Example sentences of "[vb mod] take [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the hearts of men , professional duty must take over the place formerly occupied by domestic duty ’ . |
| 2 | Our generation must take on the task of thinking about the future , of assuming towards it the responsibility that we assume towards our children . |
| 3 | If we are genuinely to make the services more acceptable and enhance users ' individual experiences we must take seriously the users ' views about their own personal treatment and care . |
| 4 | The centre-left American Popular Revolutionary Alliance ( APRA — whose leader , former President Alan García , was in exile in Colombia ) , despite internal divisions over the stance which it should take on the poll , called on its supporters to spoil their papers . |
| 5 | The team leader does a further assessment before deciding whether a social worker or social work aide should take on the referral . |
| 6 | If you are part of a group with instructors then the instructors should take on the roles of the Jones and tell you the sort of things they think Olwyn will work for . |
| 7 | To help the trainees to provide their own answers , instructors should take on the role of parents or anyone else and be prepared to answer any of the trainees ' questions . |
| 8 | David Whitehouse believes scientists should take up the cudgels |
| 9 | He convinced himself that speaking Italian to Franco presented a good opportunity to learn and therefore he should take up the challenge . |
| 10 | And so I was extremely surprised when no more than weeks later Émile telephoned Jean-Claude and proposed to him the idea that he should take up an appointment as composer-in-residence at an American university . |
| 11 | While Mr Kawawa gave many reasons why they should take over the newspaper , he gave no reasons why they did not . |
| 12 | In its most heroic and grandiose form , it proposed no less than this : that working people should take over the industries which employed them and organise those industries into nationwide co-operatives , the whole to be in the charge of one , all-inclusive trade union . |
| 13 | With Slough absent , Ealing should take over the leadership when they travel to Ottery St Mary to play Exmouth . |
| 14 | Rakovsky suggested that one of his protégés , an able and dedicated counter-espionage officer , should take over the activist case files and plan the Soviet response . |
| 15 | A national health service should take over the provision for medical care in the old insurance scheme and effectively underpin the new one . |
| 16 | Although each patch would have a back-up long-term hostel , it was intended that the mental health centres should take over the role of caring for most people with longer-term difficulties . |
| 17 | The eldest son of a prosperous producer of soya oil and saki , in Nagoya , the parents of Morita expected that he should take over the control of the family business . |
| 18 | Lini also suggested that the churches should take over the running of a large part of the school system in the interests both of efficiency and economy . |
| 19 | This can , of course , create very undesirable consequences : social stability may be endangered by concentration of too much power and/ or wealth in too few hands ; the privacy of citizens may be abused under the excuse of maintaining law and order , or for commercial gains ; the state may take a " big brother " role ; the business community may acquire too much political power ; or , although very unlikely , IT experts may decide that they should take over the running of the country , since it is only they who can understand the unnecessary complexity of IT systems . |
| 20 | So when did I suggest that Doreen should take over the office ? |
| 21 | At which point she insisted I knew more ( true enough ) and therefore should take over the project ! |
| 22 | The appointment fulfilled a requirement of the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties that a Panamanian should take over the post from a US citizen at the beginning of 1990 . |
| 23 | Nothing is more important than that we should take down the barriers — like National Insurance and pensions — which stand in the way of new employment and job mobility . |
| 24 | Whether or not a formal debate is held will depend on the purpose of the examination and a number of other factors , but it is obviously necessary to seek the client 's opinion before deciding the direction that a study should take once a number of problems have been identified . |
| 25 | But er it should take about an hour , hour and a half . |
| 26 | I sent the letter to the Department of Employment , among others , and received a reply from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State , suggesting that my constituent should take out a career development loan . |
| 27 | ‘ I wonder if we should take out an insurance policy , just in case I might be expecting twins … ? ’ |
| 28 | A Bill 's been introduced into the Commons , which would require that before people are tattooed , they should take out an insurance policy against its removal . |
| 29 | On the basis of Mr Freeson 's letter , SAVE 's solicitors advised that SAVE should take out an action for mandamus , a court order to force a minister to do what he is obliged to do under statute . |
| 30 | Why you should take out the Sun Alliance Personal Accident Plan |