Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He takes on the role as band spokesman with relish and enjoys being interviewed , whether it be with the NME or a fanzine about to make its first appearance . |
| 2 | In some cultures the mother proceeds to the status of a matriarch , when she takes on the authority of mother to the whole extended family or tribe . |
| 3 | Michael Howard takes on the job of Home Secretary , |
| 4 | It may just be that Clinton is taking advantage of the transition period until he takes over the Presidency to air some personal prejudices and satisfy the grievances of some of his supporters . |
| 5 | The order of salvation takes up the order of creation . |
| 6 | Marcuse takes up the theme of domination through the ideological form of technological reason and shows how it is legitimized by the widespread consumption enabled by increased production . |
| 7 | ‘ … into the last furlong , and the Guppy looks beaten , Breakdancer takes up the running with Prince Charming on the stand side — it looks to be between these two — but now Shine On 's absolutely flying on the outside , a terrific challenge , the three locked together , Breakdancer and Shine On stride for stride , at the line it 's very close but I think it 's shine On who gets it on the nod . |
| 8 | Paolozzi takes up the challenge with relish , as he deliberately creates hiatuses and breaks in The Wealth of Nations . |
| 9 | Two people would share the role of secretary ; two more with a head for figures would take on the work of treasurer , an area which would necessarily assume vital importance with the huge legal costs that would have to be faced . |
| 10 | Alison 's classes did n't take on the air of duty which can mar anything from going to a party to visiting relations . |
| 11 | Although it welcomed the extension of home ownership , it also recognized the problems of families who could not or would not take on the responsibility of home purchase ( Department of the Environment 1977b ) . |
| 12 | Psychiatry would take on the study of consciousness , including altered states of consciousness , without identifying some states as ‘ pathological ’ . |
| 13 | Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by-passed . |
| 14 | It might also take on the role of initiator of research and the evaluation of material . |
| 15 | As TECs develop , they will take over the provision of Youth Training . |
| 16 | I says , I 'll go next week This was after three weeks , I says , I 'll go on next week and I 'll take over the job of yard foreman , and I 'll do it the way I want it done , not the way that . |
| 17 | Cheap and accessible computer packages have unburdened the splitters of much donkey work ; the computer can take over the job of interpretation too . |
| 18 | Ceramic materials may take over the role of cobalt in magnets , a move stimulated by the political upheavals in Zaire in 1978 , which forced up the price of the metal and made many manufacturers look for substitutes . |
| 19 | This will take over the running of Channel 4 at the beginning of 1993 . |
| 20 | John Hartley will shortly take up the position of Deputy Secretary General following a restructuring of responsibilities within CHQ . |
| 21 | I do not envisage a long-lasting solution to the problem of Yugoslavia that does not take up the issue of minority rights and seek to entrench them , perhaps by international action . |
| 22 | I think , I 'd like to just take up the point about secrecy because I am involved in talking to couples where the , there is a basic problem of male infertility where th the husband of the couple , or the partner of the couple is unable to father a child because he 's not producing any sperm , or not producing enough sperm and that couple come to us for help and advice |
| 23 | Erm I wo n't take up the point in relation to the particular site er Mr La Laycock was referring to but in general terms , car showrooms and people who work in car sho showrooms are taken into account in the calculation of employment needs , |
| 24 | We could all take up the role of publicity agent , advertising our own favourite recreation ! |
| 25 | Third , when the provincial gentry still did not take up the cause of reform with alacrity the tsar bypassed them by appointing a majority of keen reformers to the Editing Commissions . |
| 26 | Our unequal arms might well take up the difference in line lengths when flying one way ; but the perverse nature of our natural reactions does n't allow the same correction when flying the other way . |
| 27 | I 'm taking on the question of violence , this most difficult question . |
| 28 | Their skin taking on the pallor of death , is the same colour as the linen sheets . |
| 29 | Now a podgy , desperately unfit bar-fly , he simply was n't up to taking on the Man of Action role that he craved . |
| 30 | And with the large capital invetment involved , the customer depends on the fact that any new model must be capable of taking on the task in hand without difficulty — there is no room for mere gimmicks . |