Example sentences of "[noun] takes [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report comes as the Department of Trade and Industry takes on the tasks of the now defunct Department of Energy . |
| 2 | In words like ‘ potato ’ , ‘ tomato ’ , ‘ canary ’ , ‘ perhaps ’ , ‘ today ’ , the vowel in the first syllable may disappear ; the aspiration of the initial plosive takes up the whole of the middle portion of the syllable , resulting in these pronunciations ( where indicates aspiration ) : ; ; ; ; |
| 3 | The ErgoClient takes on the characteristics of a personal computer by means of a similar personality module , which incorporates an Intel Corp 80486 processor and simply slots into the machine . |
| 4 | This chapter takes up the theme of industrial determination introduced in relation to the Northern Region in Chapter 3 . |
| 5 | Lloyd Mangram takes over the letters page as of next month — if Scorelord can find him ! |
| 6 | Llanelli 's Colin Stephens takes over the key outside half position from the injured Neil Jenkins for Wales B , while injury-hit Australia call on seven of their first choice pack . |
| 7 | Tenderly : A 1953 jam session takes up the whole of one side . |
| 8 | In a Word , the paraclete takes over the role of Jesus . |
| 9 | The change in the law takes away the incentive to make lifetime gifts of such assets . |
| 10 | The child takes over the mother 's view of itself ; verbal appellations reinforce the manipulative process . |
| 11 | The committee takes seriously the need to be fair and just in everything it does . |
| 12 | The committee takes seriously the need to be fair and just in everything it does . |
| 13 | Mr Powell will step down at Christmas , days before Carlton takes over the franchise held by Thames on New Year 's Day . |
| 14 | The teacher takes on the role of an alien , who says that the crew of the Starship must be lying when they say their leader is a man . |
| 15 | Or perhaps the teacher takes on the role of the Pied Piper and tells the class ( still as townspeople ) that they can write letters to their children ( out of role the teacher could suggest these might be in code ) ; the drama might focus on negotiations between the townspeople and the Pied Piper . |
| 16 | A League title and European Cup winner with Aston Villa , Swain takes up the Springfield Park post next Monday . |
| 17 | A small theatre group takes on the task of mounting a Passion Play in Montreal . |
| 18 | Dan Knight takes up the story ‘ We were somewhere over Germany on the way to Berlin , flak was very heavy . |
| 19 | ‘ There will certainly be a strike across the republic if the military takes over the railway , ’ said the movement 's spokesman , Nazim Ragimov . |
| 20 | The order of salvation takes up the order of creation . |
| 21 | This is the heart of the notion of the inner city ; at the very moment that policy draws the boundaries of the inner city a place takes on the qualities of coherence that it does not possess , embodies all the contradictions that are part of the original concept . |
| 22 | The forced march through Siberia becomes increasingly desperate and hallucinatory ( in fact Ypsilanti is , from the outset , clear in his own mind that they will never find the emperor ) : when the regiment comes to cross the tajga in July 1918 , the forest takes on the appearance both of a paradise regained and of a place of horror , endless in extent , haunted by marauding tigers and ghostly tribes . |
| 23 | ‘ … into the last furlong , and the Guppy looks beaten , Breakdancer takes up the running with Prince Charming on the stand side — it looks to be between these two — but now Shine On 's absolutely flying on the outside , a terrific challenge , the three locked together , Breakdancer and Shine On stride for stride , at the line it 's very close but I think it 's shine On who gets it on the nod . |
| 24 | Patrick takes up the thread . |
| 25 | If mum takes up the game again , then why not her children in future years ? |
| 26 | Sydney Newman takes up the story : |
| 27 | New chairman takes up the reins |
| 28 | Then the runners arrive and the sustained technical difficulty takes over the interest . |
| 29 | Colin takes up the story : ‘ I was busy making the display cases at home , whilst John made inquiries regarding tables we could use . |
| 30 | Marcuse takes up the theme of domination through the ideological form of technological reason and shows how it is legitimized by the widespread consumption enabled by increased production . |