Example sentences of "take on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They identify with the global capitalist system , reconceptualize their several national interests in terms of the global system , and take on the political project of reconceptualizing the national interests of their co-nationals in terms of the global capitalist system . |
| 2 | As a result , psychiatrists take on the crucial rule of assessor and expert witness in child care cases in which the mother has a mental or behavioural disorder . |
| 3 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 4 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 5 | ( Here , incidentally , is my take on the homosexual male . |
| 6 | By the middle of next year the bank will move its head office into Poultry , and take on the heavy mantle of tradition . |
| 7 | They take on the whole world , but they 've got no patterns with which to deal with all that experience. , |
| 8 | His judgements take on the ex-cathedra ring of a Lawrence : ‘ I believe in you as a painter . ’ |
| 9 | FASHION lovers will soon be able to snap up top label clothes at bargain prices as revolutionary new superstores take on the High Street giants . |