Example sentences of "[adj] take this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were prepared to take this risk with their careers and with their lives . |
| 2 | But more and more intellectuals seemed prepared to take this risk and went on to talk of Chaplin 's techniques , his ‘ dolefulness ’ , his sense of rhythm , and his mastery of myth and fancy . |
| 3 | Can you please let me know if you would be willing to take this booking on a regular basis , commencing with Saturday 20th November 1993 and if so the charge that you would make to us . |
| 4 | If the patient is already close to retirement age , and prefers to take early retirement if sufficient benefits are available , then it may be sensible to take this option . |
| 5 | You can imagine what an outcry there 'd be from women if we made some such generalisation about them , but we men are supposed to take this shit . ’ |
| 6 | Genetic variation could result from a balance between mutation and selection , or from balancing selection alone ; given the general difficulties of finding the causes and genetic basis of polygenic variation , it is hard to take this line of evidence further . |
| 7 | A deferential biographer is especially likely to take this line . |
| 8 | Note that the children have seen that the outcome of the game can not be pre-planned , and are likely to take this understanding with them to the Example continued drama itself . |
| 9 | That is the information on which the police were acting when they decided it was reasonable to take this action . |
| 10 | lease to meet you , wicked , wicked take this sentence er er what with me |
| 11 | Salt was unable to take this exaggeration . |
| 12 | Girls who are very aware of parental disapproval may not feel able to take this step and also not want to run the risk of parents somehow finding out that they had gone to the doctor or the clinic . |
| 13 | Many of the movements in the 1960s were reluctant to take this step , largely because of their hostility to the bureaucratic character of traditional parties , and they seem to have formed no clear idea of how the desired transformation of the economy , the political system and cultural patterns ( including education ) could actually be carried out in an effective way . |
| 14 | There would quite rightly be an outcry if Labour took this course of action . |
| 15 | Kelman ( 1988 ) in particular takes this kind of line , pointing out that those most opposed to the Vietnam war were those who had no chance of actually going there and being in danger . |
| 16 | However , after two days at Reberty 's Altea Hotel , we were less inclined to take this view . |
| 17 | My Lords , I feel no doubt that counsel were right to take this course . |
| 18 | ‘ We now believe it would be preferable to take this project forward as a joint venture with the private sector . ’ |
| 19 | Have Religious taken this call seriously ? eg. retreats , personal growth workshops , sabbaticals , study leave , changes in lifestyle and accommodation ? |
| 20 | A damaging hit from a mortar causes D3 wounds , but as most creatures have only 1 wound it is not always necessary to take this dice roll . |
| 21 | In my judgment , he was fully entitled to take this view . |