Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] part in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July , when Nationalists protested at the failure of the corporation to appoint Nationalists to committee chairs , the mayor pointed out that fifteen or sixteen years ago the Nationalists had said that they would refuse to take such chairs and that they would only take part in corporation affairs in order to disrupt them . |
| 2 | Thirst is a more imperative drive , intruding into dreams even when the subjects know full well that they are merely taking part in an experiment , and that water will be available in the morning . |
| 3 | Merely taking part in a procession or assembly and knowingly failing to observe the conditions , and knowingly taking part in a banned procession are all punishable with level three fine only . |
| 4 | Here a national outcry was provoked when fifteen white police officers either stood by and watched or personally took part in the systematic assault of a black man whom they had stopped after a car chase . |
| 5 | Things really got going after lunch when those brave enough took part in one of the three fitness classes accompanied by some traditional charleston style music where some of the more experienced feet could be seen ‘ cutting a rug ’ . |
| 6 | The Thurston Upper School pupil is a member of the Stowmarket Kyokushinkai Club and has only taken part in the sport for the past three years , progressing from third to runner-up to national champion at his last championships as a junior . |
| 7 | Senior politicians , key property figures and leading City merchant banks have all taken part in the talks . |
| 8 | They wanted to sacrifice the wage so that they could feel they had personally taken part in the humiliation of the local landlords . |
| 9 | Both Jim McFadden and Philip McNamara are out with long-term injuries , while Pat McAllister , Joe Kerr , Sean McKenna and Marty Magee were not fit enough to take part in Friday 's match . |
| 10 | Gary Moore , a born again bluesman who certainly needs no introduction from us , had broken off from his European tour especially to take part in the event . |
| 11 | Opposite : In April 1985 groups all over Britain get together to take part in a sponsored jailbreak from the Tower of London . |
| 12 | Is that something that the logistics of it is worked out in and then but , but everybody takes part in it , the whole parish council somehow takes part in it ? |
| 13 | Though Marcus no longer took part in this process , he never missed a single morning ; he liked to know everything that was going on — how many cargo-ships berthed for loading or unloading — how many hours taken to clear each one — how many men needed on every job . |
| 14 | ‘ Our centre half had just taken part in an all-night ice skating event for charity . |
| 15 | About 150 people have already taken part in these day-long courses since April . |
| 16 | No subjects reported having expected a memory test even though many of them had already taken part in Study 1 . |
| 17 | I feel it is important that you , your readers and the tennis public should know that I no longer take part in any decision making relating to the business of the company or the centre and therefore I take no responsibility , for either the success or failure of Junior Tennis Centre Ltd nor Sutton Junior Tennis Centre . |
| 18 | ‘ We want as many Mini owners as possible to join the convoy , come for the weekend or just take part in the tour that Sunday . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The Classic is the talk of the north west angling scene and I cut my holidays short just to take part in the qualifying match at Halsnead Park . ’ |
| 20 | Indycar teams and suppliers are still taking part in next weekend 's ‘ pirate ’ race in Australia , despite FISA 's threat to ban them from all international motorsport |
| 21 | For instance , returning to that problematic word cunt , I once took part in a discussion in which a woman explained that she did not use that word because for her , its connotations were unrelievedly pornographic . |
| 22 | For the same motive Ackroyd is reluctant to broach the unfathomed topic of Dickens and sex ( once memorably described by John Carey as ‘ not a promising subject ’ ) : when Dickens went trawling through the prostitutional regions of Paris with Wilkie Collins , Ackroyd says that ‘ it is unlikely that Dickens himself ever took part in anything more than close observation ’ . |
| 23 | The offence took its title from the French ‘ effrayer , ’ to frighten , and its essence was that the defendant deliberately took part in fighting or other acts of violence of such a character as to cause alarm to the public . |
| 24 | The men at the headman 's house decided , on behalf of the village , that every dog that had been out in the night , possibly taking part in the fight and helping bring down the rabid dog , would have to be killed : and all bitches on heat , whether they 'd been inside or out , must also be killed . |
| 25 | The biggest scandal in the show 's 34-year history was when it was revealed presenter Michael Sundin had once taken part in a raunchy gay sex show . |
| 26 | ‘ Have you ever taken part in a fire drill , ’ I ask a ticket collector at a station on the Jubilee Line ( which was supposed to be called the Fleet Line until the GLC 's Horace Cutler decided to change it in deference to the Queen at a cost of £50,000 ) . |
| 27 | They have usually taken part in a preparatory programme through social services or the health authority , but once out of institutional care , the fragile skills , sometimes learnt over a painfully slow time , can be lost through lack of use . |
| 28 | As independence approached , all the Namibian students on these courses went home to take part in the election process . |
| 29 | Ochirbat had originally been scheduled to pay a six-day visit , but he returned early to take part in the critical discussions with opposition leaders on Mongolia 's future political system . |
| 30 | Two of the most famous cars ever to take part in the TT races , Kaye Don 's Lea Francis and Freddie Dixon 's Riley , will be among those taking part . |