Example sentences of "[Wh pn] take this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In most cases it is not the jury who takes this decision but the prosecution , who , with the judge 's agreement , accepts the defendant 's plea of guilty to manslaughter under section 2 .
2 Anyone who takes this line confidently must surely understand more about the mentioned objects and contents than was conveyed above .
3 They are offering a brilliant 15% discount to everyone who takes this month 's copy of Hairflair into their salons .
4 Around half of the respondents would have clearly felt more comfortable with the question if the proposed time scale had been 5–7 days , and a great majority of those who took this approach including the vast majority of respondents who used the SPG form — suggested that 7 days would not be unreasonable .
5 ‘ We do n't know whether it was the NIO or someone within the Maze who took this decision .
6 Mr Nesbit , who took this decision , said : ‘ When the match ended I was conscious of part of the Sunderland crowd starting to leave the stadium and if the team had come out people attempting to leave might have tried to return and this could have led to conflict on the steep Spion Kop terraces . ’
7 In Mrs Margaret Thatcher British women have a real-life example of someone who took this advice .
8 William Tallack , who as Secretary of the Howard Association had experience of criminal affairs reaching back towards the mid-nineteenth century , was among those who took this line .
9 May I illustrate it with a true instance of what one industrialist did , who took this challenge seriously .
10 But if such a retort is both meaningful and non-trivial , then surely so is the statement ( that might be made , for example , in reply to a request for information from a third person ) that " the chair " being talked about — the " posited chair " — is not fictional , i.e. that it actually exists , even though those who take this statement on trust might find out otherwise to their cost .
11 The people who take this job on , are not necessarily the highest achievers , they tend to be looking for a job with a particular interest in that and are sort of reliable and conscientious people .
12 Anglers who take this path — usually young , relatively inexperienced anglers who have been drawn into the cultish scene — rarely devote a lifetime to angling , as do most all-round anglers .
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