Example sentences of "[adj] take [adv prt] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Fallon was told some forces in previous years have not been able to take up the extra posts , which have then been redistributed to other places .
2 So Murphy , a man with a deep knowledge of the game , will be a help to the beleaguered Ciaran Fitzgerald as the whitewashed Irish take on the All Blacks .
3 They moved there in 1965 to take on the joint roles of warden and matron at the then residential and day training centre for the mentally handicapped .
4 Indigenization implies that there are locals , official or private , standing in the wings ready to take over the indigenized companies .
5 The theological colleges were eager to take up the new opportunities and transfer the teaching of arts subjects to the new colleges and universities .
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