed interest in gold and other precious metals , but base metals like copper , lead , and zinc took on a new significance , together with a whole range of new raw materials and foodstuffs . |
| 6 | Two years ago , news of the ozone layer hit Bolivia and the San Juan celebrations — and the smoky aftermath took on a new significance . |
| 7 | Since the death of the writer the insults and threats he had dealt out to each member of his family took on a new significance . |
| 8 | Suddenly , this had become a special event and Lewis knew it , for his playing took on a new intensity as he began to alternate between rock ‘ n ’ roll classics from his early career back in the Fifties Sun era to later country material . |
| 9 | Grigorovich 's simplistic , ideological heroes took on a new dimension when danced with such dramatic appeal , with such virility , such fabulous jumps . |
| 10 | Fifty years ago , the Japanese undertook their devastating attack on Pearl Harbor and World War Two took on a new dimension . |
| 11 | When Pauline and Chris Lloyd of Dudley moved house then took on a new garden with a 1 in 3 slope . |
| 12 | Normally Charles and Diana would not sit together at state banquets , but their separation last night took on a new poignancy following the official announcement earlier this week that they have split . |
| 13 | Many aircrew musterings , such as air gunner , became redundant and the entire bombing technique took on a new chapter . |
| 14 | Dermot 's voice took on a new urgency . |
| 15 | However , in mid-1940 , just about the time of Dunkirk — but quite unconnected with it expansion of the milk supply to children took on a new urgency as the Ministry of Food belatedly worked out a national food policy for an island race threatened by the submarine . |
| 16 | Thanks , initially , to Winckelmann , Greece and thereby the whole ancient world took on a new fascination which resulted in a new kind of scholar with a new kind of scholarly aim : the reconstruction of antiquity in all its real detail . |
| 17 | ‘ I have full responsibility for fund-raising and publicity and because I took on a new post it means I am introducing my own ideas in consultation with the directors and chairman . |
| 18 | The committee men took on a new authority . |
| 19 | Last October in Harare , the Commonwealth took on a new role as a promoter of democracy , the rule of law , and respect for individual freedoms . |
| 20 | With plans to expand our cutter fleet in the offing Venturous took on a new role as training ship during the winter periods for the next few years . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , the Dak took on a new role in 1948 , as the mount of 60 Squadron , being used for two years on a nationwide aerial survey . |
| 22 | Twenty-five years ago , the line built by George Stephenson in 1836 was saved from closure and took on a new lease of life as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway . |
| 23 | The fences were put in order , the fields were top-dressed with necessary fertilisers , and even Matt took on a new lease of life . |
| 24 | The shops took on a new lease of life , the street-sellers , with their lemonade and nougat , ostrich feathers , mummy-beads and scarabs , carnations and roses , and the street-artists , with their boa-constrictors and baboons , took new heart , and the city in general resumed its normal manic rhythm . |
| 25 | In Jerusalem , her ‘ crying and roaring ’ took on a new form . |
| 26 | Every object I looked at took on a new form and turned into ugly monsters . |
| 27 | The Zeltweg race was , after all , on Niki 's home territory , and when Prost spun off on a patch of oil , the race took on a new perspective for Niki : he found himself in the lead , with Piquet behind him and no threat with badly worn tyres . |
| 28 | Mambo Leo took on a new importance in the 1950s , when the Government hoped it would help stave off the march of nationalism . |
| 29 | FREE-market economics took on a new meaning last week as schools received an invitation to shop around for the cheapest General Certificate of Secondary Education exams . |
| 30 | With rain keeping both teams off the pitch for long periods , the ‘ corridor of uncertainty ’ took on a new meaning as Keith Fletcher commuted between the two teams ' dressing-rooms , unsure of where his priorities as coach lay . |