Example sentences of "take [adv] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangely , as they soar ever upwards , the balloons take on a mushroom-shape as if there 's been a nuclear explosion beneath . |
| 2 | HIT THE NORTH sees Mark Radcliffe take on a session from No Man who are some of Japan . |
| 3 | ‘ You see , we usually take on a couple of girls locally for when the season picks up . |
| 4 | The wealth and power of the Victorian cities and the civic pride expressed in their impressive town halls , first enabled them to pioneer public services ; later it permitted them to build up teams of technical staff and take on a range of tasks of increasing complexity and sensitivity . |
| 5 | The barriers take on a variety of forms including cartel agreements or arrangements , national market organisations ( such as co-operatives or trade associations ) which discriminate against other EC nationals , and abusive monopolisation of markets . |
| 6 | Whereas other types of programme have the professional broadcaster take on a sort of translating or ‘ brokerage ’ role between the experts and the public . |
| 7 | First , bodies of thought take on a solidity through being structured around dominant paradigms . |
| 8 | On that view , institutional forms created by men to suit their common or social needs at a particular point in time take on a being of their own . |
| 9 | Eighteen months ago the CBI suggested that the HSE take on a number of extra people to monitor the burgeoning biotechnology industry , but this has not been done . |
| 10 | Each of the six songs aired tonight moves through repetitive , bass-heavy passages , seductive segments in which Linda steers the band into more melodic territory and shocking moments when power chords suddenly cut through the mesmeric grooves and things take on an atmosphere of nervy unpredictability . |
| 11 | As part of this process some carers experience that in this capacity , whatever their skills in other directions , they take on the invisibility of their dependent , denigrated in a market oriented society as a burden . |
| 12 | With a group of other Australians , I first went there in 1973 , to see Graeme Langland 's Kangaroos take on the Lions before a much smaller crowd than honoured Ellery 's boys last year . |
| 13 | How then , did these early , isolated molecules , take on the trappings of life ? |
| 14 | How would you like to lead out the Merseyside Select XI at Goodison Park a week tomorrow when they take on the pride of Manchester in Graeme Sharp 's testimonial game ? |
| 15 | The survey also contains information on the action employers take on the expiry of the time limit . |
| 16 | Higher education is notorious for producing disciples , as students take on the mantle of a teacher who has created a great impression . |
| 17 | Ideal notes take on the character of architecture — that is , they comprise a well-defined structure ; they are capable of supporting and containing the burden to be later placed on them ; and they are designed to last . |
| 18 | If I had the courage to grow out my hair and take on the streets without frill or face paint , bangles or heels and all such accessories of fear and vanity , then I would be seen far less and see much more . |
| 19 | We look forward to giving further impetus to the process when we take on the presidency of the Community in the second half of the year . |
| 20 | It is possible to intensify poetry 's power over time if we take on the implications of Rosenblatt 's transactional theory , which is well described in Benton et al . |
| 21 | McIver ( 1987 ) describes that in retailing customers were persuaded to forgo the service provided by the friendly corner store and take on the labour of pushing trolleys around supermarkets because they made gains through cheaper prices and a wider choice of goods . |
| 22 | take on the force of explicit protest , whereas those of Duck and |
| 23 | Every so often , rational pursuits need to be ‘ seen through ’ ; and their practices and concepts , which all too easily take on the form of rituals , need to be demystified . |
| 24 | There was nothing left now , but to grow old , but to grow old and take on the burden of her mother growing even older . |
| 25 | Many in the music business sneer at coverage in the regional press but Gedge has always encouraged it , especially in the Middleton paper where articles take on the role of a public letter home . |
| 26 | The therapists take on the role of director , facilitator , organizer , reinforcer , and teacher . |
| 27 | So the women take on the role of his good friends . |
| 28 | Armed forces increasingly take on the role of internal policemen — as they often have in several countries . |
| 29 | If the forecasts are believed , they will affect the actions of agents and so take on the role of expectations . |
| 30 | I take on the role of the mayor to ask — " What on earth has been causing all this damage ? " |