Example sentences of "take [adv] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initiated by the CBSO under its electrifying young conductor , Simon Rattle , it will soon receive another boost , when Sadler 's Wells Ballet takes up residence in the refurbished Hippodrome under its new name , the Birmingham Royal Ballet . |
| 2 | The track index will take up part of the first track of each cylinder . |
| 3 | He will take up residence on the cleared site of the Fun House , whose place has been taken by a vintage carousel originally imported from Coney Island by Alderman W G Bean , the founder of the Blackpool funfair . |
| 4 | There is a crucial role for partnerships in taking on responsibility for the local co-ordination of education . |
| 5 | The Secretary of State for the Environment , Brice Lalonde ( Ecology Generation ) , was promoted to Minister-Delegate responsible for the prevention of technological and natural disasters , while Hélène Dorlhac ( Union for French Democracy ) , Secretary of State for the Family , also took over responsibility for the Elderly , from Théo Braun who left the government . |
| 6 | When the state took over recruitment under the Military Service Acts , the party continued to be involved : many agents were transferred to the army , where they continued to do the same job , and many party offices were lent to the government as recruitment centres . |
| 7 | They have asked that we take that on , there is a report later in the agenda with detail on that , but as far as these papers are concerned that 's simply us taking over responsibility for the best part of two million pounds ' worth of spending which the health authority will refund to us by way of a section twenty eight grant . |
| 8 | At least 20 officers in personnel carriers and patrol cars took up position outside the old Billingsgate fish market , just yards from the Baltic Exchange , where three people died in the IRA bomb blast in April . |
| 9 | The dog curled a lip at me but made no sound , then took up position in the front room doorway . |
| 10 | In the summer , strawberry sellers usually took up position around the Crimean Cannon at the side of the Council House and they had to dispose of all their perishable wares before returning home . |
| 11 | The dragons were released whereon the red dragon killed the white and eventually took up residence on the Welsh flag . |
| 12 | Dr Ottokar Proctor , ‘ The Tasmanian Devil , ’ today took up residence in the high-security wing of this semi-private mental hospital . |
| 13 | ‘ The Myrcans , when they were first created out of Dwarf-hewn and Giant-riven stone , took up residence in the broad Dale of Glen-arric , and in time that place became known as Merkadale , as it still is called today . |
| 14 | The ‘ naked ’ crab moved about 60 cm ( 2 ft ) away while the first crab nipped out of its damaged shell and took up residence in the new one . |
| 15 | It had rained for a fortnight when he , his wife and two children took up residence in the 12 room Ben Alder Lodge . |
| 16 | He made himself over by taking up body-building in the Scottish style — which is long and lean rather than pillows of bulk — and changed his name from Thomas to Sean ( in Edinburgh , he 's still universally known as ‘ Big Tam ’ ) . |
| 17 | His adoption led to his taking up work with the deaf . |
| 18 | Valerie Archibald has kept the West Coast moving the Medau way since taking up residence in the mid '80s . |
| 19 | JOHN PERMAN , the former depot manager at Charlton , has taken over responsibility for the primary distribution project from BOB PARLE to enable Bob to take up his new duties as departmental director , distribution operations , when Derek Graham retires in August . |
| 20 | After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Russia , whose delegation was led by State Councillor Sergei Shakhrai , had taken over responsibility for the former Soviet military divisions in the Baltic . |
| 21 | Without declaring for or against the coup , Sukarno issued an ordinance stating he had taken over command of the armed forces . |
| 22 | John Routly , the Ffestiniog Railway chairman , recently told members of the Ffestiniog Railway Society : ‘ Discussions are taking place between us the Welsh Highland and Gwynedd County Council , the aim being to create a divisional board representing both the FR and WHR to take over responsibility for the Welsh Highland if the Minister of Transport makes the transfer . |
| 23 | With Hewlett-Packard Co heading for $18,800m turnover this year and Fujitsu Ltd at around the $26,000m mark , while Digital Equipment Corp looks hopefully to Alpha to rocket it off its $14,000m-a-year launchpad , the contenders to take over leadership of the mainstream computer industry from IBM Corp are lining up — and a major new round of mergers and acquisitions could be on the way . |
| 24 | When pressure was eventually put on L.E.A.s in the 1950s to take over employment of the various county organisers whose salaries hitherto had been paid from Carnegie Trust funds , most authorities did so on condition that the organisers ' work should be extended to schools . |
| 25 | Although the offer was not completely rejected by the Palestinian side , they made it clear that it fell short of Palestinian aspirations for a legislative council to take over control of the occupied territories from Israel [ see p. 38837 for Palestinian self-government proposal tabled at the fourth round of talks ] . |
| 26 | Many who moved were glad to do so and the economy as a whole has benefited from the release of agricultural labour to take up employment in the expanding manufacturing and service sectors . |
| 27 | Peter Halley 's recent works take up residence in the cool vast spaces of the Gagosian garage on Wooster Street while down the street , at Louver , ‘ Studies for the Iliad ’ - new paintings by Charles Garabedian are on view from 6 until 11 July . |
| 28 | The application to the local community is one that I put as a challenge to all : How can we help people to take seriously membership in the Eucharistic community of faith ? |