Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] to take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No clear principles determine the allocation of disputes to these bodies although the greater the element of discretion and the more important the policy considerations , the less likely it is for the courts to take on the new area of responsibility . |
| 2 | When sport fails to deal adequately with the excesses of its performers , it is right and proper for the courts to take over . |
| 3 | My Service wanted me to try and penetrate it , just on general grounds , but I told them : the whole point is not to have their names on our files , all ready for the Soviets to take over . |
| 4 | Though he did not dictate , he went at a pace slow enough for the listeners to take down a lot of what he said . |
| 5 | The temperature at which this freedom of the chains to take up any configuration allowed by the bond angle cone occurs will depend upon the chemical composition of the polymer , which , in turn , determines the depth and shape of the energy wells governing the probability of any configuration through a Boltzmann factor . |
| 6 | He said that at the party conference , those who feared they had a weak leader , could take comfort from the belief that there was a strong man waiting in the wings to take over . |
| 7 | DESPITE the confirmation by the Irish-owned Jordan Formula One team that Marco Apicella will replace Thierry Boutsen in Sunday 's Italian Grand Prix at Monza , Ulster driver Eddie Irvine is standing by in the wings to take over later in the season . |
| 8 | When Grant had disappeared down the stairs to take out the Control , Larsen held up his hands to hush the rising murmur of talk which was starting to swell among the excited kids crowding the corridor . |