Example sentences of "be to take [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eleanor Rathbone firmly believed that the only way to remove a major barrier against equal pay in professions such as teaching would be to take account of the differences in standards of living reflected in the higher costs of bringing up children in the higher income groups . |
| 2 | Another would be to take photographs of the moon on the horizon , and in the meridian , without altering the camera settings , and compare the size of the moon on the two prints . |
| 3 | In three days time , after acclimatization training , the Russian lads were to take delivery of the aircraft and fly them back to Irkutsk by way of Yakutsk . |
| 4 | Here the critical developments were to take place during the Beagle 's visit to the Galapagos islands , a small group of volcanic islands several hundred miles out into the Pacific from the South American mainland . |
| 5 | ‘ There are two routes , one being to take advantage of the Sunday trading debate , which we could turn around with slogans like ‘ Church — it 's more fun than a DIY shed ’ . |
| 6 | Cecil Powell 's contribution had been to take images of the particles by sending emulsions to the upper atmosphere in balloons , where cosmic rays hit them . |
| 7 | If we are to take account of the world in which our students now live — the world of mass media , information technology and global communications systems — and help them think critically about it , we must develop new teaching approaches , drawing together the theories , skills and research techniques of all academic disciplines . |
| 8 | The most common practice in educational research is to take occupation as the basis for identifying class , often adopting one of the official classifications of occupations used by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ( OPCS ) socio-economic classes , socioeconomic groups or , most usually , the one actually called social classes , which is currently : |
| 9 | ‘ Our intention is to take Simonica to the Black Sea for a holiday . |
| 10 | Another way of making your money go further is to take advantage of the credit available with a Midland Access card . |
| 11 | Their duty is to take care of the island . |
| 12 | A revealing refinement in collecting membership data is to take notice of the number of full families ( where husband and wife are both Christians ) in the total as distinct from part families ( where only one partner is Christian ) ( McGavran 1970:92 ) . |
| 13 | MR Richard Stott , editor of the Daily Mirror , is to take charge of the People and will be given the opportunity to lead a management buy-out of the Sunday paper , its publisher , Mr Robert Maxwell said yesterday . |
| 14 | Mr Richard Stott , editor of the Daily Mirror , is to take charge of the People and will be given the opportunity to lead a management buy-out of the Sunday paper . |
| 15 | He hears that an anti-government demonstration is to take place in the Beirut suburb of Basta — a Shia district which 30 years later will be controlled by pro-Iranian militiamen — and he takes a taxi to investigate : |
| 16 | How solemn it is to take sides with the enemies of Christ . |
| 17 | Another part is to take debate outside the party machinery . |
| 18 | A much more marketing-orientated approach is to take people into the school 's confidence at the earliest possible stage . |
| 19 | When the claimant was a relative or friend , the first reaction after the hugs and kisses was to take hold of the label round the child 's neck , tear it off and throw it to the ground . |
| 20 | In late 1989 Ian Lang , then Minister for Education in the Scottish Office , announced that SCOTVEC was to take responsibility for the accreditation of Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) . |
| 21 | ( Suleiman the Magnificent was to take Baghdad in the course of the 1530s . ) |
| 22 | One has been convinced for some time that the idea was to take Weir in the guise of a No 6 . |
| 23 | During March there were violent protests in a number of areas throughout England over the introduction of the community charge or poll tax , which was to take effect from the beginning of the following month in both England and Wales under the terms of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 [ see p. 36501 ] . |
| 24 | The war in Europe was to take priority over the war in the Pacific , which was to be essentially a " holding operation " . |
| 25 | Though the conference was to take place at the State Department , the council is a purely private body , the brainchild of Johnson Smick International , a firm of Washington consultants . |
| 26 | The theme of the walk — which was to take place through the streets of St James 's — was ‘ royal London ’ . |
| 27 | The event was to take place in the Music Room , which is a large round building quite separate from the main school and connected by three covered walkways . |
| 28 | This was to take place in the headquarters ship , HMS Calliope in the dockyard . |
| 29 | The embarkation was to take place in the harbour and roads of Cherbourg in 200 oyster ketches known as chasse-mapées . |
| 30 | The conference , jointly sponsored by the US and the Soviet Union , was to take place within the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 242 , adopted in 1967 [ see pp. 22473 ; 25029 ] , calling for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from recently occupied territories and for the recognition of Israel , and Resolution 338 of 1973 , which called for negotiations to implement Resolution 242 . |