Example sentences of "well [subord] to take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply to dismiss their work as ‘ pessimistic ’ , however , or to use it emblematically as a naive position which we now know better than to take seriously , seems to me hopelessly to devalue the currency of critique . |
| 2 | Denis made threatening noises , but they knew better than to take him seriously . |
| 3 | I should have known better than to take the word of any of that crowd from Donovan 's Square . ’ |
| 4 | Ex-Eton schoolboy Jonathan Barton was bullied but unlike Charles , he knew better than to take his complaint to the headmaster . |
| 5 | She knew better than to take a wanted man near the Welsh gate ; but the castle gate was the one land approach to the town , the eastward and inviolable gate , overshadowed by the bulk of the castle and the strength of its garrison . |
| 6 | A democratic society needs people who have the linguistic abilities which will enable them to discuss , evaluate and make sense of what they are told , as well as to take effective action on the basis of their understanding . |
| 7 | The Kingman Report emphasised the need for such abilities when it stated : ‘ A democratic society needs people who have the linguistic abilities which will enable them to discuss , evaluate and make sense of what they are told , as well as to take effective action on the basis of their understanding … |
| 8 | Additional encouragement and training for children might be provided by congregational ‘ creative ’ days , when young and old alike meet together to make music , as well as to take part in other activities . |
| 9 | Like any good soldier , Colebrooke had the garrison working to break the tedium caused by the freezing weather , as well as to take his own mind off the recent murders . |