Example sentences of "be [verb] to take the " in BNC.

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1 The residuals from the fitted line can be thought of as values for a variable which have been adjusted to take the explanatory variable into account .
2 Whatever the merits of alternative analyses , and however rare the 9,9 ideal may be among undoubted business leaders at the top of companies , the students are expected to take the Grid as gospel .
3 The selected garnet had to be split and then shaped to fit the cells and patterns ; alternatively , the cells may have been shaped to take the pre-cut garnets .
4 Others had already leaped boldly in the expectation that others would follow , that it would prove wise to have been seen to take the plunge first .
5 The authorities are said to take the view that the Gulf war will distract attention from civilian casualties in Jaffna .
6 They 're designed to take the heat out of the dispute by getting the husband and wife to talk sense rather than war , especially about what happens to the kids and the money .
7 The sa the same applies for pricing virtually to anything else if if you 're going to take the maximum advantage of flying by air you either have to book it well in advance through a package or whatever or whatever or else you 'd have to go along and sit in a bucket shop hoping that somebody 's gon na
8 If you 're going to take the positive square root .
9 You 're going to take the second right , just after that pub . ’
10 I am now going into and you 're going to take the chair for this .
11 Okay , now we 're going to take the five from nought , well we ca n't do that , so we 'll borrow a ten , borrow a one from that ten
12 That means they 're going to take the matter , is that what he 's saying ?
13 ‘ They 're Duke Michael 's men , and they 're coming to take the King back to Strelsau for the coronation . ’
14 Stella had been told to take the following morning off .
15 Collect any powders , tablets or anything you think may have been used to take the drug .
16 ‘ I am going to take the tape from your mouth .
17 He says ; I am going to take the matter up with the company to try to save the jobs for Worcester .
18 Tell your audience that you are going to spell out the names of a complete suit of cards and , each time you spell out a letter , you are going to take the top card and place it on the bottom .
19 As these wheels are going to take the weight of the entire model , it is best to pin them for extra strength .
20 They are beginning to take the law themselves
21 Since the standard housing of towns and cities has been unable to provide shelter , urban populations have been compelled to take the situation into their own hands and put up their own homes .
22 She could n't help thinking that Cara , who had been known to take the car to go as far as the corner shop to pick up a bottle of milk , would have folded long before this .
23 It was hoped that medical men would be attracted to take the College course , and then be commissioned as veterinary surgeons in the cavalry .
24 CAN ANYBODY be expected to take the Deputy Director of Wirral Social Services seriously when he suggests that feeding curry to toddlers will help them counteract the evils of racism ?
25 There are those , however , who find it objectionable that one person should ever be permitted to take the life of another .
26 Yet it is rare for them to be made to take the responsibility for it .
27 So we should be looking to take the initiative and , in a controlled manner , working as a team with our suppliers and ensuring they know exactly what we want .
28 While it might help submarines to detect fishing activity , it should not be seen to take the onus of avoiding fishing vessels away from submarines .
29 The undertaker will , as a rule , be instructed to take the body straight to his premises and screw the lid down , firmly and finally .
30 Porcelain can also be TL tested , but it is such a hard ceramic that a drill can not be used to take the sample because of the heat generated and the spurious luminescence signals produced .
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