Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Users themselves , however , are not completely blameless when it comes to the slow uptake of open systems , Wendler observes , ‘ our clients do n't take products seriously until IBM is involved . ’ |
| 2 | Trips have already taken place to Edinburgh Castle , Luss on Loch Lomond and up the Clyde Valley . |
| 3 | Russian designers have certainly taken advantage of anything they could learn from the West . |
| 4 | The authors have obviously taken note of the thousands of users of the first release to bring you this wonderful educational program . |
| 5 | New methods have not taken root , the old ones work no longer . ’ |
| 6 | ( Visits seem only to take place at the stage of formulating proposals . ) |
| 7 | The vast flocks of gulls at rubbish tips do not normally compete for food resources with other birds , but black-headed gulls do sometimes take advantage of other species ' food-finding skills . |
| 8 | Employees in the private sector do not take profits home . |
| 9 | This also has implications for econometric models since most of the existing models do not take account of knowledge of published forecasts . |
| 10 | The report observes that many companies do not take action on environmental issues until they are forced to do so by legislation . |
| 11 | Nevertheless the promoters have already taken action . |
| 12 | Indeed , policy developments in each of these three areas have largely taken place in complete isolation from the others ; only very recently has the importance of social security to the effectiveness of ‘ community care ’ been recognised in any official document ( House of Commons Social Services Committee , 1990 ) . |
| 13 | A number of far-reaching evaluations have recently taken place , culminating in the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 ( abbreviated to RCA ) . |
| 14 | Auditions have already taken place in Londonderry . |
| 15 | Other abuses such as assaults tend not to take place in front of independent witnesses and proof will always be difficult . |
| 16 | These calculations do not take account of the value of the long term assurance business . |
| 17 | However , if excavations do not take place the cemetery and its treasures are likely to be destroyed by ploughing within a few years . |
| 18 | P&O Distribution have already taken delivery of the first new vehicles dedicated to the contract , which includes delivery of finished goods from the IDEM mill in Cardiff to customers in the UK and to Arjo Wiggins ' Belgian distribution centre . |
| 19 | But perestroika came late to the Soviet Academy of Sciences , and the reforms introduced over the past two years have yet to take effect . |
| 20 | The Initiative began at the ‘ Drawing on London ’ weekend at the RIBA and workshops have now taken place in eighteen cities nationwide . |
| 21 | The major vehicle for the campaign will be television coverage ; but extensive briefings of Japanese officials have already taken place and other measures , including in-flight film footage on Japanese flights , are being considered . |
| 22 | Senior politicians , key property figures and leading City merchant banks have all taken part in the talks . |
| 23 | The steering committee itself states the need for better working practices , observing that ‘ if these changes do not take place , disenchantment will grow , … leading to increased drop out rates ’ with ‘ the potential for staff shortages . ’ |
| 24 | In other words , the changes do not take place gradually but as sporadic bursts , as a series of minor catastrophes . |
| 25 | If conditions subsequently permit some slackening of the measures , that can easily be done , especially as the major tax changes do not take effect for a year . |
| 26 | If conditions subsequently permit some slackening of the measures , that can easily be done , especially as the major tax changes do not take effect for a year . |
| 27 | But these statistics do not take account of the fact that , in continuous speech , word boundaries are more difficult to identify from a given mid-class string compared with a phonemic string . |
| 28 | The ensuing changes have not taken place in a vacuum , but have had to take account of existing industrial relations institutions and practices . |
| 29 | Changes have certainly taken place , often dramatic and painful changes , involving exploitations and deprivations . |
| 30 | The exhibition , hopefully , showed how the changes have gradually taken place , and that there is still a small group of women prepared to give their time and talents for the enhancement of church services . |