Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] they [verb] to take " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Many teachers are now suffering from or showing signs of stress-related illnesses so that they wish to take early retirement , some on the grounds of ill-health , or are eager to leave the profession altogether , ’ the Belfast secondary teacher added . |
| 2 | They 've not in the past shown themselves to be very honest erm nor very keen on going into their own archives , and I think it 's , actually takes people like me , who live on the border-lines if you like of the two cultures , to go in and discover erm sometimes embarrassing documents , embarrassing information , to confront them with it , in their own language , so that they have to take stock . |
| 3 | For if a holder thinks that the buyers will really be able to get at 36s. all that they care to take at that price , he will be unwilling to let slip past him any offer that is well above that price . |
| 4 | And in an oblique swipe at her critics in the Bush Administration she added : ‘ Those countries protesting at their return would do better if they offered to take some of them . ’ |
| 5 | Those countries which were protesting about the repatriation would do far better if they offered to take some of the boat people themselves . |
| 6 | ‘ . There is something enormously satisfying in giving another person advice , especially if they appear to take it seriously . |
| 7 | Some requests or demands are reasonable and fair , but others certainly might not be so because they fail to take into account the child 's right to his/her needs and point of view , or because they are inappropriate to his/her level of development . |
| 8 | Some of the secondary girls considered such goings on beneath their dignity but it was n't long before they began to take an interest and help out in the " Ox-farm " . |
| 9 | Some editors believed they would be better off if they refused to take advantage of the new rules and continued to let the censor see their material in manuscript . |
| 10 | Even if they had to take sewing lessons first it would still be less expensive and the idea of hiring a wedding dress must be unappealing to many brides . |
| 11 | All this , one may presume further , was supposed to supply the missing will and determination of the indigenous people and just in case the French might be feeling a little faint-hearted at the prospect , the US should immediately reconsider its policy at the first sign that the French were planning to give up or even if they planned to take the problem to the UN . |
| 12 | Indeed if they fail to take the initiative they might as well abandon the people of the area to a grim fate . |