Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to take [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could she tell him that Peter 's ‘ intervention ’ had only been supposed to take up a week of her time ? |
| 2 | In such a situation , ruling bodies , be it the WBO , WBA or WBC , are reluctant to take away a champion 's title when it has been so close . |
| 3 | I am sure Lennie Lawrence , Steve Gritt and Allan Curbishley would be delighted to take up a teaching post . |
| 4 | In the market , a person who can perform certain activities more efficiently may be able to take over a firm and capture the rent accruing as a result of greater efficiency . |
| 5 | Any manufacturing jeweller would honestly be able to take over a consignment of several hundred , especially if he were offered a 10 or 15 per cent discount on market price . |
| 6 | and then they can expect them at the end of like x amount of time to be able to take over a department , then when it falls apart they 're gon na be the one to take it . |
| 7 | If you feel that you will be unable to take out a loan in this way or that it will cause you financial hardship , you can apply to the Social Services Department for help . |
| 8 | It may be necessary to take out a Power of Attorney , or an Enduring Power of Attorney ( Age Concern , 1986 , p. 76–86 ) . |
| 9 | No bogus student who 's slipped through the system is likely to take up a polytechnic place ; the paperwork is what they 're after , not the course work . |
| 10 | To ensure that the loan will be repaid if you should die before the term is up , it is essential to take out a mortgage protection policy ( also called term assurance ) . |
| 11 | So when buying it is wise to take along a plan of the room with all the essential measurements marked on it.l Material quantities can then be calculated in the shop . |
| 12 | If you are putting the lift in and paying for it yourself it is wise to take out a maintenance agreement and add the lift to your Home Contents Insurance . |
| 13 | The rest of the cabinet was still reluctant to commit the taxpayer , but it was ready to take seriously a scheme put up by Lionel Rothschild for an international trust fund . |