Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] to take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am compelled to take this view by the early results of computer processing of language text . |
| 2 | ‘ I was asked to take two horses from Ireland and this was one of them . |
| 3 | As a Scot , I was expected to take New Year 's Day as leave rather than Christmas . |
| 4 | You are expected to take adequate steps to protect yourself . |
| 5 | Maybe you were tempted to take handheld shots on telephoto — perhaps with a very good reason , lions in a zoo are not very approachable and often the only way to shoot them in close-up is with a long-focus lens . |
| 6 | But in 1976 the recruitment market was dire and she was advised to take any job offered . |
| 7 | Can I say that we are now organising quite tightly the business of street collections , and I think if committee are minded to reduce the number of collections that we allow , we should decide that before we come to this meeting , because I think it 's very difficult in practical terms to do it at this stage , and therefore I would suggest that we do agree twenty-one , not withstanding what Graham said , we can take on board some of what he said , and maybe the month before we are asked to take this decision , we have an item on the agenda where we discuss the principle before we get down to the practicalities . |
| 8 | But to no avail … so we are forced to take industrial action . |
| 9 | ‘ We regret that we were forced to take this action , ’ said US trade representative Carla Hills . |
| 10 | Mobility for women who make up 45 per cent of the labour force involves little choice once they reach the 25–30 age group when they are expected to take temporary retirement into marriage . |
| 11 | Because of this , the only shock that can disturb current prices from the value they are expected to take next period is a relative demand shock . |
| 12 | This legislation requires that people for the first thirteen weeks that they are unemployed have the right to look for a job which they have experience in and enjoy doing , but after 13 weeks they are required to take any job that comes along . |
| 13 | He does n't really mean that elephants do n't need an explanation ; rather that he is satisfied that biologists can explain elephants , provided they are allowed to take certain facts of physics for granted . |
| 14 | I mean I may maybe decriminalization is part of that but I , as someone said why sho , why should n't people take er , drugs if they want to , they 're allowed to take other drugs ? |
| 15 | The Hooligans fought pitched battles among themselves — Chelsea Boys against Fulham Boys , or Chapel Street against Margaret Street — and they were said to take great pride in their famous victories over rival neighbourhoods . |
| 16 | In the second paragraph they expressly referred to the right of an over-subscribed school to adopt reasonable criteria for selection , the criteria had been published in this case , and that they were required to take such criteria into account . |
| 17 | But they were encouraged to take other risks because their basic business ( lending for house purchase ) was getting unprofitable , because supervision by federal examiners was weak and because federal deposit insurance in effect underwrote any risks they cared to take . |
| 18 | It 's expected to take two months just to identify and catalogue the antiques so they can be matched with items reported stolen.Two men are helping police with their inquiries . |
| 19 | It 's expected to take 9 months to complete . |
| 20 | President Bush has warned that he will not sign an extension of the Endangered Species Act unless it is amended to take local employment priorities into account , " because people and their jobs deserve protection too " . |
| 21 | a ‘ notice to warn ’ can require the trader upon whom it is served to take specified steps to warn consumers about unsafe goods which that trader supplies or has already supplied . |
| 22 | In summer 1986 it is planned to take two HND or degree students : their training schemes provide for them to understudy intermediate departmental managers ( including the Head Housekeeper ) for six-week periods . |
| 23 | It is designed to take minimum space and weighs 55 kg . |
| 24 | The notice shall state the date on which it is proposed to take such action and shall in no case be given less than four weeks before the examination is due to be taken . |
| 25 | The kestrel is an adaptable predator , and even in Europe it is known to take large quantities of insects and earthworms ( Brown , 1976 ; Yalden & Warburton , 1979 ) . |
| 26 | Before the war , he had been one of the most prominent members of the Dock workers ' Guild , acting as principal deputy to their father , the Chairman , but after he was disabled and discharged from the army , he was forced to take other work , helping Florrie to run their Aunt Emily 's corner grocery shop . |