Example sentences of "[vb base] take [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've got to get Boris 's agreement before anyone can press the trigger or is this actually much more dangerous than it sounds , is he saying we want to take over the nuclear weapons . |
| 2 | ‘ I enjoy taking on the big battalions , ’ he says . |
| 3 | The second fact issued before us and it 's one that I referred to er when we did it , debated this last time is that if members do take seriously the whole question of |
| 4 | Third World states tend to take over the foreign investments that they consider to be important for national development . |
| 5 | What Butthole Surfers have done , what made and makes them so crucial , is that they 've taken on the sonic possibilities bequeathed still unexplored and underdeveloped by acid rock but have jettisoned many of the disabling attitudes that originally trammelled that music — sophistication , expertise , the counter-cultural impulse to edify . |
| 6 | There can be no justification for the comments we have heard from certain leaders of right wing er trade unions , who wish to take away the very principle of what we 're talking about , the block vote , especially one , when one of 'em , allegedly , who have n't even bothered to pay their contributions to the General Election Fund . |
| 7 | They have taken on the single-seat Broburn Wanderlust sailplane stored since the mid-1940s at Farnborough , Hants . |
| 8 | Multico have taken on the British marketing rights for the Delta range of machinery . |
| 9 | Federman sees the postmodern period as one in which the media have taken over the informational role of fiction , drastically reducing its status . |
| 10 | They have taken over the unfinished Bristol Babe project ( BAPC.87 ) held by the Hemswell Aviation Society . |
| 11 | Since then , not only has the show opened in the West End , but also I , your client , have taken over the leading part . |
| 12 | Thorns ( 1968 ) , from empirical work in Nottinghamshire , defined three types of village : first , villages with an established pattern of stratification based on the traditional rural economy or squirearchy ; second , villages in a state of transition ; and third , re-established villages where professional newcomers have taken over the dominant roles . |
| 13 | people have generally liked the campaign and have taken out the desired messages . |
| 14 | But Mr Garrett said others who have taken only the three-hour assessment are responding to pursuits despite force guidelines prohibiting them . |
| 15 | What plans does my hon. Friend have to take up the 20 ecu supplement to the suckler cow premium agreed by the Council of Ministers on 11 December ? |
| 16 | ‘ Then if we actually go ahead and build the New Jerusalem , they have to take up the full rights , which would amount to … 2.000.000.000,00 . ’ |
| 17 | If you are the victim of a game refuse to take on the bad feeling it leaves you with . |