Example sentences of "take on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right : Common box takes on grand airs with a little elementary topiary , particularly suited to town gardens . |
| 2 | The social control function of lawyers then takes on moral overtones . |
| 3 | SHERWOOD COMPUTER SERVICES TAKES ON PREMIER SYSTEMS STAFF |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When the text has a reader it ceases to be a mere object and takes on anthropomorphic form ; it has a voice or voices ( the ‘ codes ’ ) , it creates its own history ( the history of the already-read content ) , it ‘ plays ’ , ‘ creates ’ , ‘ lies ’ , etc . |
| 6 | She slumps back on the floor , still finding it nearly impossible to speak as every word that emerges takes on new lives and dimensions of its own . |
| 7 | The Ganges is hallowed as a sacred , cleansing river and the humble cow takes on new significance . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Metropolitan takes on new medievalists |
| 10 | Prayer within a family takes on new focus and gives new prospects , when the love of God flows through it all . |
| 11 | Our human dignity of being made in the image and likeness of God takes on new meaning . |
| 12 | When a practice enters new markets , or takes on new clients or unfamiliar types of work , accurate costing becomes even more important than in more conventional activities . |
| 13 | In these circumstances , the familiar Renaissance claim that poetry teaches and delights takes on new implications , pleasure among readers is not only how their attention and co-option to the didactic intention is achieved . |
| 14 | RICK TAKES ON NEW ROLE IN VENEZUELA |
| 15 | A fortnight later Lewis takes on Canadian Razor Ruddock at Earl 's Court in a world title eliminator for the WBC . |
| 16 | Where consumers are rationed on the labour ( or any other ) market , the formation of expectations takes on additional significance . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Grunfeld , 25 , the eighth seed from Manchester , now takes on Romanian Ruxandra Dragomir , a 6–3 , 6–0 winner over Russian Natalia Bykova-Egorova , for a place in the third round . |
| 20 | The end result is that Dr Jones takes on overseas researchers . |
| 21 | Pyatt , who has cut off his dreadlocks , takes on Colombian tough-guy Adolfo Caballero for the WBC international middleweight crown at the Granby Halls , Leicester , on Tuesday , October 27 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Even that incomplete list of achievements takes on special significance when people encounter Nadia for the first time and learn how a genetic abnormality meant she was born with only one finger on each hand . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He rises and takes on imaginary partner |
| 26 | Naturally this aspect takes on heightened importance when money is tight and harder , ‘ pay-your-way ’ attitudes emerge . |
| 27 | Dr.BERRY TAKES ON TOP RESEARCH JOB |
| 28 | Take for example the allusive references to the human body found in Helen Chadwick 's ‘ Nostalgie de la Boue ’ ( 1990 ) which takes on added resonance due to the visceral nature of the imagery : ‘ boue ’ is mud but also the mud of the unregenerate body that both Bakhtin and Foucault believe the bourgeoisie censor out of culture . |
| 29 | The trouble is that the chemicals can leach into local water tables , a factor that takes on added importance following the British Medical Association 's claim in October 1990 that most of Britain 's tap water is contaminated with pesticides , albeit at very low levels . |
| 30 | Her art is most successful when she takes on archetypal roles and makes her audience aware , simultaneously , of how immediately recognizable , widely shared and transparently obvious these roles are . |