Example sentences of "takes [adv prt] the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideally , the community physiotherapist takes on the wider responsibility of not only teaching the carers , but also assessing and treating the patient 's particular problems through a progressive rehabilitation programme . |
| 2 | As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say . |
| 3 | ‘ Scalpel ! ’ , then , takes on the indexical value in this context of ‘ Pass me that particular scalpel ’ . |
| 4 | The famous Chapter 5 of the first book , which deals with the transformation of labour from a stage where it is a ‘ part of life ’ to a stage under capitalism when it takes on the imaginary form of a thing separate from the labourer , when it can be bought and sold , is worked out in Formen , in the discussion of tribal , oriental , and ancient societies which it contains . |
| 5 | Operations support superintendent Barry Edwards takes on the added responsibility for those functions which were previously carried out by production branch . |
| 6 | Sir Richard , 60 , who beat a challenge from Belgian Gen Jose Charlier , takes over the three-year post from Norwegian Gen Vigleik Eide . |
| 7 | The leader as always is er is a directive agency , the leader as it were erm takes over the individual self-determination by erm effectively telling telling the good what to do erm how can this er does this have to be in in one direction only I mean one gets the feelings very often you know you see things in the newspaper crowd hysteria and so on , erm do crowds always have to become kind of primitive and regressed or or can leaders influence them in other directions ? |
| 8 | COME 1 JANUARY , THE MAN WHO turned GM Europe into a profitable operation and fathered winners such as the Calibra takes over the top spot at Chrysler . |
| 9 | China , which takes over the British colony in 1997 , refuses to bless the undertaking — and thus open the way for private financing of part of it — until it has wrung several concessions from the British . |
| 10 | China , which takes over the British colony in 1997 , has flatly rejected two plans . |
| 11 | With the soaring call for its services — when the UN takes over the Somali operation on May 4th the number of peacekeepers in the field will increase from around 60,000 to nearly 90,000 — the organisation can no longer rely on the old faithfuls : countries that , either from idealism ( Canada and Scandinavia , for instance ) or from poverty ( Fiji , Nepal and many others ) , were glad to provide troops . |
| 12 | In return for a small share of the songs ' royalty earnings , the larger company takes over the day-to-day business of administering the musicians ' song catalogues while the musicians retain all copyright and control of their material ( see the ‘ self-publishing ’ section below ) . |
| 13 | Priddle takes up the poisoned chalice for PWRs |
| 14 | The calendar , with dates of school holidays clearly marked , takes up the central panel of the sheet , around the edge are further panels containing information about staff , governors , PTA , emergency contacts , useful phone numbers and how long children should be kept off school for mumps , measles and other common childhood illnesses . |
| 15 | The hall takes up the central bay through the two storeys ; the dining- and drawing-rooms are on either side . |
| 16 | The Government takes up the financial burden through the Public Service Obligation grant , but economies are still expected . |
| 17 | The lateral membrane takes up the entire length of one side of the chamber , pushing the grapes against the other side . |
| 18 | The surface of a warm , damp body takes up the wet-bulb temperature of the air around it . |
| 19 | And Isaiah takes up the same theme in the fifty fifth chapter . |
| 20 | It always takes up the same number of positions in the file name , and that 's useful as you shall see . |
| 21 | Takes out the whole aim of the play . |