Example sentences of "[noun sg] takes [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , by delegating authority to subordinates , the superior takes on the extra tasks of calling the subordinates to account for their decisions and performance , and also of coordinating the efforts of different subordinates . |
| 2 | The hall takes up the central bay through the two storeys ; the dining- and drawing-rooms are on either side . |
| 3 | The surface of a warm , damp body takes up the wet-bulb temperature of the air around it . |
| 4 | Bourgeois ideology takes over the legitimizing functions of traditional society and thereby keeps power relations inaccessible to analysis and public consciousness . |
| 5 | ABBERLEY : In a part of Greece , a remote part , a man who kills another man takes over the dead man 's wife . |
| 6 | Whatever decision the government takes on the East-west route , the amount of traffic on the roads will continue to grow — and despite the problems of freight , the vast majority of vehicles on the roads — over 80% — are private cars . |
| 7 | The Government takes up the financial burden through the Public Service Obligation grant , but economies are still expected . |
| 8 | The lateral membrane takes up the entire length of one side of the chamber , pushing the grapes against the other side . |
| 9 | Both of these verbs evoke the general notion of permission , but whereas let takes only the bare infinitive , allow must be followed by to . |
| 10 | In return for a small share of the songs ' royalty earnings , the larger company takes over the day-to-day business of administering the musicians ' song catalogues while the musicians retain all copyright and control of their material ( see the ‘ self-publishing ’ section below ) . |