Example sentences of "takes [adv prt] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Bell ( England ) takes on former UK champion Stephen Rees , while reigning outdoor world singles champion Tony Allcock clashes with Scotland 's Angus Blair . |
| 2 | John Bell ( England ) takes on former UK champion Stephen Rees , while reigning outdoor world singles champion Tony Allcock clashes with Scotland 's Angus Blair . |
| 3 | Smith takes on former world title challenger Vincenzo Nardiello of Italy . |
| 4 | The arrangement evolving at a number of the resource management pilot sites , in which a doctor acting as clinical director takes on this role with assistance from a nurse manager and a business manager , indicates the likely direction of change . |
| 5 | often , it takes months of phone calls before you have completed your ‘ hit list ’ , and I would suggest that whoever takes on this job should have a very carefree and optimistic attitude . |
| 6 | The structure of deception takes on another layer when Lady Macbeth learns of the prophecies . |
| 7 | In these cases verse takes on another dimension of seriousness by its juxtaposition with the prose of jest and the evasion of responsibilities . |
| 8 | In the light of these observations , the act of living with a prostitute takes on another meaning . |
| 9 | After 28,000 miles perhaps winning or losing takes on less significance . |
| 10 | My local authority , quite rightly , takes on those children because they are in need , but it receives no financial assistance to cope with them . |
| 11 | As the firm takes on more debt , so the cost of equity ( the total return demanded by investors ) must rise in proportion . |
| 12 | If a business takes on more debt , its calculations can be thrown out by two things : if the interest cost of servicing the debt rises by more than was expected ; and if the cash flow earned by the business falls by more than had been planned for . |
| 13 | ‘ The mission of defending and articulating the interests of undeserving populations at risk takes on more importance as the social services in the welfare state become universal ’ ( Kramer , 1981 , p. 261 ) . |
| 14 | The agency takes on any kind of job — you just name the subject and give us some indication of the kind of thing you want to know , and then we go out and get it for you . ’ |
| 15 | If rebates are extensive this takes on some aspects of an income tax too . |
| 16 | The purchaser takes over each employee subject to that employee 's accumulated statutory rights . |
| 17 | Is there a risk that the Anonymous Fellowships can become a cult that takes over all life and leaves nothing else worth having ? |
| 18 | Conner Peripherals Inc has now finalised the deal under which Overland Data Inc takes over all manufacturing , marketing and engineering rights to the Cipher 995 9-track and T480 18-track tape drive product lines , as well as all Cipher brand and trademark rights ; the acquisition will immediately double Overland Data 's turnover to a figure running at $24m a year . |
| 19 | However , it is a less expressive image , as it is a less expressive moment , for while he is so wrapped up in the action of taking the shot she can not reveal much more than that furtive concentration that takes over any face in the act of intensive looking . |
| 20 | He takes over this month from Hugh Collum , finance director of SmithKline Beecham , who has held the post for two years . |
| 21 | It means that instead of County and District Councils you have one authority that takes over both sets of functions . |
| 22 | It rolls up small so takes up little space in a rucksack . |
| 23 | Not every woman takes up that challenge . |
| 24 | Takes , this song takes up that theme that Jesus introduces to his disciples about a harvest being ready . |
| 25 | If Kendall takes up that offer , he may appoint the former England midfielder Peter Reid , currently at QPR , as his player-coach . |
| 26 | If Kendall takes up that offer , he may appoint the former England midfielder Peter Reid , currently at QPR , as his player-coach . |
| 27 | The fact that the collection takes up some 8M of disk space may also be regarded as something of a stumbling block … |
| 28 | Well , the first book in which Freud explicitly takes up this question in the opening pages , is his book of nineteen twenty seven , er The Future of an Illusion , and his begins , by posing the Hobbesian question , although it does n't mention Hobbes , but , it 's the fundamental point he makes , that civilization goes against the grain of human nature , and the question he asks himself is , how does er , order , morality . |
| 29 | Isaiah 61 : takes up this theme , and the prophet cries : |
| 30 | He does not , however , explain why the causal influence of the forces of production is always , and necessarily , greater than that of individuals , and only takes up this point in a second argument , in which he shifts from the discussion of character traits to consider the role played by individuals of extraordinary talent . |