Example sentences of "[adj] take [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not very good , you see , on Government responsibility and this takes up a lot of time . |
| 2 | Depending on size , this takes around a week to erect . |
| 3 | Not based upon any consensus of content , nor the expectation that teachers will do the same thing with all the class , this takes seriously the concept of the teacher as the manager of pupils ' own learning instead of a purveyor of information and ideas . |
| 4 | Back in America , Chaka Khan and Ce Ce Peniston offer very different takes on the role of the soul diva . |
| 5 | Schools responded variously , some taking up the opportunity , or challenge , of collaborative teaching while others seized the chance to reduce class sizes , for decades a source of frustration and complaint in the primary profession . |
| 6 | When the Vichy French fled , de Gaulle 's Free French and the British took over the capital . |
| 7 | If the adventurers are successful in picking the lock , this trap wo n't be activated , but they will have to be very careful taking out the money without breaking the glass sphere ( no test needed , but you should roll dice as if you were making some secret test just to scare the players ) . |
| 8 | All this took barely a year ( and around £500 of plants ) to establish mainly , says Hainge , because he grew only plants which suited their soil and conditions . |
| 9 | ‘ Mr Jones , I 'm honoured that you should choose me , but I do feel there are others far more suited to take on the responsibility , people who 've worked in radio far longer than I have . ’ |
| 10 | An some take up de pen |
| 11 | Ltd. but returned in 1903 to take up an appointment as chief chemist in their Salamander works in Riga . |
| 12 | The descriptions of the author 's visits from one bureaucrat after another take up the bulk of No Breathing Room . |
| 13 | These failures arose not only from Edward 's lack of adequate financial resources , but also from the effectiveness of Philip VI 's resistance and the reluctance of the English to take on the French in pitched battle , as the stand-off at Buironfosse showed . |
| 14 | As always , Greta was prepared to take up the challenge ( ‘ We might put pressure on the War Office at this end ’ ) , but was forestalled by an offer from another direction . |
| 15 | GORDON TAYLOR , the players ' union secretary , yesterday confirmed that he is still prepared to take up the post of chief executive of the Football League -despite a cold-shoulder from the League 's management committee and the reluctance of the Professional Footballers ' Association to release him . |
| 16 | and , er well I did say er are you married ? , no , will you be having any children ? , definitely not , I said well unless you 're prepared to take on the responsibility |
| 17 | He revealed to the Daily Post recently that he was ready and willing to take on a player-manager 's role . |
| 18 | By the time I got up the next morning , I had determined to sell the baker 's shop to the highest bidder unless Charlie Trumper were willing to take on the responsibility himself . |
| 19 | For example , the managing director of an engineering company in Sheffield offered an aircraft kit to a school willing to take on the construction task . |
| 20 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
| 21 | This might put pressures on the sons and it could well be that not all would feel able or willing to take on the task . |
| 22 | Yet these farmers had usually been placed in this situation because there was no one else willing to take on the task . |
| 23 | This took the form of a recommendation to a university willing to take on an inspector , who often had none of the usual qualifications . |
| 24 | Alexandra Palace and Park , the latest company willing to take up the baton , has been administering a relaunch for the premises through the offices of Bizat , a genial exhibitions and catering specialist , who had been at the place only 11 weeks , in 1980 , when afire near the great organ gutted much of it and necessitated major reconstruction . |
| 25 | In such a situation the purchaser will normally be willing to take over the vendor 's liabilities up to a specified maximum or as specifically itemised in completion accounts . |
| 26 | When Oldham Magistrates granted summonses against Brady and Hindley for the murder of the child following a private application , the Director , having already decided that in all the circumstances it would not be in the public interest to institute proceedings against them , used his statutory powers under Section 6 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 to take over the conduct of the case and to discontinue it under Section 23 . |
| 27 | Good lines , fair acting , and a surprisingly fresh take on the monster movie |
| 28 | Almost 2,000 took up the invitation during a two-day open house and were taken on a guided tour route which stretched over a mile through the £1.85 billion development . |
| 29 | says the Marquis ' ‘ They were not convinced , but the Japanese took up the idea a few years ago and they are now industry leaders . ’ |
| 30 | Like many doctors still , scientists find it almost impossible to take on the notion of psychic energy . |