Example sentences of "[adj] to take [noun] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point has been to set people free from constraints ; and leave them free to take advantage of the opportunities around them . |
| 2 | Lord Donaldson ruled that Mr Hurd , in deciding whether to issue a directive , and in deciding its terms , was free to take account of the terms of the European Convention , but was under no obligation to do so . |
| 3 | It followed that while the Home Secretary was free to take account of the terms of the Convention , he was not obliged to do so and that the terms of the Convention were irrelevant to the court 's decision . |
| 4 | ‘ One 's also got to be very careful to take account of the word ‘ contract ’ . |
| 5 | Neither approach by itself is adequate to take account of the complexities involved in meeting the needs of our children and our schools at the present time . |
| 6 | There now exists a variety of provision for education , training , work experience and advice supported by central government , local government and voluntary bodies , but experience suggests that some of those most in need of such services are relatively ill prepared to take advantage of the opportunities they offer . |
| 7 | Development of the worker-client relationship and of the case as a case may depend a lot on how far the client sees the worker as filling the position of parent adequately and how far the social worker is prepared to take account of the client 's expectations in this respect . |
| 8 | From the beginning of the Emergency , Nairobi was abuzz with rumours that the government had a secret weapon — the Masai , who , given the chance , would be delighted to take care of the Kikuyu . |
| 9 | There had been an informal group in California Kirkbride for many years but the Charles Street-Kirkbride Area Council ( CSKAC ) was officially constituted in 1979 to take advantage of the UDAG . |
| 10 | ENynex Corp has extended its status as the biggest cable television operator in the UK by buying out US Cable Corp and Morgan Cable Ltd to take control of the Bury and Rochdale and Oldham and Tameside cable franchises : the New York and New England phone company now holds 19 franchises surviving a potential 2.7m homes and offices , and says it plans to invest over £1,000m in the next six to seven years to provide cable and telephone services ; at present it is providing cable television services to only 35,000 customers and 20,000 telephone lines . |
| 11 | If the criminal law is to impose further duties on citizens , it is important to take account of the legality principles , particularly the principle of maximum certainty ( see Chapter 3.3 ( i ) and ( g ) ) . |
| 12 | Second , it is important to take account of the extent to which a lack of clarity about policy stems from a lack of potential consensus . |
| 13 | However , in judging the framework of the modern corporation as an attempt to balance the interests , rights and responsibilities of all concerned it is important to take account of the welter of legislation , since the introduction of limited liability , which protects the interests of employees , consumers , suppliers and creditors . |
| 14 | Having reached a situation where healthcare in the form of surgery , physiotherapy or whatever is needed , they are unable to take advantage of the treatment available . |
| 15 | I was able to take controls of the aircraft when we were up in the sky . |
| 16 | Always have a pen and paper by the phone so that you are able to take notes of the conversation . |
| 17 | Finally , firms that do extensive R&D seem to be better able to take advantage of the experience generated by travelling down the learning curve ( see Lieberman , 1984 ) . |
| 18 | A period of anarchy followed , in which the Turks were able to take advantage of the divisions amongst their Christian enemies to raid into both Croatia and the Slovene lands of Carniola . |
| 19 | As there is never enough money to do all the BDA wants to do the Association was fortunate during the years 1982–1988 to be able to take advantage of the Manpower Services Commission 's scheme of placing unemployed people in short-term work for the benefit of the community . |
| 20 | Newton was able to take advantage of the work of Galileo , Kepler and others to construct that comprehensive physics that he published in his Principia in 1687 . |
| 21 | It is hoped that social scientists will not only be able to carry out with greater ease and rapidity those types of computation previously undertaken on mainframe computers but that they may also be able to take advantage of the machines ’ ability to handle graphical information . |
| 22 | Instead it is the government of the day which is able to take advantage of the flexibility of the system to impose its definition of a convention at any particular time . |
| 23 | The extent to which a child is able to take advantage of the learning opportunities , which are made available within a particular setting on a day-to-day basis , will be a major factor in influencing how much progress occurs . |
| 24 | British depot-based fleets are in the enviable position of being able to take advantage of the technology now . |
| 25 | ‘ A ’ level entrants to the financial services industry are able to take advantage of the Pre-Associateship Route , introduced in 1991 , which enables them to progress to the Associateship examinations after completing a foundation programme of four Banking Certificate subjects : |
| 26 | Those who benefited from improved earnings , however , were not the rural poor , but the farmers who were able to take advantage of the opportunities the Green Revolution had to offer . |
| 27 | One researcher was Ignaty Steletsky , who in the 1920s was able to take advantage of the fact that the Moscow Underground was being built . |
| 28 | Concessionaires usually employ their own staff , but are able to take advantage of the facilities offered by the department store , together with its advertising , and its larger numbers of customers . |
| 29 | Thus during the worst crisis in British industrial history neither the labour movement nor its radical Left were able to take advantage of the situation . |
| 30 | The survey upon which these findings were based did not provide sufficient details of personal characteristics for us to be able to take account of the influences certain of these might have exerted . |