Example sentences of "take [adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other modules like ‘ History of art ’ , ‘ Media studies ’ and ‘ Tourism ’ already have or can take on a European context . |
| 2 | This is noticeable after a long soak in the bath ; the pads of your fingertips will take on a wrinkled appearance . |
| 3 | Today , in the early 1990s there seems to be every possibility their taste for autocracy and power might persuade the police that secrecy should take on a new dimension , so that sedition could acquire new status as a deviance , while even the ‘ espionage ’ of ethnography could well become actionable . |
| 4 | His long-held belief that spinners could not be trusted had been vindicated , and from now on Test cricket would take on a new dimension . |
| 5 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 6 | Such movements , however , do not necessarily and simply entail the substitution of a smaller conjugally-based family for a traditional extended family ; rather it would appear that at these times kin may take on a new significance , and that we may need to look at a network of relationships much wider than the conjugal family . |
| 7 | Your shopping receipts will suddenly take on a new significance ! |
| 8 | Increasingly the role of initial assessment will take on a new importance and will focus on centres ' guidance structures and procedures . |
| 9 | No longer will there be any threat or coldness , for the compassion softens everything and all life can take on a new meaning . |
| 10 | Under this circumstance , the ‘ old ’ attitudinal stance must take on a new meaning , if it is to be repeated in the changed context , inasmuch as it will be directed against different counter-attitudes . |
| 11 | I can look after her , Dorothea thought , and we will do the garden together , I shall take on a new lease of life . |
| 12 | Best of all , his work would take on a new virility once he rooted himself in the earth and responded to what he called its ‘ music ’ , experiencing its moods as ‘ symphonic , dramatic ’ . |
| 13 | This means that an artist can take on a new manager who can — take commission on all new projects , while the former manager continues to earn from all previous albums for a specified time . |
| 14 | Finance may take on a new urgency . |
| 15 | As training programmes are made available , and on-the-job experience builds up , it is anticipated that both maintenance and operations staff will take on a wider range of tasks . |
| 16 | It is the private world of the student 's mind that is at issue , a world that should expand and take on a rich array of colours , within the course of studies . |
| 17 | Perhaps if you do n't want to sell we could take on a joint venture . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 'd be surprised how quickly the prospect of a nine-to-five job can take on a certain charm ! ’ |
| 19 | In public debate marriage can take on a political significance as its supporters and opponents do battle over whether or not it is good for men , good for women and good for society . |
| 20 | He never developed a major following there — even , as far as can be seen , in the early 1470s when there was still a possibility that he might take on a political role . |
| 21 | He never developed a major following there — even , as far as can be seen , in the early 1470s when there was still a possibility that he might take on a political role . |
| 22 | One of the topics for discussion will be whether Boro should take on a paid employee . |
| 23 | Likewise , a carpenter or joiner might be on a set day rate but who for a period might take on a separate contract to saw timber at a rate per 100 ft. , the figure depending upon the hardness of the wood . |
| 24 | Our critical strategies can range far wider , and in doing so can take on a general character . |
| 25 | ‘ What I mean is , where they are going the pecking order they have created will take on a mortal significance , red in tooth and claw . ’ |
| 26 | Or memory might take on a rose-coloured tinge — as with one officer who had commonly thumped prostitutes : |
| 27 | ‘ We feel we should fight Mr Butters and let him take on a white elephant while we play elsewhere for a year and maybe we can return to Belle Vue . ’ |
| 28 | Here part-time members could take on a significant role if they were allocated specific monitoring responsibilities and duties , but their current situation and pay militates against that ( Henney , 1984 ) . |
| 29 | You will be semi-detached from the world around you for a wee while Wednesday and all the people and places that make up your life will take on a shadowy irrelevance until you come to terms with your own innermost thoughts and feelings . |
| 30 | Only rarely — in the gymnasium , at a night-club , perhaps — does Philadelphia take on a physical presence . |