Example sentences of "[vb -s] on [art] [adj] meaning " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wire wool takes on a new meaning when you see Sophie Ryder 's flock of sheep at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park . |
| 2 | ‘ How green was my valley ’ takes on a new meaning when you see it . |
| 3 | Safety at sea takes on a new meaning when you sail with Navico . |
| 4 | ‘ In sickness and in health ’ takes on a new meaning . |
| 5 | Once that level of proficiency has been achieved , the kata takes on a new meaning . |
| 6 | FIESTA takes on a new meaning at Sekers as those with Spanish holidays on their minds adjust to making fabrics for the car instead . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But here is where even the everyday eating apple takes on a different meaning according to the context . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In part two , as the Featherstonehaughs preen themselves in pristine white tuxedos , flaunting two-foot mug shots offering surrealist images of bodyless faces , hands and legs emerging and retreating , the word precious takes on a different meaning : while yet further connotations appear as the Cholmondeleys , in voluptuous crimson velvet , sensually stimulate the imagination in part three . |
| 11 | A day 's casual work takes on an extra meaning . |