Example sentences of "take [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above our hearing , bats flit around in total darkness , judging their distance from objects by emitting high-pitched bursts of sound and timing how long it takes fro the echo of the sound to bounce back . |
| 2 | Once a project is on a donor 's priority list it takes on a life of its own , and may become unstoppable . |
| 3 | Her novel had remained relevant over two centuries simply because Frankenstein was the archetype of the scientist whose research , pursued in the sacred name of increasing knowledge , takes on a life of its own and causes untold misery before being brought under control . |
| 4 | Next you come to the dark ride where history takes on a life of its own and light , movement and sound come together to give you a realistic living picture of the town and its history . |
| 5 | This means that the job of the new Treasury Chief Secretary takes on a significance which may unnerve Michael Portillo . |
| 6 | If , also — is allowed to be a random variable the analysis , though still tedious , takes on a degree of order that is valuable . |
| 7 | Or in autumn when purple moorland takes on a blanket of golden patchwork . |
| 8 | Direct Line never takes on a liability of more than a year . |
| 9 | Direct Line never takes on a liability of more than a year . |
| 10 | And Waxman 's Carmen Fantasy takes on a dimension of passion rarely heard in such an undisguised pot-pourri entertainment . |
| 11 | First was a reference in the contract to general principles of law , second a reference to arbitration in the case of differences with respect to the interpretation and performance of the contract , and third that the contract ‘ takes on a dimension of a new category of agreements between States and private persons : economic development agreements . ’ |
| 12 | Gold in its natural form glows deep amber yellow , but when mixed with the various alloys it takes on a variety of hues . |
| 13 | The ‘ thick description ’ takes on a type of metaphoric quality : it stands as a symbolic indication of some wider social meaning within the culture which is elicited through critical interpretation . |
| 14 | A property that is not specified takes on a default value . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Lil takes on a sort of coaching role , hissing admonitions from her seven sets of lips . |
| 16 | The ten contestants will be in the area for four days , from June 24–27 , as Dungannon takes on a festival atmosphere . |
| 17 | ‘ Of Course ’ takes on a fiddle . |
| 18 | Even depressed Fort William takes on a magnificence from this height as it glitters and reflects the late evening sun . |
| 19 | Vertical loyalties within groups are taken to be the common base for the preservation of conformity as each individual knows their place and takes on a role consistent with that place . |
| 20 | The teacher takes on a role as a member of the local council who has been away on business . |
| 21 | During the day , take your pick of anything from a pizza to a sizzling steak served at the poolside barbecue grill — and afternoon coffee takes on a flavour all of its own when enjoyed with a fresh pastry cooked before your eyes . |
| 22 | Calcite with 5–8% MgCO 3 takes on a pink to pale red colour , and ‘ high-Mg ’ calcite takes on a deep red colour . |
| 23 | The difference this time is that it is someone they personally loved and therefore it takes on an importance quite different from any event they may have witnessed before . |
| 24 | The show itself dealt undisguisedly with Lucille Ball 's troubled marriage to Cuban band leader Desi Arnez , the birth of their son , the twin tugs of showbiz and domesticity , and so on ; just as Sean 's Show overtly takes on the hero 's difficulties with women , and his tendency towards depression and paranoia . |
| 25 | This is the heart of the notion of the inner city ; at the very moment that policy draws the boundaries of the inner city a place takes on the qualities of coherence that it does not possess , embodies all the contradictions that are part of the original concept . |
| 26 | Table Tennis Douglas takes on the Preans . |
| 27 | It reads as a separate vertical volume and without being an actual pedestal , it takes on the function of a pedestal . |
| 28 | NCUBE TAKES ON THE TERAFLOPPERS WITH ORACLE-RUNNING 65,384-PROCESSOR NCUBE 3 FOR 1994 |
| 29 | Her major musical films included Evergreen ( 1934 ) , an untidy but profitable adaptation of a West End stage success ; First a Girl ( 1935 ) , in which Matthews amusingly impersonates a female impersonator in a British version of the German Viktor und Viktoria , and the fascinating It 's Love Again ( 1936 ) , in which Matthews is a struggling dancer who takes on the character of a fictional celebrity dreamed up by two desperate newspaper men . |
| 30 | As soon as Maastricht comes into force , the commission and Belgium , which takes on the EC presidency next month , intend to work however many hours a week it takes to push through the works-council directive . |