Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pers pn] take [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 MAY I take this opportunity to say how relieved I was to find that the August 1992 issue of your splendid magazine was largely free of the indefatigable hostility directed towards rugby league football by its immediate predecessor ?
2 May I take this opportunity to say how sickened I was by the small group of supporters hounding the ticket kiosk for their money back , after Monday night 's County Shield match against Whaddon YMCA .
3 May I take this opportunity to dispel rumours , circulating among supporters , concerning Mr Pahdra Singh 's involvement with an unnamed supermarket syndicate which is believed to be interested in purchasing ‘ The Tip ’ for redevelopment .
4 May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing support of the Society .
5 May I take this opportunity to thank you all for the good work you are doing and assure you of my prayers . ’
6 May I take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in the School and to wish you a pleasant morning with us .
7 May I take this opportunity to offer my condolences .
8 May I take this opportunity to introduce myself .
9 May I take this opportunity to congratulate Hardley school in my constituency which was the first in Hampshire to achieve grant-maintained status ?
10 How long should it take 18 men to build a similar wall ?
11 How long would it take four men to do it ?
12 Will he take urgent steps to ensure that the spread of city technology colleges is accelerated as quickly as possible ?
13 Will he take this opportunity to give a categorical assurance that none of the agencies will be allowed or encouraged to derecognise any of the civil service trade unions ?
14 Will he take this opportunity to say what progress is being made on the question of preventive diplomacy , for which the secretary-general has set a deadline of 1 July ?
15 Will he take this opportunity to confirm that it is the three strands that will form the basis of any future talks , and that against that background there will always be the Anglo-Irish Agreement , until the two Governments feel that they have something that transcends it ?
16 Will he take this opportunity to confirm that sufficient resources will be made available to ensure that full establishment is maintained at each of those locations for men and resources , for training and administration ?
17 Will he take this opportunity to tell the House and the country whether he favours such a ban ?
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