Example sentences of "[vb pp] to take [adv prt] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Indonesia , which was expected to take over the chair of the movement from Yugoslavia in September 1992 , was elected by the Larnaca meeting as de facto chair with immediate effect .
2 As time passes the new bride is expected to take on the identity of her new family , making her subjugation complete .
3 At least two , the Statesman and the Indian Express , were expected to take up the story in their issues today .
4 Ministers are expected to take up the fight in the next few days and urge the banks that , at a time of national economic crisis , they must do their bit .
5 St James 's University Hospital in Leeds , where the TV series is filmed , is expected to take up the proposal for self-governing trusts in NHS hospitals which was given the go-ahead in the Queen 's Speech .
6 A Computing Support Officer has been appointed , and is expected to take up the post on 1st July .
7 Despite an increasing amount of intermarriage , few Koreans have wished to take up the option of naturalization , difficult enough to achieve in itself .
8 As The Beatles rose inexorably , so did Smith and by the time ‘ his mates ’ were splitting up in 1970 , he was approached to take over the editorship of NME .
9 Ridley had stated in an interview with the right-wing Spectator magazine which had appeared two days previously that European economic and monetary union was " a German racket designed to take over the whole of Europe " and must be " thwarted " .
10 Under new powers , also approved on June 26 , the Serbian Assembly had been empowered to take over the affairs of the Kosovo Assembly and of other official bodies , and to suspend troublemakers .
11 It was also reported that the Governor of Sokoto had decided to take up the issue with the federal authorities in Lagos .
12 He had a brother , Richard , who was later to play an important part in the family 's advancement in Rome , being destined to take over the running of the Conti estates in the Romagna .
13 The restoration of the monarchy , he said , would bring back the communism and anarchy which had threatened to take over the country before the Civil War .
14 This question echoes the old debates over the so-called ‘ managerial revolution ’ ( Burnham , Berle and Means ) where salaried personnel were seen to take over the running of firms .
15 Adjustable compensating magnets are fitted and these are used to take out the effect of deviation when the compass is checked ( " swung " ) .
16 Link welcomes new Burstwick correspondent who has agreed to take up the post from previous correspondent .
17 ‘ We put patriotism and self-sacrifice into them , and there is no doubt that after they have learnt a certain amount of that , ’ he explained as he outlined his strategy to the National Defence Association , ‘ they will feel bound to take up the defence in one form or another , should it be necessary , when the time comes . ’
18 In the autumn of 1918 , following the resignation of Mr. A. H. Pott , the Manager and Engineer of the Metropolitan Electric Tramways and the London United Tramways , C. J. Spencer , the Bradford Manager , currently absent on war service with the Admiralty , was invited to take over the management of the three London tramway companies .
19 Having asked about Shropshire 's youth and their existence within the diocese , my friend Clare and I were invited to take on the role of Shropshire 's Youth Representatives .
20 Whether Hastings is invited to take on the role of Scottish captain is for the future , but he acknowledges the good fortune he has enjoyed in playing under such inspiring leadership : ‘ You only need to look at the names of players who have captained Scotland to be aware of the tremendous honour it represents .
21 Control was informed of the news and the relief signalman , Ted Hudson who lived in Market Rasen , was summoned to take over the operation of the box .
22 In only the second year of operation , the ‘ jetless ’ Rendcomb Aerial Derby looks firmly set to take over the mantle of the Badminton Air Day , now sadly defunct .
23 ‘ Conservation is being asked to take on the burden of social policies for rural Britain . ’
24 In each of the above examples the children have been asked to take on the role of " people who know " ; and it is this which gives them their stake in the drama .
25 In a memorable analogy the black African nationalist ( and socialist ) leader Leopold Senghor had said that the French Union must not be built like a cage that no one would care to enter ; but in the Ho-Sainteny agreement the Vietminh were in effect being asked to take up the tenancy of a building that had not yet been constructed .
26 In 1938 Cranmer was asked to take over the captaincy from Bob Wyatt .
27 ‘ I bin asked to take over the choir like , for the concert , play the organ … . ’
28 ‘ So , Mr Calder , you were n't really surprised at being asked to take over the job of chairman ?
29 Sunderland 's housing committee is to be asked to take over the property with a view to renting it to a would-be tenant who could buy it outright in future under the right-to-buy scheme .
30 Parents have in some cases been asked to take over the practice of hearing their children read almost exclusively , either at home or in school .
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