Example sentences of "take [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Slater says that if NT takes off both of these notebook chips could become significant players . |
| 2 | Club and pub doormen would have to carry registration cards and face a vetting procedure if the project takes off this year . |
| 3 | One example of the use of the weak anthropic principle is to " explain " why the big bang occurred about ten thousand million years ago — it takes about that long for intelligent beings to evolve . |
| 4 | And then you can be erm actually the train journey to Enfield Chase takes about another half-an-hour , so that 's two hours at least and as well . |
| 5 | Given the enormous time , more than five minutes , it takes for each page this is very useful otherwise you might conclude that the whole machine has hung . |
| 6 | Fixed repeated patterns of different rhythmic lengths are combined , the time it takes for both to return simultaneously to their starting point depending on the length of each pattern . |
| 7 | It has an extremely long radioactive half-life ( the time it takes for half its activity to decay ) of up to 24,000 years . |
| 8 | ( The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time it takes for half of the radioactivity to disappear as the isotope decays ) . |
| 9 | that , that 's how long it takes for half of the radioactive isotopes to disappear . |
| 10 | It is a more complex tension between the time it takes for any educational system to assimilate innovation , and the pressing need of computer manufacturers and software publishers to market new products . |
| 11 | It 's how long it takes for those to react together until they 've stopped reacting . |
| 12 | Whatever view one takes of this matter , the facts are indisputable . |
| 13 | Overall filling times have n't been changed by the arrival of the Packman , since it is still the job of filling with water that generally takes up most time . |
| 14 | Their latest collaborative effort a huge construction extravaganza called ‘ The Merry-Go-World or Begat by Chance and the Wonder Horse Trigger ’ takes up most of the available space at Louver starting on the 24th and going around until Christmas . |
| 15 | These days work takes up most of my time . ’ |
| 16 | His shoes were stout brown brogues , suitable for the tramping from place to place which takes up most of a detective 's time . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's here now , but I 'll have to follow in another one — the gown takes up most of the room . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Not very often ; my ukulele takes up most of my time as you know . ’ |
| 19 | Although astrology takes up most of her time — when she is filming for breakfast television she is picked up at 5am — she likes cooking and reading . |
| 20 | Nowadays , it 's the Pet Care Helpline which takes up most of Christine 's time and she has no plans of stopping . |
| 21 | But we er are welcoming the fact that there is a recognition of the rising population of Wales er in giving us this er this additional seat er primarily the additional population has not come in industrial South Wales which er er which er people think of perhaps as the most typically Welsh area , it 's actually in two counties of Clwyd and Dyfed that are erm growing most rapidly because of lifestyle migration , retirement migration erm into those two areas and that is why the additional seat , if you can put it that way , er takes from all the other four of course , is is the mid and West Wales seat which has been compared by the honourable member for Cornwall er tonight and it has only got a population of four hundred and one thousand but on the other hand of course it is such an extensive seat because the population sparsity in that area is much , much worse than even in Cornwall and therefore it is going to stretch from South of Milford Haven to the Llanrwst area really within probably twenty miles of the North Wales coast , it 's a who it 's the whole of two counties plus one additional very badly populated constituency erm in in the county of Gwynedd , an awkward constituency but one that we are certainly looking forward fighting and winning to give us the five out of five er now that er the boundaries are going through tonight and obviously it 's all in line really er to look at the other , the third order of course , the question of the registration of overseas voters in the nineteen ninety two election overseas voters had their first opportunity to participate in Westminster elections . |
| 22 | The range of emotions is wide and it takes in all , from the simplest emotion to the peak experience and the emotions of creativity . |
| 23 | Now it is the age of fulfilled man who takes in all the Trinity and becomes one with them . |
| 24 | The whole thing takes around 12 days to complete and takes in all the best Lakeland peaks , but the beauty of it is that it can be divided into any number of day sections and there 's always a lowland alternative route in case the weather is really awful on the tops . |
| 25 | This route takes in all the major summits on the main ridge of the Brecon Beacons . |
| 26 | One answer is to compile a comprehensive media list , as outlined above , which takes in all the groups which are likely to be contacted with any frequency . |
| 27 | This enlarged LFA , the areas included in which were determined in close consultation with farmers ' representatives , now takes in much land amenable for agricultural development and may increase the proportion of the UK uplands experiencing the nature conservation/agriculture conflict . |
| 28 | The constituency takes in much of the older heart of Swindon which contrasts with the newer expansion . |
| 29 | But this book takes in many forest areas too and I suppose there is n't room for everything . |
| 30 | The path we followed is only a short section of the 560-mile Ulster Way , which takes in most of the province and requires a good three weeks to complete , but this section of the coastal path can be completed in a couple of days , though longer is highly recommended . |