Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] to take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way would be to take the cost of buying a car of the same age and then trying to quantify the cost of running it throughout the notice period . |
| 2 | A simple example in the case of the university student population would be to take the faculties of the university ( let us say there are then , just for example ) and take a sample of two of them . |
| 3 | The second strong PR option would be to take the opposite line , to say how outrageous it is that there is all this terrible auditing going on , and to promise painful retribution for the wrongdoers . |
| 4 | But they did n't care , tending to the view that the City was a viper 's nest of scheming capitalists , whose sole reason for investing would be to take the paper over . |
| 5 | His instinct of dishonesty came to the fore again and he thought a way to get the money would be to take the car which he was allowed to use but not to sell . ’ |