Example sentences of "a [noun] to take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far better to build more advanced Airbuses for a new market than a Euro-fighter to take on a non-existent enemy which is increasingly an economic partner . |
| 2 | Far better to build more advanced Airbuses for a new market than a Euro-fighter to take on a non-existent enemy which is increasingly an economic partner . |
| 3 | The deal provokes further speculation that Rowland is preparing the way for a successor to take over the group he has led for 30 years . |
| 4 | It is clear from the Kanunname that the movement of scholars into other fields than the learned profession is envisaged : if a candidate for office in the learned profession , that is , a wishes to take up a military career instead , he is to be given a fief yielding 20,000 akce ; and Sahn muderrises and 300-akce kadis may hold the office of defterdar , and the first two may also become nisanci ; and 500-akce kadis may become . |
| 5 | He was put on a ventilator under sedation , and was given drugs through a drip to take down the bleeding and swelling in his brain . |
| 6 | An agent looking at a student actor makes a reasonable commercial judgement ; he considers whether a decision to take on an actor will be financially justified . |
| 7 | She put an end to the nuns ’ little treats and tricks , whilst at the same time allowing a whore to take up residence there . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've never before seen a rabbit with either a pocket , or a watch to take out of it , ’ she thought . |
| 9 | So far as the former are concerned , the Act ( as does the Financial Services Act ) assumes that public issues of debentures will be undertaken by the same methods as issues of shares and it provides that a contract to take up debentures , like one to take up shares , may be enforced by an order for specific performance . |
| 10 | Most unpopular are subsidies to attract a buyer to take over an existing home so the seller is released to trade up . |
| 11 | because it 's her er daughter 's birthday and I usually give a present to take round . |
| 12 | I got erm two chops and a spam to take through . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've half a mind to take off , and have a look from the ceiling , ’ whispers Howard . |
| 14 | Principal Hotels signed a deal to take over six of the 12 Crown Hotels which went into receivership in April . |
| 15 | It seemed incautious to attempt it indoors , and I was half-way out of bed to get a tray to take out into the garden before I realized the ridiculous nature of the enterprise . |
| 16 | He had given Gina a column to take in to his paper while he was away . |
| 17 | The company has approached the Government with a plan to take over Network SouthEast services , including branch and suburban routes , in a wide arc between London and the south coast towns of Eastbourne , Brighton , Portsmouth and Weymouth . |
| 18 | A plan to take down Minto House in the Scottish Borders and rebuild it stone by stone as a country club in Japan has been abandoned . |
| 19 | For a girl to take up her pen at all , then , is an act of great self-assertion . |
| 20 | In Durham the engine came to a halt to take on more coal and water . |
| 21 | Jews or Zionists are seen as prime movers in a plot to take over the world , by destroying nations and manipulating the minds of ordinary people . |
| 22 | By doing so , reasoned the party 's elderly barons , the way would be clear for a baron to take over as prime minister come the party 's annual meeting in October ( four of the party 's five factional bosses were caught taking payoffs from Recruit ) . |
| 23 | A body to take over from the Wagner Development Group . |
| 24 | We used the word " profile " to indicate that we are trying to look at a shape when we are selecting people , choosing a business to take over , assessing a deal , estimating a risk . |
| 25 | In this case the seller will probably require some statement of the efforts that the acquirer will take to collect the debts , provision for unallocated payments received from debtors to be attributed first to pre-completion obligations , and a right to take over the enforcement of debts which are not collected within a period of , say , six months . |
| 26 | ‘ How can you respect bashing in a bolt and just waiting for a robot to take over your job ? |
| 27 | ‘ If my brother Reg wants to buy them he must come up with the money , but there are a number of interested parties , individuals and consortiums who have expressed a desire to take over the club . ’ |
| 28 | It is possible for a Policyholder to take out a policy without the benefit of index-linking . |
| 29 | A team to take on the Tories |
| 30 | The most recent case was in 1973 when the government appointed a commissioner to take over the housing responsibilities of the Clay Cross Urban District Council because the council refused to operate the provisions of the Housing Finance Act 1972 and charge higher rents to council tenants . |