Example sentences of "[modal v] take [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | R000231220 will argue the case for this new theory of grammar using ordinary language data , specifying the form a grammar must take as an input system . |
| 2 | She must have sat alone there for a good quarter of an hour , singing to herself , before Henry and Lettice came crashing back through the woods , squealing that they had seen Humphrey and Janet and must take to the skiff at once . |
| 3 | Everything they grow they must take to the market to survive , but everything is expensive for them and so they have nothing . |
| 4 | We must take from the earth … |
| 5 | His contention is that much of the slump in mainframe revenues has been mis-attributed to downsizing mania whereas the recession should take of the blame — delay in large capital projects gives the impression that mainframes are in more trouble then they actually are , he suggests . |
| 6 | ‘ The young men should take to the hills . ’ |
| 7 | The same fact was responsible for Dennis 's insistence that we should take to the water . |
| 8 | The first believes that perfect competition is a useful paradigm that policymakers should take as a guide ; this is the liberalising , deregulating , competition-promoting wing of the profession . |
| 9 | The aim of this Guide is to ensure that criminal practitioners know about all the many active steps which they should take in the preparation of their client 's defence . |
| 10 | Dear Resident , The Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards ( CIMAH ) Regulations introduced by the UK Government in 1984 required many chemical companies with large stocks of potentially hazardous chemicals to notify local residents that such chemicals are being stored or used and what actions residents should take in the event of a serious emergency . |
| 11 | Within that framework schools and education authorities are in the best position to judge the particular form which the curriculum should take in the light of each school 's individual circumstances and the needs of its pupils . |
| 12 | He further intimated that one could never be certain what sort of action a feeble government might take in an attempt to solve its problems . |
| 13 | But the recounting of all the statements a team of detectives might take in the course of a major inquiry is hardly going to make you a book that will grip readers . |
| 14 | But what they can do in this case is the manufacturer 's at C , but the manufacturer can not deliver to the shop until maybe two weeks time they can phone us , the carrier , we will then arrange for someone to go to manufacturer at C , pick it up , bring it to us and then we 'll take to the shop . |
| 15 | He 'll take to the stage , guitar , Holly-style glasses and all , for a five minute medley of songs from the show ‘ Buddy ’ arranged by musical director Mark Dougherty . |
| 16 | Certainly Americans see it as being very different from their home-grown shows and for some reason they all seem to think that I ask rather cheeky questions , which I 'll take as a compliment . |
| 17 | Er … would you by any chance have a room I could take for the night ? |
| 18 | Perhaps I could take about the philosophy which is behind Warnock ? |
| 19 | Gavin stuck his head out from under the duvet , giving me cause once more to marvel at the impressive way the lad 's shoulders merged into his head with no apparent narrowing in between ( this appeared to be the principal physical benefit bestowed by the game of rugby ; the acquisition of an extremely thick neck , just as the most important thing one could take to the sport was a thick skull , and from it an intact one still in satisfactory two-way communication with one 's spinal cord ) . |
| 20 | It would appear his ideas ran along similar lines to Mignet 's , namely to produce a simple , cheap , no-frills aeroplane in which every enthusiastic ‘ Mr Average ’ could take to the skies . |
| 21 | He now watched Mick follow Carrie to the door way that led into the scullery , and he found himself also stepping in that direction , until he could take in the whole of the scullery and the open backyard door through which Mr Carver was now passing , saying as he did so , ‘ Ta-rah , then . ’ |
| 22 | There were two main forms that TTT collaborations could take in the classroom : working alongside and withdrawal . |
| 23 | In the 1987 Budget , a ceiling of £150,000 was imposed on the amount that individuals could take in the form of a tax-free lump sum on retirement . |
| 24 | He ‘ may take to the hills and be very hard to find ’ , said Mr John Bushnell , the US charge d'affairs at Fort Clayton outside Panama City . |
| 25 | Police are treating his death as suspicious , but it may take until the end of the week before forensic examination is complete . |
| 26 | The system stored the form any letter may take within the sample , and indicated all the different letters of which a segment of any description may be a part . |
| 27 | But then we might miss out on Dennis Carthy , the fellow who used to take to the Tube dressed in a bra , a blouse and fishnet stockings and entertain customers on the Bakerloo Line with tricks that involved a teddy bear , a pistol and a six-foot python . |
| 28 | and the Stationmaster 's office faced the platform but there is another door that to get into as soon as you got in the main door to the left , you see and with a flap and that 's the door that we used to take in the parcels , you see and very often we used to go in that door or sometimes we would go through o on to the platform and go in the Stationmaster 's door , you see and then there again , if I took messages to the Stationmaster on the single telegraph er I had to go down the steps because th more often than not that they were in the basement . |
| 29 | We ca n't afford to be caught making what they would take as an act of aggression . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ That would be a decision Mr Kinnock would take at the time , ’ Mr Mandelson declared loftily . |