Example sentences of "[noun sg] takes on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 28,000 miles perhaps winning or losing takes on less significance . |
| 2 | The arrangement evolving at a number of the resource management pilot sites , in which a doctor acting as clinical director takes on this role with assistance from a nurse manager and a business manager , indicates the likely direction of change . |
| 3 | The architectural design of the Tripartite Shrine takes on new layers of meaning once the column is seen as an idol or as an actual incarnation of a deity . |
| 4 | If a business takes on more debt , its calculations can be thrown out by two things : if the interest cost of servicing the debt rises by more than was expected ; and if the cash flow earned by the business falls by more than had been planned for . |
| 5 | I believe that it will be updated as the new computer takes on additional information , but when and at exactly what point is a matter on which I shall have to get back to the hon. Gentleman because I do not know ACPO 's plans . |
| 6 | But whilst the law and order debate ebbs and flows over the political terrain , there is a strategic need to establish a second front where radical criminology takes on corporate crimes and crimes of other powerful institutions and privileged people . |
| 7 | It is in terms of expert systems or other items of computer software designed to provide advice that the potential for liability for negligence takes on special significance . |
| 8 | The Ganges is hallowed as a sacred , cleansing river and the humble cow takes on new significance . |
| 9 | The Commonwealth super-middleweight champion takes on American Kenny Schaefer over ten rounds at the Barbican Leisure Centre . |
| 10 | The structure of deception takes on another layer when Lady Macbeth learns of the prophecies . |
| 11 | Once the basic strategy has been decided the timing of the offer takes on particular significance . |
| 12 | As the firm takes on more debt , so the cost of equity ( the total return demanded by investors ) must rise in proportion . |
| 13 | Usually , the contract will mention the fee , but this provision might be useful if the supplier takes on additional work at the request of the other party and no mention is made at the time of agreement of the charge for this extra work . |
| 14 | Right : Common box takes on grand airs with a little elementary topiary , particularly suited to town gardens . |
| 15 | ‘ The mission of defending and articulating the interests of undeserving populations at risk takes on more importance as the social services in the welfare state become universal ’ ( Kramer , 1981 , p. 261 ) . |
| 16 | The argument that images of trees , fruits , and plants , have an economic association in Leapor 's verse takes on greater force with reference to ‘ The Month of August ’ . |
| 17 | In these cases verse takes on another dimension of seriousness by its juxtaposition with the prose of jest and the evasion of responsibilities . |
| 18 | Naturally this aspect takes on heightened importance when money is tight and harder , ‘ pay-your-way ’ attitudes emerge . |
| 19 | The agency takes on any kind of job — you just name the subject and give us some indication of the kind of thing you want to know , and then we go out and get it for you . ’ |
| 20 | Amazingly , the film takes on instant depth the minute it touches ‘ American ’ soil , suggesting something very like moral ambiguity as Columbus suddenly turns into the hard-arsed imperialist we now fondly imagine him to be . |
| 21 | Prayer within a family takes on new focus and gives new prospects , when the love of God flows through it all . |
| 22 | In the light of these observations , the act of living with a prostitute takes on another meaning . |