Example sentences of "[adv] to take [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the details of the US involvement are revealed , the administration is coming under fire from normally dovish Democrats on Capitol Hill for not acting swiftly and decisively enough to take advantage of the opportunity to end General Noriega 's rule . |
| 2 | He is more than the greatest of stroke-players and he was patient enough to take advantage of Robertson 's flagging energy and win 12-15 , 9-15 , 15-5 , 15-12 , 15-8 . |
| 3 | Their treks cost a lot of money , but strike a good balance between looking after people and keeping planning flexible enough to take advantage of unforeseen opportunities : on the Borneo trip some of them camped by a waterfall and , instead of eating dried provisions , cooked a deer shot by one of their guides . |
| 4 | Debt-free and so not hampered by high interest rates , they are nimble enough and liquid enough to take advantage of the recession . |
| 5 | The 500 stars brake so violently because they are brave , strong and skilful enough to take advantage of the extraordinary power of modern brakes and the grip of the latest slicks . |
| 6 | To take an example , within this scheme it might be said that computing facilities must be subject to constant returns to scale because a consortium of firms large enough to take advantage of the optimally sized computer could buy one and then time-share its facilities . |
| 7 | A few moments of complete mental instability when you were unscrupulous enough to take advantage of me . |
| 8 | The Parkins had migrated from Dublin when Bernard was eight , young enough to take advantage of an educational system which allowed bright children to climb up and out of their allotted place in society . |
| 9 | Both Jim McFadden and Philip McNamara are out with long-term injuries , while Pat McAllister , Joe Kerr , Sean McKenna and Marty Magee were not fit enough to take part in Friday 's match . |
| 10 | Be adult enough to take responsibility for what you 've done . |
| 11 | The Behringer is the panacea for my guitar-induced headaches , and it 's sensitive enough to take care of the variable pick velocities in the average full-tilt rock solo . |
| 12 | I KNOW that my mother , who is 36 , should be old enough to take care of herself , but sometimes I feel I 'm older and wiser , at 16 , than she is . |
| 13 | It 's a silly idea , and I 'm big enough to take care of myself now … ’ |
| 14 | Then , when they were large enough , God brought them out and the mother took care of them until they grew big enough to take care of themselves . |
| 15 | From this stage until the plants are large enough to take care of themselves , filamentous algae may make itself a nuisance , becoming entangled in the delicate young foliage . |
| 16 | Old enough to take care of himself , while she had been eight years old . |
| 17 | Payton 's goal enough to take pressure off manager and team Dundee0 Celtic1 |
| 18 | Payton strike enough to take pressure off manager and team |
| 19 | However , the instrumental model was adapted somewhat to take account of the survival of monarchical and aristocratic rule across most of Western Europe after the 1848 revolutions . |
| 20 | Blumenthal ( 1969 ) suggests that six strategies are possible and these are discussed first , although the meaning of each has been changed somewhat to take account of the technological and other developments that have taken place since that text was published . |
| 21 | The Chancellor also used his statement to close the loophole whereby companies acquired other businesses merely to take advantage of their capital losses for tax purposes . |
| 22 | The clerk , Robert Clive , was able not only to take Arcot by a surprise attack but also to inspire his little force to hang on to it during a 50-day seige in which a series of onslaughts on the citadel was beaten off . |
| 23 | ( Visits seem only to take place at the stage of formulating proposals . ) |
| 24 | It is therefore a good idea not only to take note of and practise stress patterns in words in isolation , but also study to see what happens with the stress when the same words are put in various sentences . |
| 25 | Nowadays nurses are faced with complex situations , not only to take account of psychological and sociocultural factors during illness but also as promoters of health , and in helping patients and families to become involved in their own health care . |
| 26 | Thereafter , once the Bill is amended , the long title may be changed , but only to take account of the amendments that have been made . |
| 27 | But , apart from being a relatively poor performance by international standards , national resources had not grown sufficiently to take account of total need . |
| 28 | Gary Moore , a born again bluesman who certainly needs no introduction from us , had broken off from his European tour especially to take part in the event . |
| 29 | We were told that in winter when the lake is frozen , a large part is kept ice-free by directing water from the town 's hot water supply , and even the wild whooper swans come in to take advantage of the food offered . |
| 30 | It is not impossible that , if the enclosure was abandoned in the withdrawal of the Roman army from Britain , civilians might have moved in to take advantage of its protection . |