Example sentences of "in [noun] to take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A law to require any manufacturer selling computers in Germany to take back its equipment for reuse or recycling is being drafted for next year , while governments in Denmark and Sweden are considering legislation this spring for mandating some kind of electronics scrap recycling program . |
| 2 | In 1986 , the Argyll group of companies and Guinness were rival bidders in attempts to take over Distillers Ltd . |
| 3 | This is both in respect of the run up to the seventy fifth birthday and also with the increase in responsibility to take on the remit for the development of our work in relation to the European Community , central and Eastern Europe . |
| 4 | The vessel , which was named after the statue erected by students in Beijing 's Tiananmen Square during the 1989 protests [ see pp. 36640-42 ; 36720-22 ] , left France on March 17 and was due to dock in Taiwan to take on supplies before beginning anti-communist broadcasts from international waters off the coast of China . |
| 5 | PARENTS at a small church primary in Dunblane yesterday voted to become the first in Scotland to take over the running of their school . |
| 6 | Mr Lasic left his Fife home several times during the war in Croatia to take up arms in his homeland . |
| 7 | The Rev Peris Williams and his wife Sheila are leaving St Hildeburgh 's at Hoylake in Wirral to take up the parish of Holy Trinity in Blacon , Chester , in October . |
| 8 | Dr. Steve Barnett resigned his GEC research fellowship in Engineering to take up a lectureship at King 's College , London . |
| 9 | Concern is growing that there is no-one in sight to take over Novell should Noorda become incapacitated . |
| 10 | It did n't take long to find out Nicola had told them that she was in line to take over my job . ’ |
| 11 | Following a visit to Rangoon , the capital of Myanma , by the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister , Mustafizur Rahman , in late November , Myanma agreed in principle to take back all refugees who had crossed into Bangladesh in recent months to escape persecution . |
| 12 | HALEY Geoff Haley joined the Company in April to take up his appointment as Chief Designer in the Design Studio . |
| 13 | for example , an older sister found a sponsor for Gerta Jassem just two months after arriving in London to take up a job as a chambermaid . |
| 14 | Instead they managed both by using the County Homesearch Company based in Truro to take over the housing negotiations , reports of which chased them round Australia on fax . |
| 15 | In addition Housing Action Trusts were proposed in order to take over the operation of specific run-down council estates , with the intention of changing their tenure to the private sector or housing associations . |
| 16 | Not taking on more work yourself in order to take over financial responsibility from the primary sufferer while he or she continues to drink . |
| 17 | The transfer of Baker , who in 1988 had resigned as Treasury Secretary in order to take over Bush 's election campaign when it was trailing badly in the polls , had been widely anticipated in the month prior to the announcement . |
| 18 | He succeeds Seru Verebalavu who resigned in order to take up the position of the region 's Coordinator as part of WACC 's Animation Programme ( see Action number 160 ) . |
| 19 | absorbency both in order to take up cosmetics and cleansing agents , and a the same time to hold sufficient of the cleansing agents whilst they are being applied . |
| 20 | He became a Swedish citizen in 1937 in order to take up the offer of teaching posts in the Royal Opera School and the Music High School ( later renamed the Royal Academy of Music ) , Stockholm , where he had great influence on a generation of singers , including Birgit Nilsson and Jussi Björling , whom he taught privately . |
| 21 | Angel Alcalde , who became a deputy for United People ( Herri Batasuna — HB ) , the political wing of ETA , following the assassination on Nov. 20 , 1989 , of Josu Muguruza , an HB deputy in the Cortes [ see p. 37050 ] , was released from prison by order of the courts on Dec. 1 in order to take up his seat . |
| 22 | The new Prime Minister and Finance Minister , Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller , a former Agriculture Minister , resigned from the conservative Popular Action party ( AP ) in order to take up his new government role . |
| 23 | The election was precipitated by the resignation of William H. Gray in order to take up a job with the United Negro College Fund . |
| 24 | From then on , Matilda would visit the library only once a week in order to take out new books and return the old ones . |
| 25 | But today he had asked if he could have a quarter of an hour extension and her father had said he would be back in time to take over . |
| 26 | ( He turns upstage in time to take over the conversation with CLAUDIUS , GERTRUDE and ROS head downstage . ) |
| 27 | Our arrival was just in time to take off again , so that I had no opportunity for a rest , a meal or anything else . |