Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the contributors to the literature on the new classical macroeconomics rarely take the trouble to furnish a fully articulated theory of the firm in which cost shocks are given equal prominence with demand shocks , one is entitled to take what they have to say on short-run supply responses with a large fistful of salt . |
| 2 | It is not insignificant that private economic institutions rarely take Western political institutions as their model for decision-making . |
| 3 | When a coalition of male lions successfully takes over a harem of females , the first thing the males do is to kill all the young lion cubs in the pride . |
| 4 | Thus there are quite wide variations in the political attitudes and involvement of workers ; and the form which these attitudes eventually take , among both white-collar and blue-collar workers , and in which they become embodied in trade union policies , will be crucial for the future development of the existing welfare states . |
| 5 | Knights naturally took precedence as the leading members of the class , and there is no difficulty about demonstrating that they were also the richest despite the existence of a good many whose incomes fell far short of £200 . |
| 6 | Concern about skin cancer and the pain caused by overexposure to the sun are reasons enough to take sensible precautions if sunbathing . |
| 7 | The hand-over of those objects only took place after Iraq had lodged a complaint with the United Nations . |
| 8 | However , these reactions only take place because of the presence of manufactured chlorine in the stratosphere . |
| 9 | Coleridge lived in London , and never returned to the North of England , so that meetings only took place on rare occasions . |
| 10 | The ‘ non-demographic ’ ( NDM ) projections only take account of expected trends in crime and the numbers sent to prison ; the ‘ demographic ’ ( DM ) projections also take into account expected changes in the age structure of the general population . |
| 11 | Of course TI is quick to note that these projections only take into account existing compilers . |
| 12 | Leonora Carrington , Leonor Fini and Meret Oppenehiem are amongst the many whose development as serious artists only took place outside Surrealism . |
| 13 | The central Asian khanates ( Khiva , Bukhara and Kokand ) did not trust the Russians enough to take their advice on trade routes . |
| 14 | Once work for wages became the norm , different kinds of strategies necessarily took shape , although individual waged work did not remove the importance of the collective unit . |
| 15 | Patients were then treated with 120 mg tripotassium dicitratobismuthate ( DeNol , Brocades , Weybridge , Surrey , UK ) four times daily for one month , 400 mg metronidazole three times daily , and 500 mg tetracycline four times daily taken concurrently for the first two weeks of treatment . |
| 16 | So many dog training clubs only take dogs when they are six months old … well past the steep part of the learning curve and often at an age when male dogs , especially , are starting to grow up ( and become as rebellious and resistant to authority as any human adolescent ! ) . |
| 17 | er Parents predicament is understandable , there have been many tragedies in the past where local authorities perhaps took too much notice of the parents and too little of the children . |
| 18 | The fights apparently took place every Sunday morning in a Muslim cemetery in Old Delhi : ‘ Bahot acha event hai , ’ said Balvinder . |
| 19 | Bank credit card ( Access , Barclaycard , Trustcard ) Flexible credit facility up to an agreed limit averaging £400 ) , for cash loans or credit purchases from the 100,000-plus shops etc. taking the cards ; must pay at least ( say ) five per cent of what you owe each month , but can choose to pay more ; no interest if you pay in full within 25 days of monthly statement ( except for cash drawings ) , interest on rest of debt changes periodically if bank base rate changes much . |
| 20 | ‘ Walking is the progression of steps so taken that unbroken contact with the ground is maintained at each step . |
| 21 | The company is also now expected to embark on a new round of lay-offs in addition to those already planned for , with the need for further provisions against its fourth quarter figures — despite still having $694m of the $1,100m reserves already taken that is not yet allocated . |
| 22 | Having obtained a supply of Ponderosa spring water , and with a final round of handshaking and kissing of cheeks , ( the local lads were n't so keen on the latter , but the girls did n't mind a bit ) , the Frenchmen finally took their leave . |
| 23 | Old Big Ears soon took advantage , and our canter transitions were a shambles . |
| 24 | Steps already taken by some manufacturers to phase out animal testing were welcome , as was the EC 's encouragement for the development of alternative tests . |
| 25 | It also follows on from the steps already taken within the Institute to cater for specialisms , with the establishment of the Tax , Financial Management and Information Technology Faculties . |
| 26 | The chief functions of the short time-limit under Ord. 53 are to prevent public programmes from being unduly held up by litigation challenging the legality of such programmes ; and to prevent steps already taken in execution of challenged decisions having to be reversed long after the decision was acted upon . |
| 27 | A letter from the Chairman of the Juniper Green Primary School Board detailing the steps already taken to alleviate this problem . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend will be aware that many of my constituents work in the knitwear industry and are grateful for the steps already taken by the Government . |
| 29 | Such a decision would be complementary to the steps already taken by the Chief Constable following the sectarian killings of the past few weeks . |
| 30 | Steps already taken in response to IMF recommendations included the regulation of banks ' capital-to-assets ratio ( January 1991 ) , the freeing of foreign exchange rates ( Feb. 27 ) , electricity and petrol price rises , and a sales tax levied at highest rates on luxury goods ( May 4 ) . |