Example sentences of "[adj] to take [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students from countries within the European Community are free to take up employment during vacations but unemployment is high in the United Kingdom and there are few jobs vacant . |
| 2 | He said that the new ‘ learning for work scheme ’ — intended to provide opportunities for the unemployed to pursue vocationally relevant full-time courses of education , with fees paid and an allowance equivalent to their benefit entitlement for up to a year — gave another opportunity for the longer-term unemployed to take up training opportunities and thus to increase their chances of finding employment . |
| 3 | Minority shareholder and OEM partner Hewlett-Packard Co says it is prepared to take over Sequoia 's project to develop a fault-tolerant Precision Architecture RISC-based machine . |
| 4 | Once the school has formed the relationship many companies will be prepared to take on sponsorship or allocate funds . |
| 5 | He was not willing to take on cases with relatively unconventional chosen outcomes . |
| 6 | But the officer/manager should not trust the ‘ man ’ unless it has been demonstrated , such as through promotion , that he is willing to take on responsibility . |
| 7 | Some commentators have complained that Clark 's title , Civilisation , was misleading , as only Western arts were treated ; but even if Clark had been willing to take on world art , costs would no doubt have prevented such a grandiose project . |
| 8 | Existing customers are a worse risk because if they know redundancy is in the offing they are more likely to take out redundancy protection while new borrowers are not going to commit themselves to a mortgage if they are worried about losing their jobs . ’ |
| 9 | With market makers unwilling to take on stock , Watts Blake shed 23 to 345p , Johnston Group ran back 17 to 177p and Bentalls lost 7 to 98p . |
| 10 | At 50 kg the device is too heavy to take up Japan 's steep hills — and it can not yet produce on-the-spot pictures . |
| 11 | Unable to take over Kabul , Mr Hikmatyar has set up his own administration in Jalalabad , once a retreat for Afghanistan 's kings , 110 kilometres ( 68 miles ) from Kabul . |
| 12 | Unable to take up residence in the Baabda palace occupied by Gen Aoun , this was where he had been conducting his consultations for the formation of a government of national unity . |
| 13 | Unable to take up residence in the Baabda palace occupied by Gen Aoun , this was where he had been conducting his consultations for the formation of a government of national unity . |
| 14 | This also applies to children , although the very young may only be able to take either chloroquine or prognanil . |
| 15 | Such an approach would be able to take both style shifting and code switching into account , whether in monolinguals or bilinguals ; and could relate both of these , as well as other discourse related phenomena , to wider " patterns of linguistic behaviour " in the community . |
| 16 | The study shows that normal enterocytes are able to take up PT-gliadin . |
| 17 | It is much more important that the student is given an understanding of a conceptual structure , and is able to take up stances within it , to understand something of the fundamental debates taking place within it , to see the difference between sense and nonsense , and to stand back and form critical evaluations of the wider social role of the form of thought . |
| 18 | The student has to be able to take yet a further step , and to be able to take up stances , hold to particular theories , or simply to act . |
| 19 | The larva is then able to take up water from the environment and enlarges to rupture the remaining layers and escape . |
| 20 | Thus , some teachers wanted subject books to be more accessible for their own teaching , as in the case of teachers who wished to be able to take out boxes of books for use in their own departments . |
| 21 | In a less obvious but equally influential manner , if a credit squeeze is applied as a macroeconomic policy , the resulting high interest rates will reduce the number of people able to take out mortgages . |
| 22 | The revival in borrowing was concentrated on credit cards , suggesting that consumers are stepping up purchases of everyday items but are still reluctant to take on debt to finance household durables and cars . |
| 23 | Where such a sovereign state has been created by a grant of independence , the courts may be more reluctant to take back power in that they would have to recognise the political fact that the state in question is a foreign country and no longer part of the legal order of this country . |
| 24 | The Broncos are happy to take on John Monie 's Best of British away from home — they want the showdown at Wigan 's Central Park the weekend after the World Cup final between Australia and Great Britain on October 24 . |
| 25 | Despite his ambition , Gordon Brown , 41 , the shadow trade and industry secretary , is unlikely to take on Mr Smith . |
| 26 | The fry are extremely tiny , too small to take even Artemia nauplii for the first 5–6 days . |
| 27 | There can also be restrictions on the repayment method used and it may be compulsory to take out house and contents insurance with the lender . |
| 28 | MIDDLESBROUGH , which is at the forefront of efforts to encourage the country 's disabled to take up sport , hosted regional table tennis championships organised by the British Sports Association for the Disabled at the weekend . |
| 29 | En Shao appeared in Liverpool two years ago , shortly before he was due to take up position of principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra where he is now installed . |
| 30 | It is highly likely that the new Committee , due to take up office at the end of the year , will make the appointment permanent , in which case Bonito Oliva will be responsible for the organisation of the 1995 centenary exhibition . |