Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to take [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Between now and Easter , thousands are expected to take up the invitation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Adjustable compensating magnets are fitted and these are used to take out the effect of deviation when the compass is checked ( " swung " ) . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | People like you are needed to take up the challenge . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is understood that British Petroleum chairman , Sir Peter Walters has been shortlisted to take over the job . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Football , and Swindon manager Glenn Hoddle has denied rumours that he 's been asked to take over the vacant top job at Bristol City . |
| 18 | At least two , the Statesman and the Indian Express , were expected to take up the story in their issues today . |
| 19 | Many parties were expected to take up the offer , although Fernando Belaúnde Terry , a former President and leader of the Popular Action ( AP ) party , stated that unless the holding municipal elections was restored to the current year [ see below ] , the AP would not participate in any talks . |
| 20 | This question echoes the old debates over the so-called ‘ managerial revolution ’ ( Burnham , Berle and Means ) where salaried personnel were seen to take over the running of firms . |
| 21 | He had a brother , Richard , who was later to play an important part in the family 's advancement in Rome , being destined to take over the running of the Conti estates in the Romagna . |
| 22 | Having asked about Shropshire 's youth and their existence within the diocese , my friend Clare and I were invited to take on the role of Shropshire 's Youth Representatives . |
| 23 | ‘ So , Mr Calder , you were n't really surprised at being asked to take over the job of chairman ? |
| 24 | ‘ Conservation is being asked to take on the burden of social policies for rural Britain . ’ |
| 25 | In a memorable analogy the black African nationalist ( and socialist ) leader Leopold Senghor had said that the French Union must not be built like a cage that no one would care to enter ; but in the Ho-Sainteny agreement the Vietminh were in effect being asked to take up the tenancy of a building that had not yet been constructed . |
| 26 | In his press release the Secretary of State says : ’ Many of the new measures are designed to protect children from being influenced to take up the deadly habit of smoking . ’ |
| 27 | These days women were allowed to take up the running , but she had n't and now it was too late . |
| 28 | No one can ever know the fatality rate , the numbers of young inexperienced birds who are tempted to take on the flight across the North Sea , but who never make it . |
| 29 | St James 's University Hospital in Leeds , where the TV series is filmed , is expected to take up the proposal for self-governing trusts in NHS hospitals which was given the go-ahead in the Queen 's Speech . |
| 30 | A Computing Support Officer has been appointed , and is expected to take up the post on 1st July . |