Example sentences of "to take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is proposing a pilot scheme to take uniformed officers away from front desk duties as one of the latest for putting civilians into jobs which in the past have been filled by officers in order to free more for the fight against crime . |
| 2 | He is proposing a pilot scheme to take uniformed officers away from front desk duties as one idea for putting civilians into jobs which in the past have been filled by officers in order to free more police for the fight against crime . |
| 3 | In concrete terms this could involve gradually introducing incidental activities of fetching and returning materials and taking messages , until the pupil is finally able to take total responsibility for getting about unaided and coping with all aspects of the environment on the school campus . |
| 4 | But now the men managing her money are accusing her father of a bid to take complete control . |
| 5 | For Diamond Jubilee Day , 1897 , Lever Brothers chartered six special trains to take 2,300 employees from Port Sunlight to Euston . |
| 6 | If we pursue that path , we must realise that we will be transferring basic fundamental power over our economy to a supranational body of unelected , well-heeled bankers who will be able to take economic decisions that affect the livelihoods of millions of people . |
| 7 | Many were , therefore , in positions to take economic advantage of the transport system , which connected them not only with each other but also with major centres . |
| 8 | Protectionism ( exchange controls , import controls ) is likely to be extensively applied by developing countries , but it may still be relevant in an industrialised country which is suffering a high level of unemployment , with consequent pressure on the government to take economic measures to remedy this situation . |
| 9 | It has also been seen in a more subtle form in the moves in Sierra Leone in the 1970s and Liberia in the 1980s by the ‘ truly indigenous ’ or tribal population to take economic power away from the creole population which had been active in trading and business for more than a century . |
| 10 | Lunn was later promoted to General Assistant and in 1891 he started to take geological photographs in the field . |
| 11 | Local Marine Boards were set up in all main ports and a Shipping Master appointed by each to take administrative responsibility for masters ' and mates ' examinations and the business of engaging and discharging seamen under pain of penalty for " crimping " and other similar offences . |
| 12 | And all the men wanted to take Aileen dancing or give her presents . |
| 13 | If an aid is granted without informing the Commission or before the Commission has had sufficient time to examine the aid , the Court has recently held that the Commission has power to take interim measures ordering the member states concerned to suspend the aid and provide the Commission with all relevant information . |
| 14 | Men are notoriously " macho " and have few scruples about abandoning their women , who are left to take sole responsibility for their children . |
| 15 | The cycle is repetitive : abandoned children of irresponsible fathers , women forced by circumstances to be strong and to take sole responsibility for their children . |
| 16 | He had discussed the matter in mid-August with General Mola , who ( naïvely , in the view of his closest aides ) was happy to allow Franco to take sole responsibility for arms procurement . |
| 17 | That an atheist regime was likely to take scant notice of advice based on religious preference is self-evident . |
| 18 | I have never before asked readers of New Scientist to take political action . |
| 19 | Their anger began to take political form . |
| 20 | Towards the end of the century their anger began to take political form . |
| 21 | They told Mr Adams they welcomed the statement that Sinn Fein was committed to work towards ‘ bringing the conflict to an end ’ and that he was ‘ prepared to take political risk ’ . |
| 22 | That such care may well characterize those activities which Scruton declares can not possess it is suggested by Andrew Lumsden 's appropriately passing remark on the casual , anonymous sexual encounter : ‘ for now I can only generalize : as I 've known it , men are never so peaceful , so unviolent ( physically and emotionally ) , so graceful with each other ( no matter how ‘ crude' ’ the act ) as they are — as we are — when content to take each other without the addition of names , or beds , or flats , or even of any clear impression of one-another 's looks ' ( Gay News , 235 ( Mar. 1982 ) , 17 ) . |
| 23 | And they 've been friends long enough to take each other for granted , turn up when they feel like it , and shut up when they 're busy . |
| 24 | I would like to take each tent by the comer and pull it down , and I would untether all the neat horses and the sleek , brushed bulls and send them with a huge cry into all the hills . |
| 25 | The usual practice , therefore , is to take each question individually and mark that one question on every script before going on to the next question . |
| 26 | ‘ Over the last four years I 've had to learn to take each day — and night — as it comes . |
| 27 | I have to take each day as it comes . |
| 28 | He had wanted to take each part ; eyes , skin , hair , bones , and he had wanted to scoop her up and hold her between his hands and never release her again . |
| 29 | ‘ We have received £350 from the district council , and hopefully £350 will come from the county council , but I think we have to take each stage as it arises . ’ |
| 30 | But the results are strongly contrasted. and perhaps the best way for the critic — as for the listener — is not to stretch comparisons , but to take each piece on its own , very different merits . |