Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] take [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | MAY I take this opportunity to say how relieved I was to find that the August 1992 issue of your splendid magazine was largely free of the indefatigable hostility directed towards rugby league football by its immediate predecessor ? |
2 | May I take this opportunity to say how sickened I was by the small group of supporters hounding the ticket kiosk for their money back , after Monday night 's County Shield match against Whaddon YMCA . |
3 | May I take this opportunity to dispel rumours , circulating among supporters , concerning Mr Pahdra Singh 's involvement with an unnamed supermarket syndicate which is believed to be interested in purchasing ‘ The Tip ’ for redevelopment . |
4 | May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing support of the Society . |
5 | ‘ May I take this opportunity to thank you all for the good work you are doing and assure you of my prayers . ’ |
6 | May I take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in the School and to wish you a pleasant morning with us . |
7 | May I take this opportunity to offer my condolences . |
8 | May I take this opportunity to introduce myself . |
9 | May I take this opportunity to congratulate Hardley school in my constituency which was the first in Hampshire to achieve grant-maintained status ? |
10 | How long should it take 18 men to build a similar wall ? |
11 | How long would it take four men to do it ? |
12 | Will he take urgent steps to ensure that the spread of city technology colleges is accelerated as quickly as possible ? |
13 | Will he take this opportunity to give a categorical assurance that none of the agencies will be allowed or encouraged to derecognise any of the civil service trade unions ? |
14 | Will he take this opportunity to say what progress is being made on the question of preventive diplomacy , for which the secretary-general has set a deadline of 1 July ? |
15 | Will he take this opportunity to confirm that it is the three strands that will form the basis of any future talks , and that against that background there will always be the Anglo-Irish Agreement , until the two Governments feel that they have something that transcends it ? |
16 | Will he take this opportunity to confirm that sufficient resources will be made available to ensure that full establishment is maintained at each of those locations for men and resources , for training and administration ? |
17 | Will he take this opportunity to tell the House and the country whether he favours such a ban ? |