Example sentences of "[adv] take the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can therefore understand why at that awful moment he should seek to summon up a talisman of words , a secret defence against abomination , or perhaps even an excuse in the form of some kind of precedent that a word expresses and so takes the edge of uniqueness off the contemplated evil . |
| 2 | He therefore only makes a judgement when a profit-decision has to be made , and in doing so takes the risk that he could be wrong . |
| 3 | So you do n't necessarily believe that protracted negotiation er necessarily takes the heat out of a dispute , in fact it may worsen it ? |
| 4 | He merely takes the receipt , then goes . ’ |
| 5 | As Adam Smith remarks in 1759 : ‘ When a person comes into his chamber , and finds the chairs all standing in the middle of the room , he is angry with his servant , and rather than see them continue in that disorder , perhaps takes the trouble himself to set them all in their places with their backs to the wall . |
| 6 | Ordinary psychology only takes the mind and its working at surface value . |
| 7 | Note , however , that if the slack only takes the form of paying out some of the monopoly rents as higher remuneration to factors of production , then there is no efficiency loss implied . |
| 8 | Jafaar was seeking a way in through al-Kassar to Haser and the Magharians , ostensibly to have them launder the clan 's drug profits , and , through Lasser , to explore the unholy alliance that appeared to be in the works between the Syrian and Cali cartels whereby each would not only take the other 's product but also share intelligence , smuggling routes and defensive tactics . |
| 9 | But the sexual exploitation of a child does not only take the form of vaginal penetration by the penis . |
| 10 | At the moment I can only take the family thing so far : I can talk about certain things , but then everything becomes a blank because I still feel too close to it all . |
| 11 | If you are planning to have windows replaced anyway for maintenance purposes , you should obviously take the opportunity to have sealed-unit double glazing fitted as standard . |
| 12 | Those demands , he says , will constantly take the group into new areas and he sees a liklihood that major parts of the product range will change completely at least every decade . |
| 13 | I do not believe that my statement means that the Germans will not necessarily take the system into the aircraft that they order . |
| 14 | It can be added , moreover , that a secondary establishment need not necessarily take the form of an agency , branch or subsidiary , but may possibly consist , as the court held in Commission of the European Communities v. Federal Republic Germany ( Case 205/84 ) [ 1986 ] E.C.R. 3755 , 3801 , para. 21 : |
| 15 | Otley then decided he had better take the venison back to Claro before the community constable went on his early morning rounds . |
| 16 | Yeah mate you better take the register downstairs . |
| 17 | better take the dog out |
| 18 | Better take the foil tray off the pipe . |
| 19 | I better take the tab out the video otherwise he 'll erase it ! |
| 20 | ‘ And you 'd better take the torch with you . ’ |
| 21 | They not only took the title away , but took my dream away . |
| 22 | I only took the King ! ’ |
| 23 | Second , and even more striking , it only took the experience of one minority ( strictly speaking , in the case of James I , the absence of the king as an English prisoner ) to produce the remarkable expedient of the Act of Revocation , which every king thereafter passed when he came of age . |
| 24 | This not only took the edge off the bitter taste , but also gave the drink a warm , attractive colour that looked ( even if nothing else about it was similar ) something like the superior imported French wines . |
| 25 | " How is it you know so much when you only took the shop over last week ? " |
| 26 | Margaret Jones : ‘ He only took the job for his father 's sake because his father thought that all this business with groups and music could well be a passing fad and that at least if he spent a year or two at work , it would give him some stable grounding to fall back on . |
| 27 | He says he only took the job because the neon sign always cheers him up ; but the fact is he really needs the money . |
| 28 | I only took the term up because it was general conversation in the police force . |
| 29 | THE giraffe blinked , bent slowly forward and gingerly took the carrot from my outstretched arm . |
| 30 | A Campaign for Real Ale spokesman says : ‘ Some of the original lagers had very little taste anyway , so taking the alcohol out made very little difference . |