Example sentences of "taken [adv prt] the [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A consistent feature of unpaid caring , demonstrated by all the available detailed studies , is that once a particular relative has taken on the responsibility for the care of an elderly or handicapped person they get rather limited support , if any , from other relatives or friends . |
| 2 | It does not necessarily follow that any individual who has not taken on the attitude of the generalized other is any less complete than the person who has and acts accordingly . |
| 3 | A major chain of small grocery shops has taken on the might of the big wholesalers in a battle over the right to sell newspapers . |
| 4 | He stresses that the decision was taken on the spur of the moment and that it seemed completely acceptable to everyone there at the time . |
| 5 | Among the terrestrial channels , Channel 4 has in any case taken on the mantle of the senator for adult-intelligent viewing : in other words , the place where you can watch randily beneath a thinnish veneer of knowledge and a deeper understanding of self . |
| 6 | Once a Bill has passed its Commons ' stage it goes up to the House of Lords where the same process is repeated , except that the Committee stage is taken on the floor of the House . |
| 7 | Once past this hurdle , there came the committee stage taken on the floor of the House , when detailed amendments could be moved clause by clause , and again all amendments had to be taken and this stage went on until each had been dealt with . |
| 8 | The methods used for controlling debate are the power to apply the closure by a simple majority , though normally the majority must consist of a hundred members ; the power to send bills upstairs for their committee stage to a standing committee and the power , when bills are taken on the floor of the House or in committee , to impose a guillotine . |
| 9 | So the bill had to be taken on the floor of the House and all selected amendments had to be debated and voted on . |
| 10 | The second reading of the Finance Bill follows and from 1969 the bill has then been divided , clauses and schedules which involve issues of principle being taken on the floor of the House while the more detailed clauses are sent upstairs to a standing committee . |
| 11 | A more definitive response to him must await the time which will probably arrive when the clergy ordination measure is taken on the Floor of the House . |
| 12 | Madam Deputy Speaker I re read in the newspapers today that there has been s some criticism er that the matters such as this have been taken on the floor of the house . |
| 13 | I think it 's important these matters are taken on the floor of the house because they are very , very serious . |
| 14 | He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year . |
| 15 | The London buses by this time had taken on the look of the more modern style and were being driven by diesel engines , also they were capable of carrying as many as fifty-six passengers . |
| 16 | It can be extremely frustrating for people who have to travel to London and face the expense of preparing a case — sometimes employing parliamentary counsel to put their case — knowing that decisions are not necessarily taken on the merits of the arguments but on political considerations . |
| 17 | Thus evidence was taken on the need for the bill and why it was proposed to deal with problems in a particular way . |
| 18 | So no action was taken on the ideas of the Layfield Committee . |
| 19 | As working volunteers of a fraternal railway we were taken on the strength of the Llangollen railway for the day , and , clad in our reflective waistcoats , we were conducted along the track , first on foot , then on the ‘ Neptune ’ , a diesel track inspection vehicle . |
| 20 | We have not only taken on the status of the older generation , we are beginning to look and behave that way too . |
| 21 | In 1934 , on the recommendation of Professor Bell , Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of Cape Town , her school was given a studio in the College of Music and she was taken on the staff of the Faculty of Music . |
| 22 | I was dismissed from the library , but with a good reference and I was taken on the staff of the local Employment Exchange to ‘ sign on ’ the others . |
| 23 | But as I have said to you , the Banbury School 's decision to opt out was not taken on the grounds of the education offered in this county . |
| 24 | An appeal can be marked without significant cost being incurred at that stage and frequently appeals are marked as a holding operation while advice is taken on the prospects of the appeal succeeding . |
| 25 | It 's not clear what notice will be taken on the results of the Enquiry which will be published in the Autumn , but leader of Oxford city council , Barbara Gatehouse , is worried what will happen if the plant is closed . |
| 26 | The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend . |
| 27 | The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend . |
| 28 | The special party congress , staged under the auspices of the 25-member ‘ working committee ’ that has taken over the functions of the Communist SED will last through the weekend . |
| 29 | well the the have a training roll and it may well be that the will be able to I mean I have n't spoken for example but they have taken over the functions of the old Manpower Services Commission training agency . |
| 30 | Townspeople who form the Loftus Development Trust under the chairmanship of Barbara Welford have now taken over the work of the Civic Trust Project . |