Example sentences of "take [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Westminster NALGO is predicting massive redundancies in the borough unless private companies take on the existing staff . |
| 2 | They identify with the global capitalist system , reconceptualize their several national interests in terms of the global system , and take on the political project of reconceptualizing the national interests of their co-nationals in terms of the global capitalist system . |
| 3 | Today Wales B take on the shaken Aussies in Cardiff — and Davies does n't rule out another shock Welsh win . |
| 4 | I should be grateful if you would let me know what action you take on the above matters . |
| 5 | As a Celtic-mad kid of 11 , Creaney stood wide-eyed on the Parkhead terraces to watch his heroes take on the best in Europe . |
| 6 | Exhibition fights can be arranged between any two boxers ( you can fight as any boxer in the league ) and take on the toughest or wimpish fighter . |
| 7 | In the poetry of Mallarmé the words ‘ mean ’ what a French dictionary tells us they mean , but they also take on the private and idiosyncratic meanings that Mallarmé gives them . |
| 8 | This Sunday the Oxford Saints take on the Delonghi Knights from Kent in the National League play offs . |
| 9 | Is not that what we would have expected when the Government take on the 16 to 18-year-olds and perpetuate the myth that that age group is in full-time employment , in full-time training or in full-time education ? |
| 10 | So Murphy , a man with a deep knowledge of the game , will be a help to the beleaguered Ciaran Fitzgerald as the whitewashed Irish take on the All Blacks . |
| 11 | As a result , psychiatrists take on the crucial rule of assessor and expert witness in child care cases in which the mother has a mental or behavioural disorder . |
| 12 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 13 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 14 | Countries with large commercial-debt problems will get no help from the Brady plan unless , like Mexico , they take on the drastic economic reforms that western governments demand as the price of their support . |
| 15 | If you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried . ’ |
| 16 | But I do n't worry about being a loser — if you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried |
| 17 | ( Here , incidentally , is my take on the homosexual male . |
| 18 | By the middle of next year the bank will move its head office into Poultry , and take on the heavy mantle of tradition . |
| 19 | Frank Miller , the writer responsible for The Dark Knight Returns ( and the script for Robocop 2 ) teams up with Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons for the bi-monthly comic Give Me Liberty , a politically sussed futuristic take on the dilapidated American Dream . |
| 20 | Practically , it means that students have to become used to expressing a point of view and exposing it to the critical evaluation of their peers , and in this way take on the ethical demands of rationality . |
| 21 | They take on the whole world , but they 've got no patterns with which to deal with all that experience. , |
| 22 | His judgements take on the ex-cathedra ring of a Lawrence : ‘ I believe in you as a painter . ’ |
| 23 | So far if we take on the ninety ninety two figures we attended something like eight hundred bonfires . |
| 24 | FASHION lovers will soon be able to snap up top label clothes at bargain prices as revolutionary new superstores take on the High Street giants . |
| 25 | ‘ Take down the last three torches . ’ |
| 26 | With Domestic Factoring , we purchase your book debts on a continuous basis and provide four basic services : an immediate advance of up to 80% of the value of invoices ; credit management and sales ledger administration — we take over the time-consuming chores of sending out statements and chasing late payers ; credit protection — we can , if required , take 100% of the credit risk on agreed customers ; and facility for growth — our service can expand as your company grows . |
| 27 | Although tree holes are the most common nesting place , stock doves have been found nesting in rabbit holes and they occasionally take over the abandoned nests of wood-pigeons . |
| 28 | On the day agreed , travel from any station to Goschenen by rail on a special round-journey ticket , take over the reserved hire-cycle there , and set off on the journey of exploration downhill on the old cantonal road , taking as much time , and with as many halts , as suits you . |
| 29 | After dinner , the hotel cabaret and band take over the easy task of keeping you happy . |
| 30 | Havant take over the daunting task of challenging for the European Cup in Amsterdam , with Hounslow moving to the south of Holland to compete at Vught where a favourable draw puts them among the favourites to reach Monday 's final . |