Example sentences of "takes [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The linking of the elements thus takes on the only allowable form of " one-to-many " . |
| 2 | In doing so , he shows how the socially and historically constructed opposition between blackness and whiteness takes on the absolute , unquestionable authority of a natural fact . |
| 3 | Level Three , on the other hand , is an entirely different kettle of fish as Rambo , strapped into the seat of a stolen tank , single-handedly takes on the entire Soviet Army . |
| 4 | Whatever decision the government takes on the East-west route , the amount of traffic on the roads will continue to grow — and despite the problems of freight , the vast majority of vehicles on the roads — over 80% — are private cars . |
| 5 | And the new structure erm moves towards erm team working across the advice centre composes of three teams er and also , takes on the critical self managing team so that erm in terms of the this work and technical support that er , has in the past been offered by a team leader , er , team leader and advice centre manager that will be , in the future will be offered by a senior member of staff erm , for each other and for less experienced staff . |
| 6 | If we let indicate that part of the surplus-value which serves for the personal consumption of the capitalists , and that which is turned into capital , thus , it we make and correspondingly , if we further let indicate that part of the surplus-value which is accumulated as a part of the constant capital , and that part of the surplus-value which is to be accumulated as a part of the variable capital , and thus posit and correspondingly thus the general formula for the product of both departments takes on the following form : |
| 7 | ‘ Scalpel ! ’ , then , takes on the indexical value in this context of ‘ Pass me that particular scalpel ’ . |
| 8 | However , by delegating authority to subordinates , the superior takes on the extra tasks of calling the subordinates to account for their decisions and performance , and also of coordinating the efforts of different subordinates . |
| 9 | Back to form Sandy Cottage takes on the classy Lovely Charlott in the 6th Year Marathon . |
| 10 | The famous Chapter 5 of the first book , which deals with the transformation of labour from a stage where it is a ‘ part of life ’ to a stage under capitalism when it takes on the imaginary form of a thing separate from the labourer , when it can be bought and sold , is worked out in Formen , in the discussion of tribal , oriental , and ancient societies which it contains . |
| 11 | Operations support superintendent Barry Edwards takes on the added responsibility for those functions which were previously carried out by production branch . |
| 12 | But he will think long and hard before he again takes on the United board . |
| 13 | When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye . |
| 14 | Sir Richard , 60 , who beat a challenge from Belgian Gen Jose Charlier , takes over the three-year post from Norwegian Gen Vigleik Eide . |
| 15 | Stephen Dorrell , 40 , an unimpressive former junior health minister , takes over the Financial Secretary job left vacant when Francis Maude lost his seat last week . |
| 16 | But rumour has it that a sevens tournament is going to be organised in Moscow in September to decide who takes over the Soviet place : Russia , Ukraine , Georgia , Latvia or Kazakhstan . |
| 17 | The leader as always is er is a directive agency , the leader as it were erm takes over the individual self-determination by erm effectively telling telling the good what to do erm how can this er does this have to be in in one direction only I mean one gets the feelings very often you know you see things in the newspaper crowd hysteria and so on , erm do crowds always have to become kind of primitive and regressed or or can leaders influence them in other directions ? |
| 18 | COME 1 JANUARY , THE MAN WHO turned GM Europe into a profitable operation and fathered winners such as the Calibra takes over the top spot at Chrysler . |
| 19 | China , which takes over the British colony in 1997 , refuses to bless the undertaking — and thus open the way for private financing of part of it — until it has wrung several concessions from the British . |
| 20 | China , which takes over the British colony in 1997 , has flatly rejected two plans . |
| 21 | Bourgeois ideology takes over the legitimizing functions of traditional society and thereby keeps power relations inaccessible to analysis and public consciousness . |
| 22 | But she could still be asked to leave with just one month 's notice if someone takes over the 20-year lease . |
| 23 | With the soaring call for its services — when the UN takes over the Somali operation on May 4th the number of peacekeepers in the field will increase from around 60,000 to nearly 90,000 — the organisation can no longer rely on the old faithfuls : countries that , either from idealism ( Canada and Scandinavia , for instance ) or from poverty ( Fiji , Nepal and many others ) , were glad to provide troops . |
| 24 | In return for a small share of the songs ' royalty earnings , the larger company takes over the day-to-day business of administering the musicians ' song catalogues while the musicians retain all copyright and control of their material ( see the ‘ self-publishing ’ section below ) . |
| 25 | ABBERLEY : In a part of Greece , a remote part , a man who kills another man takes over the dead man 's wife . |
| 26 | Priddle takes up the poisoned chalice for PWRs |
| 27 | The hall takes up the central bay through the two storeys ; the dining- and drawing-rooms are on either side . |
| 28 | The calendar , with dates of school holidays clearly marked , takes up the central panel of the sheet , around the edge are further panels containing information about staff , governors , PTA , emergency contacts , useful phone numbers and how long children should be kept off school for mumps , measles and other common childhood illnesses . |
| 29 | But Haslam points out that the competitor who takes up the new technology when the patents expire does not suffer from this halo effect . |
| 30 | So that second verse is one which takes up the traditional Jewish prejudices and turns them upside down , one by one . |