Example sentences of "to take [adj] [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many were , therefore , in positions to take economic advantage of the transport system , which connected them not only with each other but also with major centres . |
| 2 | Lunn was later promoted to General Assistant and in 1891 he started to take geological photographs in the field . |
| 3 | That such care may well characterize those activities which Scruton declares can not possess it is suggested by Andrew Lumsden 's appropriately passing remark on the casual , anonymous sexual encounter : ‘ for now I can only generalize : as I 've known it , men are never so peaceful , so unviolent ( physically and emotionally ) , so graceful with each other ( no matter how ‘ crude' ’ the act ) as they are — as we are — when content to take each other without the addition of names , or beds , or flats , or even of any clear impression of one-another 's looks ' ( Gay News , 235 ( Mar. 1982 ) , 17 ) . |
| 4 | I would like to take each tent by the comer and pull it down , and I would untether all the neat horses and the sleek , brushed bulls and send them with a huge cry into all the hills . |
| 5 | The government appeared to take little interest in the schemes of the Family Endowment Society . |
| 6 | It may make sense to take professional advice on the wording of an appropriate letter . |
| 7 | Is it not a fact that if the right Hon. Gentleman was dissatisfied with the time that would be available by way of a normal parliamentary answer , he could have opted as any Minister , with your permission , Mr. Speaker , to take that question at the end of Question time and then face proper intensive questions , or he could have made a statement ? |
| 8 | We believe that it would be right for much of the communication between teachers and parents to take that form at the reporting ages and between them . |
| 9 | What limits would be placed , and Kennedy was very acutely conscious of the big mistake that Truman had made in Korea in , in fact , seeking to extend the intervention and bringing China into the war under no circumstances must China be allowed to take that step in the case of Indo-China . |
| 10 | Example 4:10 Tenant 's power to make time of the essence ( 1 ) if the landlord fails to take any step in the procedure for rent review within a period of time prescribed by this lease ( whether or not that step could also have been taken by the tenant ) the tenant may give the landlord written notice : ( a ) referring to the step which the landlord has failed to take ( b ) requiring the landlord to take that step within such period of not less than 21 days as may be specified in the notice and ( c ) informing the landlord that if he fails to take that step within the period specified in the notice he will be precluded thereafter from taking it and that time is of the essence of the period so specified ( 2 ) if the landlord fails to take the step specified in a notice under paragraph ( 1 ) within the time specified in that notice ( time being of the essence ) he shall thereafter be precluded from taking it |
| 11 | ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela issued warnings to the government to take strong measures against the perpetrators of the township violence , including " elements within the South African police force " , or the ANC would be forced to reconsider its strategy . |
| 12 | There were natural concerns about ensuring a degree of parity of gradings and structures between and within Colleges , not least to avoid industrial relations disputes ; it was also necessary to take due account of the frameworks and levels of expertise that then existed and evolve a strategy for change , rather than take radical action . |
| 13 | The Iranian government , influenced perhaps by its approaching presidential election , thought this the moment to take muscular action against the irritant . |
| 14 | It was n't permitted to take incoming calls on the pay phone in the hallway of the hotel . |
| 15 | For another , it was the opportunity to take proper revenge for the discomfort that Private Eye had caused him over the years , a revenge more satisfying than that afforded him by the Music Box April Fool 's joke . |
| 16 | Since the Prime Minister said that it is important to create the conditions for economic and industrial success , will he listen to the CBI which , in its report asks the Government to take proper account of the interests of manufacturing industry instead of pursuing the policies that they are pursuing ? |
| 17 | There is a suspicion amongst the European aviation community that the US authorities and , to a slightly lesser extent , the US manufacturers either do not bother to take proper account of the findings and recommendations made by investigating authorities outside the USA or else consider them to be of little or no importance . |
| 18 | It had no business goodwill and was not permitted to trade ; nor did it have shareholders ; ( 5 ) in failing to take proper account of the fact that it logically followed that if a local government corporation could sue for libel in respect of its governing reputation then so too could any institution of central government ( including , for example , a government department which was a statutory corporation such as the Department of the Environment ) ; ( 6 ) in the premises in considering that there was no uncertainty or ambiguity in English law in relation to the extent to which local authorities might sue for libel . |
| 19 | Tony reversed his car and turned to take another look at the theatre — there was nothing there . |
| 20 | He wanted to take another look at the chart but he had n't time . |
| 21 | Langbaurgh Coun Steve Kay has persuaded the Department of Social Security to take another look at the way the area is divided for cold weather payments . |
| 22 | He paused , working out that a shallow dent in the pasture was the remnant of a huge crater , and then got out to take another look at the marble . |
| 23 | ‘ I want to take another look at the gibbons . |
| 24 | ‘ If you do n't mind we should like to take another look at the upstairs rooms . ’ |
| 25 | Once again , the hon. Gentleman has shown by his skill and knowledge a way of challenging the expertise of the experts , who will have to take further instruction on the matter . |
| 26 | Of the three who discontinued thier own treatment one had multiinfarct dementia and the other two , contacted by phone , had improved but did not wish to take further part in the study . |
| 27 | He wanted to take some things from the moon back to earth with him . |
| 28 | This solution might be acceptable if the Vendor is prepared to take some responsibility for the accuracy of the management accounts — because otherwise the Purchaser will not know where he is |
| 29 | However , since then there have been further reviews and proposals which have had to take some cognisance of the creation of the single market . |
| 30 | This brings some benefits through musical cross-fertilisation between the cathedral and the wider community , but the cathedral does not always get the full benefit of one who is employed to do what is commonly regarded as a full-time job , and this at a time when the Church needs from its organists not only the highest musical expertise but also liturgical knowledge and a readiness to take some part in the running of the cathedral . |