Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] took [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The social sciences took up the challenge and , importantly for the development of International Relations , paraded economics as an exemplary application of scientific method to human affairs . |
| 2 | In borrowing from structural linguistics the early structuralists took on the task of analysing signs and systems of signification . |
| 3 | The gradual encroachment of the state in the succeeding centuries took on the dimensions of a tidal wave in the twentieth century . |
| 4 | In other words the Iraqui forces took over the banks , they looted everything . |
| 5 | Like the rest , the ex-Croydon cars took on the visible signs of war , headlamp masks , white collision fenders and protective netting on the windows . |
| 6 | The departmental appraisals took up the bulk of the self-evaluation report . |
| 7 | The local skaters took over the running of the skate club . |