Example sentences of "[modal v] take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As stressed before , the potential of the land is of prime importance ; if the aim is to farm successfully , all else must take second place . |
| 2 | Owning it , as the nation has found to its cost , must take second place . |
| 3 | She had something to tell him ; something so very important that even this delightful consummation of their desire must take second place |
| 4 | In such an environment it is hard to take religion seriously which requires that all these things — good as they may be — must take second place to the cultivation of spiritual values and the worship of God , not gods . |
| 5 | When a ‘ hit ’ is made the immigration officers must take certain action , according to a code letter which appears next to the name in the index . |
| 6 | You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour . |
| 7 | This means that the person in possession must take reasonable care of the goods even if the ownership is with the other party . |
| 8 | ‘ No one knew him , ’ said Raynor , ‘ no one recognised him , and for that the gate-keepers and the sentries must take great blame . |
| 9 | You must take great care . |
| 10 | You must take great care in writing the summary , which usually appears immediately after the title page or as part of the opening statement . |
| 11 | We must take great care if he 's to stay with us . |
| 12 | First , they must take great care in their choice of partners to avoid deals with enthusiastic amateurs who can not deliver success where success is due . |
| 13 | ‘ Then you must take appropriate action . |
| 14 | ‘ They must take serious note of the political dynamics taking place in the country , ’ said the NSC 's Krish Naidoo . |
| 15 | It has now reached the point where those professions involved in the management of data must take serious action to prevent information exchange becoming information loss . |
| 16 | ‘ Surely we must take that arrow out , ’ Perkin said , and put his hand on the shaft and gave it a tug . |
| 17 | ‘ If we do not see him again — for we must take that possibility into account — you are his next of kin and his sole heiress . |
| 18 | His own abbot must take that charge upon him . |
| 19 | If , as a result of its inquiries under s47 , it concludes that certain action should be taken to safeguard or promote a child 's welfare it must take that action so far as it is both within its power and reasonably practicable for it to do so ( s47(8) ) . |
| 20 | Furthermore a citizen can only enforce the cancellation by making a formal objection within one month of notification ; and if that objection is rejected by the authority , the citizen must take legal action within another month . |
| 21 | In an immediate sense , Gloucester must take final responsibility for what happened in 1483 . |
| 22 | In an immediate sense , Gloucester must take final responsibility for what happened in 1483 . |
| 23 | Either a partner has financial troubles , which means you must take greater responsibility , or someone you have an emotional or financial link with will make it hard for you to enjoy the fruits of success . |
| 24 | In broad terms , the shifts of emphasis have been related to two central themes : first , that notions of reading comprehension must take greater account of what is going on in the mind of the reader , and second , that methods of text analysis must take greater account of what is going on beyond the sentence boundary . |
| 25 | In broad terms , the shifts of emphasis have been related to two central themes : first , that notions of reading comprehension must take greater account of what is going on in the mind of the reader , and second , that methods of text analysis must take greater account of what is going on beyond the sentence boundary . |
| 26 | In the first year , students must take two history units . |
| 27 | The students seem reluctant to stop after the 15-week session ( running from October till early February , after which exams and job interviews must take first place with students ) . |
| 28 | And as we approach the Occultation we must take extra care . ’ |
| 29 | This rule is the bane of fiction writers , who must take special care to ensure that the more villainous characters in their plots can not be mistaken for living persons . |
| 30 | In Seager v Copydex Ltd [ 1967 ] 1 WLR 923 it was adopted by Lord Denning MR who added the following point concerning the difficulties which arise where part of the information disclosed to the defendant is only partly within the public domain : When the information is mixed , being partly public and partly private , then the recipient must take special care to use only the material which is in the public domain . |