Example sentences of "[noun sg] take [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An extended programme takes in the British Professional Road Race Championship on Sunday , June 27 , over 115 miles . |
| 2 | Delaney had already got one leg over the door frame that led below , and would have stopped for no one , except that his glance took in the obvious truth . |
| 3 | Preston 's glance took in the broad shoulders , a black beard , a lean , dark face and a big nose . |
| 4 | A hasty glance took in the gorgeous antique furniture crammed in as if it had been recently off-loaded by a dealer , the small , pristine cooker and the sink pushed against the soft ochre-washed wall as if it was an after-thought . |
| 5 | It was natural , therefore , that when the ancestors of plaice and sole took to the sea bottom , they should have lain on one side rather than on the belly like the ancestors of skates and rays . |
| 6 | Table 1 is an extract taken from the complete table , showing the distribution of turns greater than 40 , 60 , 80 and 100 words respectively . |
| 7 | However , some rugs are prefixed by the word Kurk ( or Kork ) — as in Kurk Kashan — which indicates that the rug was made from wool taken from the flanks and shoulders — where the fibres are longest — of lambs reared in the winter and clipped in the spring . |
| 8 | There is no cognizance taken of the advice in P P G twelve , paragraph five point four four , which says that it is right to have a flexible approach er with a range of sites available to business to be provided in plans , and authorities will want to ensure that in allocating sites there is a reasonable expectation of development proceeding . |
| 9 | Those who agreed were visited at home , where , after giving informed consent , they completed a series of questionnaires and had blood taken by the research nurse . |
| 10 | What made this situation peculiarly problematic for primary teachers was their sense that the firm stance on good practice taken by the Authority 's advisory staff was inseparable from the part they played both in the formal processes of promotion and appointment and in the many informal and subtle ways whereby individual teachers were encouraged and advanced — or discouraged and held back . |
| 11 | It demonstrates the imperative that solid forward progress will depend on action taken across the broad front of endeavour . |
| 12 | The action taken through the farm and conservation grants scheme is most welcome , in terms of hedgerow planting . |
| 13 | Greenpeace 's decision to apply for a review follows its successful private prosecution of chemical company Albright and Wilson — the first such private action taken under the provisions of the 1989 Water Act . |
| 14 | The decision 18 months ago of the Spanish government to impose a ban on South African golfers , in the wake of similar action taken during the decade by Sweden , The Netherlands and Belgium , magnified the plight of those South Africans seeking to ply their trade , and earn a living , on the P.G.A . |
| 15 | The " further discussion " usually takes the form of a report from the secretary , or from a member of the committee , on action taken since the previous meeting . |
| 16 | The Church of Scotland said in a statement : ‘ Any threatening action taken against the Catholic bishops in Malawi is a threat to the whole Church of Christ . ’ |
| 17 | Other institutions , such as the legal institutions , borstals , prisons and mental hospitals , become concerned with resocialization when deviance has occurred , been socially noticed , and action taken against the person . |
| 18 | This episode helped spur the revolutionary action taken against the king at the Westminster Parliament which opened a week later . |
| 19 | Millions of television viewers saw Cossey over-react to a push on the shoulder from Hateley , who was promptly sent off with no action taken against the Belgian . |
| 20 | The Stock Exchange , for instance , has been remarkably successful in doing its own policing — witness the quick action taken in the case of the alleged share ramp at Williams Holdings . |
| 21 | The ombudsman shall ( in accordance with and subject to the following clauses of this scheme ) investigate any complaint received by him from an individual if : — ( a ) the complaint relates to action taken in the United Kingdom by a building society or a body associated with it ; ( b ) at the time that the complaint is received by the ombudsman , the building society or ( as the case may be ) associated body is a participant in the scheme ; ( c ) the action was taken in relation to one of the activities specified in clause 17 ; ( d ) the grounds of the complaint are included in the grounds specified in clause 18 ; and ( e ) the complainant alleges that the action has caused him pecuniary loss , expense or inconvenience . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The ombudsman shall … investigate any complaint received by him from an individual if [ 1 ] … the complaint relates to action taken in the United Kingdom by a building society … [ 2 ] in relation to … the grant or refusal to grant a borrowing member … other or further … advances secured on the same or different land provided that the grounds of complaint [ are ] that [ 3 ] the action complained of constitutes in relation to the complainant : — ( a ) in the case of a participating society , a breach of its obligations under the Act , its rules or any other contract or … ( b ) unfair treatment or ( c ) maladministration . |
| 23 | ‘ Was the action taken by the British the proper thing to do ? ’ he asked down a crackling line from Buenos Aires to Woodward 's home in Surbiton , Surrey . |
| 24 | Certain types of mental handicap can be caused because of courses of action taken by the child-bearing mother during the period of the pregnancy . |
| 25 | The following are recent examples of situations considered and action taken by the Commission : |
| 26 | There was in fact a mixture of elitism and anti-elitism in the mass media policies of the Government , which had consistently refused to introduce television on the mainland , in contrast to action taken by the Revolutionary Council of Zanzibar and the governments of most other independent African states . |
| 27 | The context for social workers comes from the referral of an old person to the agency , an action taken by the individual him/herself , or by a relative , neighbour , or another professional worker . |
| 28 | Held , refusing the declarations , that a basic valuation prepared by an employee of a building society was an ‘ action taken by the society in relation to ’ the grant of a further advance within section 83(1) of the Act and since it constituted part of the society 's process of administration , such a valuation , if negligently prepared , could amount to maladministration within paragraph 1 ( d ) of Part III to Schedule 12 to the Act ; that , on the documentation used by the plaintiff societies , a house buyers ' valuation prepared by an employee created a contract between the society and the borrower , which if negligently prepared could amount to a breach of the society 's contractual obligation within paragraph 1 ( a ) of Part III to Schedule 12 ; that although the alleged want of due skill and care might relate to matters not affecting the society 's assessment of the adequacy of the security , the valuation was in reality a single process amounting to an action within section 83(1) ; and that , accordingly , the ombudsman had jurisdiction under the scheme set up under the Act to investigate and determine complaints arising out of basic valuations , house buyers ' valuations , and , since there was no relevant distinction in the nature of the contractual relationship , structural surveys by a society 's employee in the same circumstances ( post , pp. 145A–H , 150B — 151A , H — 152A ) . |
| 29 | Section 83(1) of the Building Societies Act 1986 confers on an individual the right as against a building society to have any complaint of his about action taken by the society in relation to a prescribed matter of complaint which affects him in prescribed respects , investigated under a scheme recognised by the Building Societies Commission . |
| 30 | ‘ ( 1 ) An individual shall , by virtue of and in accordance with schemes under this section , have the right , as against a building society , to have any complaint of his about action taken by the society in relation to a prescribed matter of complaint which affects him in prescribed respects investigated under the scheme . |