Example sentences of "[adv] take [adv prt] the role " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of these operations , however , was strong enough to take on the role of nurturing talent or providing a supportive home for creative filmmakers . |
| 2 | If the forecasts are believed , they will affect the actions of agents and so take on the role of expectations . |
| 3 | As early as 1788 the Marylebone Cricket Club revised the laws of the game , thus taking over the role of the celebrated Hambledon Club . |
| 4 | It might also take on the role of initiator of research and the evaluation of material . |
| 5 | If the function is seen as the delivery of a service to carers and hence taking on the role of respite care rather than that of aiming for functional improvement then this could have import for the type of staff , ie specifically trained , ratio of staff and the drawing of expertise from other fields , ie occupational therapists . |
| 6 | The EC has also taken on the role of policing the exercise of these rights through the Commission and the European Court of Justice , taking its brief from the provisions of the Treaty of Rome 1957 concerning free movement of goods and services , restrictive trade agreements and abuses of dominant trading positions . |
| 7 | It is more generally accepted , however , that the buoyancy of the continental crust has limited the extent of continental underthrusting and that this is why the more recent Main Boundary Thrust dipping under the Lesser Himalayas has now taken over the role played earlier by the Main Central Thrust ( Fig. 3.22(A) ) . |
| 8 | Armed forces increasingly take on the role of internal policemen — as they often have in several countries . |
| 9 | Ken Robinson , too , has successfully taken on the role of one-man interpreter , friend , challenger , articulator and spokesman not only for drama but for the arts in education generally ( 1980 and 1982 ) . |
| 10 | Stations everywhere took on the role of the Tabard Inn at Southwark , where Chaucer 's pilgrims assembled for their journey to Canterbury . |
| 11 | I mean , what I was going to say , from what I 've picked up from some of the comments from some of the district , district councils ' consultation it makes me wonder if they 're capable of actually taking on the role of social services in joint commissioning . |
| 12 | I do n't think the theatre 's ever been endowed with a great deal of fundings but one or two companies in the town that have been prepared to fund obviously the one that strikes me is Gilbey 's cos the Gilbey bar I mean that was funded and like they 've been over the years they have given money even fact as a sad note cos Gilbey 's have actually demised now erm General Portfolio have actually taken on the role in Harlow of funding many things if you actually look all most things that have sponsored until recently have been sponsored by General Portfolio so they 've been to the fore in er fundering funding . |