Example sentences of "they can take " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Ideally we would like to go back to a site a few months after installation , for a meeting with senior management to show them how they can take advantage of the system , ’ Chudley says .
2 Because they 're a private school , they can take anybody they like — which is me in this case . ’
3 How much they can take in depends partially on the structure of their leaves .
4 They can take it or leave it . ’
5 You have to develop that relationship because they can take advantage of you when ever and where ever they want . ’
6 In the evening they can take on a luminous glow and fill the air with perfume .
7 On the other hand , they can take many years to achieve full bearing , occupy a lot of space and often have to be picked or tended from a ladder .
8 They can take measures for the burning of the heaths , the clearing of drains , and the repair and maintenance of the Forest pounds : these measures they carry out through the agency or with the permission of the Forestry Commissioners .
9 ‘ Either they can back the Union or they can take the first , irrevocable step towards separation , ’ he said at the party 's morning press briefing .
10 Or rather , they can take five .
11 Perhaps its greatest advantage is its ability to point social workers to the simple , practical steps they can take to improve the quality of life for children whose other difficulties may prove impossible to remedy .
12 The point is that SRC 's customers are the individual businesses in Specialties and other parts of the ICI group , and they can take their work elsewhere .
13 They can take up to three breaks , but the total length can not be longer than five years .
14 For many people , disbelief in God is the closest revenge they can take against a manipulative parent .
15 ‘ Separate beds it is to minimise the infection , as much liquids as they can take , except milk .
16 They can take any shape and cover vastly varying distances .
17 They can take their minds off it , but it can make them irritable or ‘ difficult ’ .
18 They can take many forms .
19 This will sustain them until they can take ‘ crumb ’ pellets .
20 Last January 's shock FA Cup exit against Wrexham acts as a sharp reminder that they can take nothing for granted at Scarborough .
21 It is sometimes admitted that there are dangers in this in that they can take the wrong decisions , about new technology , or marketing a product , or about industrial relations , and it is implied that if these decisions lead to the wrong strategy then all will be lost for everyone .
22 This year it includes a series of extravaganzas in sports centres at Omagh , Craigavon , Lisburn and Ballymena and the distribution of a booklet telling children how they can take up a sport .
23 According to Professor Cooper , this type of break is also more beneficial to employees as they can take time off when they need it most .
24 They can take artefacts , fragments of bone , curious edifices and so on , and make inferences from these , but they know that they can never , ever state precisely the truth of the past .
25 They can take us all the way across this place .
26 Although they can not add points to their own club they can take points away from the others by finishing ahead of their rivals .
27 Very often , parents can be helped by a clear description of the child 's abilities and the areas of relative weakness , especially if this is written down so that they can take it away and read it at their leisure .
28 They can take some getting used to and a bit of furtive fumbling is to be expected on the first few occasions .
29 embed sentences in relations to reality in such a way that they can take on the general pragmatic functions of representation , expression and establishing interpersonal relations .
30 They can take me or leave me . ’
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