Example sentences of "[adj] to take [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the year before , he had spoken at the Moot of his hope , according to the minutes , " for occupation in some form of national service without that official status which might shut his mouth , and that he would be free to take part in any work for the future that was possible . |
| 2 | During the next few days , I hope you will all feel free to take part in our meetings and discussions which I am sure will assist us with our decision making . |
| 3 | But each enterprise also wants government to be flexible , to discriminate in its favour ; and for itself wants to be free to take advantage of any shifts in the factors which improve its own bargaining power . |
| 4 | The point has been to set people free from constraints ; and leave them free to take advantage of the opportunities around them . |
| 5 | Lord Donaldson ruled that Mr Hurd , in deciding whether to issue a directive , and in deciding its terms , was free to take account of the terms of the European Convention , but was under no obligation to do so . |
| 6 | It followed that while the Home Secretary was free to take account of the terms of the Convention , he was not obliged to do so and that the terms of the Convention were irrelevant to the court 's decision . |
| 7 | ‘ One 's also got to be very careful to take account of the word ‘ contract ’ . |
| 8 | Entry to the libertarian , undisciplined and nakedly elitist lifestyle of the Ecole Normale Superieure inevitably led Nizan to take stock of his situation from an entirely new perspective . |
| 9 | Neither approach by itself is adequate to take account of the complexities involved in meeting the needs of our children and our schools at the present time . |
| 10 | However , the detailed cross-referencing is usually quite adequate to take care of such problems . |
| 11 | The discrepancy between the large number of Party members and the Party 's poor performance at the polls indicates clearly that while Danzigers were prepared to take advantage of it as a social refuge , they were by no means as convinced by it as Forster and Hitler desired . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is true that ‘ life begins at 40 ’ ( or 50 ) for those who recognize the opportunities available to them after parenting ceases , and are prepared to take advantage of them . |
| 13 | There now exists a variety of provision for education , training , work experience and advice supported by central government , local government and voluntary bodies , but experience suggests that some of those most in need of such services are relatively ill prepared to take advantage of the opportunities they offer . |
| 14 | Be prepared to take advantage of offers that come your way , especially if they concern a friend or relative . |
| 15 | He wanted to know whether they would be prepared to take payment for what they produced after everyone else had taken a cut . |
| 16 | The numbers were reduced to nine the following year , as it was generally felt that it would be better to hold them every other year and quite a few indicated they would be prepared to take part on a biennial basis . |
| 17 | PFA BALLOT RESULT 1 : Would you be prepared to take part in industrial action consisting of a refusal to play in all live televised matches after April 7 ? |
| 18 | No : 38 3 : Would you be prepared to take part in industrial action with a strike starting on April 18 ? |
| 19 | Christie , who has already signed money-spinning deals with Lucozade and clothing firm High and Mighty since Barcelona , said : ‘ We did n't see why we should pay for a visa when we were prepared to take part in races for nothing . |
| 20 | Another islander , Michael O'Toole , explained that local people would be quite prepared to take part in direct action to prevent any mining on the island against the wishes of the community : |
| 21 | At the Celebration of Enrolment you said Right yes , well I 'm prepared to take part in the preparation programme . |
| 22 | A condition of the setting up of the Executive was that tri-partite talks should be held between the Westminster and Dublin governments and those Northern Ireland parties which were prepared to take part in the Executive . |
| 23 | With only a few more bribing days left before the general election and in view of the fact that the House has been televised for more than two years , will the Prime Minister tell us whether he is prepared to take part in televised debates during the general election campaign with the Leader of the Opposition — yes or no ? |
| 24 | ‘ The fact that the council is now prepared to take part in a trip to Thiepval organised by a sectarian organisation such as the Orange Order will be an added cause of concern to nationalist ratepayers in the city , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
| 26 | Although the Macmillan cabinet pressed management to delay a settlement , ministers were not prepared to take responsibility for a breakdown in negotiations ; when the industry settled , the Prime Minister publicly rebuked management for capitulating to the unions and breaching the pay pause ( 1982 : 225–6 ) . |
| 27 | Both direct and organise with ease and are prepared to take charge of situations . |
| 28 | " If I were prepared to take advice about the way I run my Department from anyone , it would n't be a third-rate paper fetishist with a second-rate degree , who does n't know the difference between scientific proof and intuition . " |
| 29 | These are , in fact , matters of which the courts have to an extent been prepared to take notice in the past . |
| 30 | Development of the worker-client relationship and of the case as a case may depend a lot on how far the client sees the worker as filling the position of parent adequately and how far the social worker is prepared to take account of the client 's expectations in this respect . |