Example sentences of "[adv] take [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was too early in the negotiating round at the time of writing to be confident about trends for the coming year , although most expectations for the 1–10MW bracket are that the new deals will merely take account of inflation .
2 In July , when Nationalists protested at the failure of the corporation to appoint Nationalists to committee chairs , the mayor pointed out that fifteen or sixteen years ago the Nationalists had said that they would refuse to take such chairs and that they would only take part in corporation affairs in order to disrupt them .
3 By May the play was almost complete — all that was necessary was the process of readjustment which would necessarily take place in consultation with director and actors .
4 Leonora Carrington , Leonor Fini and Meret Oppenehiem are amongst the many whose development as serious artists only took place outside Surrealism .
5 In any case , Twoflower was delightedly taking picture after picture of people engaged in what he described as typical activities , and since a quarter-rhinu would subsequently change hands ‘ for their trouble ’ a tail of bemused and happy nouveaux-riches was soon following him in case this madman exploded in a shower of gold .
6 This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) .
7 Many analysts believed that Cedras and his colleagues had only taken charge in order to prevent themselves from being swept away by events , and some senior commanders had reportedly refused to join Cedras in the ruling junta .
8 He 'd obviously taken time over building up this little booklet explaining the stuff .
9 Payton 's goal enough to take pressure off manager and team Dundee0 Celtic1
10 Payton strike enough to take pressure off manager and team
11 They have developed a sliding scale charge so that organisations can get together to take advantage of bulk ordering and so save them some of the administration expenses .
12 It is a time for the Governments to act together to take charge of economics for the sake of the citizens that they , and only they , can represent .
13 It is common ground that any power to make the order sought must be found in the Act , since the English courts have no inherent jurisdiction to act in aid of a foreign court and , as a matter of English domestic law , treaties only take effect as part of that law to the extent that they are incorporated by statute , with or without modification .
14 It takes place all the time and should not be confused with organizational politicking ( which generally takes place behind closed doors ) or personal vituperation ( which generally takes place in committee rooms ) .
15 Waterskiing already takes place in lake 105 a few yards from the contested area .
16 Furthermore , whilst the act of worship must normally take place on school premises , it may take place elsewhere on a special occasion .
17 Finally Mr Mayor I might just take issue with councillor .
18 This generally took place at Easter preceded by confession , often in public , in which the social duty of making restitution for sin was stressed ; it might be succeeded by a parish party which played out at its own level the eternal being of love celebrated in the Mass .
19 Out in the kitchen preparations were already taking place in readiness for the lunch-time trade .
20 Being little more than thin skinned bags of sugary carbohydrate sap from the plants they are sucking , they are an easily taken source of energy for many predators , including other insects and birds — a slaughter that is countered by the extraordinarily rapid rate of reproduction .
21 No subjects reported having expected a memory test even though many of them had already taken part in Study 1 .
22 Had n't she already taken time off work which she could ill afford in her sister 's interests ?
23 There are also hopes that a live trade in slaughter cattle could be developed with other EC countries over 1994 — just as has already taken place with slaughter lambs to France .
24 After acclamations before the Lateran Palace , like those that had already taken place in front of St Peter 's , the new pope went up to the principal part of the palace , called the Leonine presbyterium , and later celebrated with a banquet .
25 Chemistry students in their first year normally take Chemistry with Maths and one other subject which is usually Physics but can be Geology , Engineering or Computer Science .
26 And I 'd like to , aye , and I just write it down in a if it 's on a tape you can put that pause on and just take line by line , you know .
27 The actual emergence usually takes place under cover of darkness .
28 The big celebration usually takes place on Christmas Eve .
29 The transfer always takes place from right to left .
30 Or does he too quickly take flight from history altogether into a realm of the Absolute ?
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