Example sentences of "[be] the [noun sg] take " in BNC.

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1 This has not been the view taken by the Roman lawyers in other European countries .
2 Onions are the link to take us to the nearby open market where we see these and other vegetables on display .
3 The two quantities are the time taken for the waves to reach a patch and return to the Earth , which gives the range of the patches , and the Doppler-shift of such waves , which gives the motion of the patches .
4 There must also be the motivation to take advantage of these factors .
5 Why not be the statesman to take the step ?
6 What would be more helpful would be the encouragement to take a team from your current church to a nearby and needy area so plant from strength , and multiply organically and naturally .
7 In the West country waterside living offers a similar breadth of choice , and with the market approaching its low water mark , now might be the time to take the plunge .
8 If rates do go lower , it will be by a marginal ½%-1%,; so now could be the time to take the plunge .
9 Another factor may be the time taken in coping with a particular old person which is seen as disproportionate in relation to other work which has to be done .
10 Guinness Rogers admitted that ‘ the Federation may not be so potent a factor as its promoters suppose , and one of its nearest perils may be the temptation to take itself too seriously ’ .
11 This may be the point to take off and realise a long-planned dream — moving to the country if home has always been in town or vice versa .
12 Creating this stable biolayer requires immobilisation methods , similar to those used in chemical polymerisation , the difference being the need to take account of the intrinsic lability of biomolecules .
13 A more controversial point is the court taking into account the purposes for which the product has been marketed .
14 Bath 's No.8 is the favourite to take over from the British Lion after Leicester confirmed yesterday that Richards would miss the rest of the season .
15 One of the most valuable outcomes of this initially prescriptive and limiting legislation is the opportunity to take a whole school view of curriculum planning and delivery .
16 Less forgivable is the attitude taken by some museums who are frightened of the consequences of having their collection screened .
17 After we have chosen the appropriate remedy to give in LM form , the first choice , after the potency , is how much of the granule is the patient to take i.e. the dose , how often it is to be repeated and for how many days are they to be on that particular potency .
18 One is the capacity to take great leaps of imagination ; the other is its susceptibility to the wild aberrations of insane thought .
19 These outward looking gifts are vital , but equally vital is the ability to take others with you .
20 This is the issue taken up by Benveniste in Chapter 11 .
21 And Prince Charles is the man to take over the Department of the Environment , according to voters .
22 STUART PEARCE is the man to take over the Nottingham Forest hot seat from Brian Clough .
23 I Obviously I ca n't preempt a discussion , but if we think on the evidence we see in in October that er that that is the course to take , we would do so .
24 The latter is the approach taken by the Institute .
25 This is the approach taken in Thru where ‘ concrete prose ’ is used to exploit the possibilities of the printed word , creating a text that is ‘ unspeakable ’ by virtue of the fact that it relies on visual as well as auditory performance .
26 Far preferable is the approach taken in Victoria , Australia , where incest now covers the introduction of the penis into the vagina , anus or mouth of another person and the introduction of an object into the vagina or anus .
27 One theory is the pilot took one risk too many on a low level flight and hit the ground .
28 Obviously it is not to be encouraged when you 're walking along with a bird on your glove , because the first thing that happens is the bird takes off .
29 An architect by profession , he took six months off work to help the builders make the house habitable , and then he and Anne painted it from top to bottom in a vibrant range of colour schemes , theirs is the tonic to take : the narrow winding staircase is an orangey red , the kitchen a pale blue , the living room a shade of yellow , the conservatory woodwork a blue-green , and so on .
30 That is the position taken by the airline .
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