Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to take [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The banks are expected to take up an investment stance which is not their true role . |
| 2 | Ministers are expected to take up the fight in the next few days and urge the banks that , at a time of national economic crisis , they must do their bit . |
| 3 | Between now and Easter , thousands are expected to take up the invitation . |
| 4 | Under new powers , also approved on June 26 , the Serbian Assembly had been empowered to take over the affairs of the Kosovo Assembly and of other official bodies , and to suspend troublemakers . |
| 5 | The first year you 're running on adrenalin and you 're going to take on the world . |
| 6 | I think that the I think the question of that really , I 'm trying to , I ca n't quite frankly , I think that 's Mike Kirkham in this who particularly investigated that one , but I think that basically what we were really saying was on what I was saying earlier on is that if you make it too difficult for the employers , you 're going to take away the incentive to run a final salary scheme , you know that you know I think basically final salary pension schemes are good for the employee , you know , I think that was what our fundamental thinking of on that was . |
| 7 | Adjustable compensating magnets are fitted and these are used to take out the effect of deviation when the compass is checked ( " swung " ) . |
| 8 | At the same time , the bladder becomes less able to sterilise urine and the urine is less concentrated , so more fluids are needed to take away the same amount of waste ( see incontinence , pages 70 to 76 ) . |
| 9 | People like you are needed to take up the challenge . |
| 10 | In this context , the material before the board indicated — ( 1 ) that investors were persuaded by company representatives employed by the Winchester Group to cancel their existing policies and to ‘ switch ’ to Norwich Union without their best interests and any disadvantages attendant upon so doing necessarily being considered ; ( 2 ) that other undesirable selling practices — for instance ‘ overselling ’ whereby investors are persuaded to take out a range of policies which they may not be able to afford in the long term — have been employed by company representatives selling on behalf of the Winchester Group ; ( 3 ) that the fact find forms completed by the Winchester Group for forwarding to Norwich Union were inadequate for the purposes of ensuring that products were only sold to investors on a ‘ best advice ’ basis ; ( 4 ) that the connections between Mr. Tee and Mr. Kissane ( a former director of the Winchester Group now awaiting trial on charges of theft of client moneys ) and also between the Winchester Group and Mr. Randhir Singh were such as to call into question the extent to which the controllers , directors and senior managers of the Winchester Group could be regarded as being of good character and competent or otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and also whether the Winchester Group could be safely regarded as a fit and proper person for the purposes of enjoying appointed representative status ; ( 5 ) that policies had been sold by eight persons engaged by the Winchester Group who had not been appointed as company representatives of Norwich Union or in any other way authorised to sell investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and that other individuals who had been appointed as company representatives had not been registered as such with Lautro ; ( 6 ) that certain company representatives engaged by the Winchester Group appeared to be channelling client moneys through their own personal bank accounts . |
| 11 | I myself am going to take only a very few minutes that are left to me to comment on some of the points that were raised in the debate . |
| 12 | I 'm afraid the Soviets are going to take rather a hard line with you now , Mr Holly . |
| 13 | The museums are going to take quite a lot of time . |
| 14 | I realize , now that I think about it , that even our weekend walks in the countryside around London , with their characteristic mixture of dullness and reassurance , are going to take quite a lot of analysis . |
| 15 | But there is some good news , because it seems that some people are beginning to take seriously the problem of graduate unemployment . |
| 16 | And if you have only just been inspired to take up the sport , maybe on the back of the Redford film A River Runs Through It , the club will allow a small number of beginners . |
| 17 | It is understood that British Petroleum chairman , Sir Peter Walters has been shortlisted to take over the job . |
| 18 | As with all computer technology the price of the necessary hardware and software has been falling dramatically and more and more manufacturers are starting to take seriously the idea of producing pen based computers for the mass market . |
| 19 | With contracting , hospital doctors will be the agents of the provider , not the purchasing authority , and again can not be expected to take on the gatekeeper role . |
| 20 | So take away a positive I 'm going to take away a positive ten pounds away from you now . |
| 21 | The Purchaser may be expecting to take over a Business of a particular size — this warranty will reassure him that he is . |
| 22 | Sunderland 's housing committee is to be asked to take over the property with a view to renting it to a would-be tenant who could buy it outright in future under the right-to-buy scheme . |
| 23 | A window and a section of wall had to be removed to take out the body and twenty men were needed to lower the coffin into his grave in St. Martin 's Churchyard , where his tombstone states ‘ in personal greatness [ he ] had no competitor ’ . |
| 24 | The construction industry 's authority should remain a statutory body while the Engineering Training Authority should be allowed to take over the functions of the old engineering industry training board . |
| 25 | This was to be jointly owned by twelve area distribution companies , which were to be created to take on the distribution role of the existing twelve area boards . |
| 26 | If you are granted one of our mortgages for more than 80% of the purchase price or valuation , then you will also be required to take out a mortgage guarantee indemnity policy . |
| 27 | In each of the above examples the children have been asked to take on the role of " people who know " ; and it is this which gives them their stake in the drama . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've just been asked to take over a leading role in a production that 's been playing in Stratford which they 're taking to the Barbican . |
| 29 | Parents have in some cases been asked to take over the practice of hearing their children read almost exclusively , either at home or in school . |
| 30 | Swindon Town had a weekend off … but travel to Grimsby tomorrow … amid rumours that Glenn Hoddle has been asked to take over the vacant top job at Bristol City . |