Example sentences of "are to take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Workers at Smiths Industries in Gloucestershire are to take industrial action after being refused a pay rise . |
| 2 | THE Northamptonshire nuns who are trying to save 5,000 chickens are to take legal action against the Ministry of Agriculture 's decision to slaughter their flock . |
| 3 | NURSES are to take legal action to press for a public inquiry into the case of Beverley Allitt who murdered four children and injured nine others . |
| 4 | THE TCCB are to take legal advice on Tuesday 's court ruling over ‘ rainy day ’ refunds . |
| 5 | These powers are to take immediate possession of all the debtor 's property but only to sell anything of a perishable nature or goods which are likely to go down in value if not sold ( s 287(2) ) . |
| 6 | Now , it appears that they are to take great pride in the fact that we are spending more on public services , and it is right to acknowledge that . |
| 7 | But if teachers are to take such decisions they need to have access to these ideas . |
| 8 | If we are to take this speech as accurate reportage within the conventions of deathbed narratives , is there not something a little remarkable in Leapor 's assuring her friend and patron that she has always loved her father , though never so much as now , when she is dying ? |
| 9 | Last week it was announced that seventy-five people are to take voluntary redundancy at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the Schengen Treaty indicates matters on which the signatory states are to take common initiatives at the Community level , such as VAT harmonization , and it requires the development of common policies by its participants in areas such as visas for citizens of non-Member States of the EC — a matter which would be brought expressly into Community competence by the Maastricht Treaty under Article 100c , providing that ‘ the Council , acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament , shall determine the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States ’ . |
| 11 | They are to take special pains not to offend Moslem susceptibilities . |
| 12 | ‘ Please get stationery ready , Matron has been told we are to take another batch of severely wounded soldiers . |