Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But , now that , I mean I 'm in the second year of being a student , and I took on the position of women 's officer for the we , for the west of Scotland area
2 Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household .
3 In such fields a double need arises : to harmonise licensing requirements for companies intending to carry on the activities in question , and to establish essential standards for the prudential supervision of companies providing financial services .
4 She talked as if she had taken on the mantle of Philip Marlowe , a female arch sleuth for whom the teeming underworld held no secrets .
5 I see him as a sort of spiritual descendant of Norman Mailer , just as Mailer took on the mantle of Lawrence — in fact I wrote an essay on that very subject in my last term at school .
6 The author of this missive was Patricia Hewitt , who seemed determined to take on the mantle of Sara Barker , a notorious fixer and manipulator from the Labour Party of the fifties .
7 How then , did these early , isolated molecules , take on the trappings of life ?
8 This means that we can pass on the benefits to policy holders such as yourself by either reducing the policy charges or indeed er increasing the bonuses wherever possible .
9 The people demonstrated their spirit when the whole country rose up , carried on the tide of revolution in Eastern Europe , and literally fought tooth and nail against their oppressors .
10 Liz , from Northern Ireland , was visiting the Wirral to pass on the art of storytelling to librarians , who had travelled from all over the country Picture : FRAZER BIRD
11 She had tried , but the rehearsals had gradually taken on the menace of trials of endurance .
12 This is the heart of the notion of the inner city ; at the very moment that policy draws the boundaries of the inner city a place takes on the qualities of coherence that it does not possess , embodies all the contradictions that are part of the original concept .
13 And for 1,500 miles it was carried on the current without power , navigational gear or a radio transmitter .
14 takes over , Blackburn push it wide , at last has found some space but comes across to try and close him down , support just behind from , it 's a woeful cross from and it 's easily cleared by Shrewsbury Town right up to the centre circle , where it 's taken on the chest of Nicky .
15 How would you like to lead out the Merseyside Select XI at Goodison Park a week tomorrow when they take on the pride of Manchester in Graeme Sharp 's testimonial game ?
16 The occasion will be a star-studded affair , a day when red joins with blue to take on the pride of Manchester .
17 If I had the courage to grow out my hair and take on the streets without frill or face paint , bangles or heels and all such accessories of fear and vanity , then I would be seen far less and see much more .
18 The following survey was taken on the streets of Bradford .
19 You might get through a few months , gross good luck see you to a year , but from then on the odds against survival lengthened considerably .
20 Ideal notes take on the character of architecture — that is , they comprise a well-defined structure ; they are capable of supporting and containing the burden to be later placed on them ; and they are designed to last .
21 They were regarded as betrothed , but while Judith regularly took on the air of proprietorship , Andrew never seemed to be much interested .
22 Alison 's classes did n't take on the air of duty which can mar anything from going to a party to visiting relations .
23 Hanging on the hours like heliotropes
24 Popular puppet theatre is helping to take on the struggle against AIDS across southern Africa .
25 He therefore took on the chairmanship of Tate $ Lyle on a part-time basis .
26 Trainer Henry Cecil , however , was satisfied enough to let All At Sea take on the likes of Arazi and Ireland 's Brief Truce .
27 In 1814 , Samuel Webb leased the mill to Stephen and Edward Blackwell , who carried on the tradition of cloth making .
28 Though most of his trials are in the southern states , Mr Stafford Smith recently took on the case of Kenneth Richey , the young Scot who faces execution in Ohio .
29 From then on the course of relations was again downhill ; there was an inherent ideological conflict between the two governments , and the common border ( with Japanese troops in both Manchuria and Korea ) was a constant source of tension .
30 NCUBE TAKES ON THE TERAFLOPPERS WITH ORACLE-RUNNING 65,384-PROCESSOR NCUBE 3 FOR 1994
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