Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] to take [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The subject , Home Economics , has changed considerably in recent years and is constantly evolving to take account of social change and developments in technology . |
| 2 | IF IT worries you that the national survey on sexual habits is not going to take place , you could take comfort from the thought that it probably wo n't make a vast amount of difference in the long run . |
| 3 | The result is that most of the great palaces are only partly restored , the parks only just beginning to take shape again . |
| 4 | But it is coming , and certainly some of the medium-sized shops , perhaps with a couple of two or three outlets but under the same management , where it 's not quite so easy to see when you 're running out of baked beans , are already beginning to take advantage of some of these retailing computers . |
| 5 | From somewhere in the capital , by our intrepid reporter : The dog dirt injected into my pulsing thighs by a beautiful buck-naked half-robot half-Samoan woman was finally starting to take effect . |
| 6 | Hard bargains were being driven before she agreed to make her Hollywood debut and she was already planning to take control by producing — and maybe directing — her own movies . |
| 7 | The team is gradually beginning to take ona more familiar look although Duncan Ferguson , John Brown and Andy Goram are still on the sidelines . |
| 8 | However they got a free kick from one of their lot diving when noone was anywhere near , and Leeds were still beginning to take position when Newell I think takes the kick and Shearer picks it up and scores . |
| 9 | In summary the model may be used as part of a learning sequence , so the teacher must ask the question ‘ has the learner the requisite knowledge and skills to enable further learning to take place ? ’ |
| 10 | I am pleased that the idea that we should turn our prisons into workplaces is slowly beginning to take hold . |
| 11 | What Myeloski did n't tell Duncan was that things were slowly beginning to take shape in his mind . |
| 12 | The CPRE is now appealing to local councils to carry out mowing in late summer , after the flowers have blown , rather than early in the season , thereby allowing natural seeding to take place . |
| 13 | ‘ Here , when we get to your lodgings , you ai n't really going to take advantage of me , are you ? ’ she asked . |
| 14 | We 've heard about object-oriented technology for 20 years , but it 's only just now beginning to take hold . |
| 15 | Some of us have found the jobs we sought ; some have found renewed enthusiasm and enhanced skills for the search ; others are even now joining to take advantage of an organisation that is getting into its stride for greater efforts : but all of us send our very sincere thanks to all who have helped us when we needed them . |
| 16 | Debate is now starting to take place in both the lesbian and gay and the straight press ; the advocates of censorship are not going unchallenged . |
| 17 | ‘ Things are really starting to take shape , ’ said Ms McHale . |
| 18 | What we want is a good mix of prisoners who come here wanting to take advantage of what we offer . |
| 19 | We came across many cases of schools using minimal resourcing to maximum effect ; and of schools with a substantial PNP staff enhancement manifestly failing to take advantage of what that enhancement could offer . |
| 20 | As soon as Pepin le Bref was dead , Aquitaine revolted , presumably hoping to take advantage of the disagreement between the old king 's heirs and re-establish independence . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm going to enlarge both the geological room and the botanical room , ’ Svend continued , barely stopping to take breath . |
| 22 | ‘ Several people did n't think I was seriously going to take part , but it was really good fun , ’ she laughed . |
| 23 | We are never going to take control over the direction of IT developments . |
| 24 | Palmer subsequently became a member of the council of the Institution and in 1835 was elected one of the vice-presidents ; he was always very attached to the Institution , contributing several interesting papers and seldom failing to take part in the discussions which he considered to be the most valuable part of the meetings . |