Example sentences of "take [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This practice is justified by reference to the fact that those permanent staff members performing notionally the same job take on a quasi-supervisory function during the peak period . |
| 2 | Their natural colour is brown , but after feeding , when they may increase their body weight by a third , they take on a redder tinge . |
| 3 | The expansion you will face in 1993 could well be on the creative front , making this an ideal year to go into production or take on a major commitment . |
| 4 | They also insist that hunting is not done for sport , as it is in many ‘ sophisticated ’ countries , although they may admit that all forms of traditional hunting take on a certain glamour , especially in the minds of the younger men . |
| 5 | It may be possible to read a listing of a computer program and perhaps make some sense of it but , certainly to many of us who have to use computer programs , they take on a quasi-mystical nature as they are , after all , intangible . |
| 6 | In particular , the development of expert systems for use in medical , legal , commercial or educational contexts has meant that many person-computer exchanges take on a conversational quality . |
| 7 | I do n't know whether this is necessary but Caroline erm , but when we take on a new type of business which is n't covered by our current procedures erm , say electronic data collection or something , which up until then has been done on paper , that we ought to have some simple statement in a procedure about how we are going to er , ma , ensure that we 've got a new set of procedures to deal with that new type of , new system . |
| 8 | With this in mind , the new findings of scholars working in the Marxist tradition to show the importance of putting-out systems of production such as the Verlag in proto-industrialization , take on a new significance ( e.g. Kriedte et al. |
| 9 | But these objects , ritualistically sprinkled and gestured over by a Catholic priest or Aymara sage , take on a new significance as promises of future prosperity . |
| 10 | Work on the house still continues , and each year they take on a new project . |
| 11 | For these seemingly innocent catchphrases take on a new meaning in the unofficial dictionary of drug dealing , a chief police officer revealed yesterday . |
| 12 | And so therefore , as we did in our case , would like erm some indication o er of whether or not er he could and this was his suggestion er give up his current lease which runs out next year and take on a new lease with us for a period . |
| 13 | The difficulties and tensions of undertaking developmental work once CMHTs take on a normal caseload were amply illustrated by many members of ‘ traditional ’ CMHTs ( casework and co-ordination ) who attended seminars organized during the course of the research ( Grant et al . , |
| 14 | But at lambing time they take on a total change of character and they can sometimes become very aggressive . |
| 15 | Every historical case of political change or resistance to change has to be analysed , therefore , in terms of a multiplicity of influences , which take on a specific character and significance in particular countries . |
| 16 | Formula can , on the one hand , itself take on a positive significance , and on the other , it can provide a traditionally understood basis for the performance of individual variants ( which is what we found in the Billie Holiday recording ) . |
| 17 | With this method some structures take on a purple coloration while others take up the red counter-stain . |
| 18 | ‘ Under the veil of darkness cities take on a universal quality ’ , thought American artist DOUG DAWSON , until he brought his pastels to London and discovered that it held certain characteristics he could n't ignore . |
| 19 | Under the veil of darkness , cities take on a universal quality . |
| 20 | ‘ Under the veil of darkness cities take on a universal quality ’ , thought American artist DOUG DAWSON , until he brought his pastels to London and discovered that it held certain characteristics he could n't ignore . |
| 21 | Under the veil of darkness , cities take on a universal quality . |
| 22 | If the patient 's lips , tongue or face take on a purply-bluish tint . |
| 23 | His vision was starting to cloud over , and take on a red tinge . |
| 24 | The plot 's dramatic excesses , which can be comically absurd , take on a brief reality as she dances . |
| 25 | Given that the eventual needs of a working system may be biased towards the domain of Commerce , the results for the Business , Employment and Finance documents take on a particular relevance . |
| 26 | The result is that the final confrontation with the evil Sangrado , the melodramatic scene of occult horror from which Margarita is rescued and the revelation of her true identity , take on a particular sharpness of surprise , a tone of active , romantic effort quite different from the tensions of Sard 's wanderings . |
| 27 | Singing together unifies and inspires us ; music touches our emotions , and words take on a deeper meaning . |
| 28 | And now fly up above the forest , and take on a human form . |
| 29 | Without their England ‘ B ’ players , Tony Underwood , Harvey Thorneycroft and Damian Hopley , England take on a formidable South Africa and an equally strong Argentina . |
| 30 | As our century draws towards its close , the lives of the men and women of distinction whose careers have spanned its course take on a special significance and interest . |