Example sentences of "[n mass] [adv] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sea-going radio and radio communications on aircraft also take their fair share , as does land-mobile radio . |
| 2 | Although 78pc of people described their health as good , 53pc never took exercise , 29pc smoked and 86pc drank alcohol . |
| 3 | Although 78pc of people described their health as good , 53pc never took exercise , 29pc smoked and 86pc drank alcohol . |
| 4 | One-and-a-half hours later , and after near disaster with the gaff , the head of which fell off , John Wilson managed to beach the great fish ; a salmon of 40lb in weight , the second-heaviest fish ever taken from the river . |
| 5 | Folkestone boats struggled with only occasional codling inshore although the odd 20 lb fish still taken . |
| 6 | Schooling fish also take active steps to reduce the chance of predation ( Figure 5.7 ) . |
| 7 | For 5 Corps please take action accordingly … " |
| 8 | The statistics also took no account of power station closures in the next few years , said Mr Bartlett . |
| 9 | ‘ The pike slowly took line off the spool , I struck and then a 15 minute fight began , ’ said David , 15 , from Fyfield , near Abingdon . |
| 10 | Yet since 1987 , the level of child sexual abuse diagnosed in Cleveland has been shown to be no higher than elsewhere in the country , and an increasing number of people locally take the view that she should be treated in the same way as myself — allowed to return to work as a paediatrician in Cleveland , but restricted from working in child abuse for the time being . |
| 11 | The CBI urges people not to take a short-term view , as the hon. Gentleman does in considering only a 12-month period . |
| 12 | People soon took sides either for or against what came to be known as the Council 's ‘ green belt ’ or ‘ anti-dispersal ’ policy . |
| 13 | Doing ‘ for ’ rather than ‘ with ’ people usually takes longer . |
| 14 | people usually took the hint and either shut up or left . |
| 15 | But along the edge of the attic , under the low eaves , stood three old-fashioned trunks , of the kind people once took on cruises , " for use on the voyage " . |
| 16 | No uprising of deaf and dumb people ever took place , as the government wisely ignored this particular proposal of the Royal Commission . |
| 17 | For we find , in looking at pupil resistance , that while sex roles may be transmitted , they are by no means always taken on board ; and furthermore , that one of the ‘ causes ’ of pupil disaffection may be the presence of contradictions in gender ideologies — even within one school . |
| 18 | Those probate people always take ages to get things settled . ’ |
| 19 | People always take me for being drunk . |
| 20 | With his junior staff loyally taking the blame and trying to pretend he knew nothing about it ( despite his signature on the 17 January presidential order ) , Reagan began to believe he had known nothing about it and it is possible that he did not know what he was signing . |
| 21 | The boom in golf is player-led , with more young people coming into the game and many older people also taking it up . |
| 22 | Bow bureau , for example , was without a manager for some time and the staff temporarily took collective responsibility for all tasks . |
| 23 | An estimated 5,000 people now take it regularly . |
| 24 | However , people often take umbrage and start disagreeing or , if you persist with difficulties , they may give up and go and find someone more positive to talk to . |
| 25 | ( 'I got called pretentious for that , but you have to watch the rock ‘ n ’ roll posing on MTV to see people really taking themselves seriously . ' ) |
| 26 | ‘ The acceptance of our presence throughout the Caribbean was going to be the most vital thing , because the people here took the anti-apartheid struggle very seriously . |
| 27 | The acceptance of our presence throughout the Caribbean was going to be the most vital thing , because the people here took the anti-apartheid struggle very seriously . |
| 28 | Up to 200,000 people reportedly took part in the strike , called by the recently established Independent Trade Union Organization of Kosovo with the backing of Kosovo 's opposition parties . |
| 29 | They instruct people how to take binding directives , and when to acknowledge that they are binding . |
| 30 | Approximately 100 people then took part in the business meeting when our President , Lady Braithwaite , opened the proceedings with many congratulations to the Society on the previous eventful year in which she had taken a deep interest . |