Example sentences of "[vb base] to take [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gordon said : ‘ If this happens we want to take projects off the shelf to keep up our level of investment , and we would have to look earlier at light rail transport schemes . ’ |
| 2 | I want to take issue with the idea that children are in any simple sense appropriating gender roles from the texts they consume , and argue instead that we should pay more attention to the social process which structure gendered readings . |
| 3 | If you want to take part in the quiz in 1993 , look out for announcements in the magazine . |
| 4 | We want to take control of the situation , but it is no use hon. Members like the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , West telling me that we should have a conference and then table a Bill and that would be the end of the matter . |
| 5 | ‘ People ought to be able to decide whether they want to take risks on the basis of information which gives them an idea of how much risk there is , ’ says Helen Peggs , ‘ but at the moment the information they get is often distorted . ’ |
| 6 | Families may have to share lavatories with other families or it may be inconveniently placed and so parents find that it is too much bother to take children to the lavatory and continue to let them soil . |
| 7 | So , for starters , we actually have a six-piece sail to take advantage of the ripstop nylon . |
| 8 | Thus a person who carries on a VAT exempt business ( such as a bookmaker , dentist , doctor , funeral director or registered nursing home ) might deliberately start a small-scale taxable business and hope to take advantage of the rules . |
| 9 | Primary process thinking , dream " logic " and the construction of generally illogical stories all seem to take place throughout the night 's sleep . |
| 10 | Our sense of awe wakes up when we begin to take notice of the mysteries of life . |
| 11 | 9.35 : Check money and ticket stubs returned from parents for the Christmas Draw to take place at the school social evening next month . |
| 12 | REMEMBER to take pictures of the flower displays at your location this summer for a change of winning 1993 Location in Bloom competition . |
| 13 | Takeovers and mergers continue to take place within the life assurance sector . |
| 14 | It 's the time you decide to take revenge for the wrongs that have been done to you when you were too nave and scared to do anything about it . |
| 15 | They usually deal with the situation in one of two ways — they patronise you and try to take control on the assumption that you must need their guidance to do a decent job ; or they undermine you by making obscene remarks and deliberately causing problems . |
| 16 | Anyway I pretend to take ages in the toilet . |
| 17 | But he has received a letter withdrawing the invite to take part in the discussion , which will feature Tory Michael Fallon , Labour 's Alan Milburn and Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg . |
| 18 | If approval is denied , the DCs which are active through the package are returned to state ACTIVE in order to allow the appropriate rework to take place on the modules . |
| 19 | More importantly , they fail to take account of the complications that all generalizations about sex and gender roles have given humanity 's constitutional bisexuality . |
| 20 | They are frequently written in a way that omits insulin when the blood glucose is within the normal range , and they usually fail to take account of the insulin resistance induced by increased ketone body production . |
| 21 | Concentrating on the relationships between theories and individual observation statements or sets of them , they fail to take account of the complexity of major scientific theories . |
| 22 | Arguments around the issue of housework fail to take account of the fact that large numbers of married women with children spend large amounts of their working days outside the home in paid work . |
| 23 | Because private producers fail to take account of the costs they impose on others , in equilibrium the social marginal cost will exceed the social marginal benefit . |
| 24 | ‘ These people tend to take advantage of the trust they have built up with their official hat on . |
| 25 | Their entertainment , their socializing , even their shopping , tend to take place outside the village . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , all these learning activities tend to take place in the abstract , they do not relate to publications you actually produce as part of your job . |
| 27 | Although the City Code does not have the force of law , those who wish to take advantage of the facilities of the securities markets in the UK are expected to conduct themselves in matters relating to takeovers according to the City Code . |
| 28 | Perhaps those hon. Members who have raised points of order have done a service to the hon. Members who wish to take part in the ballot . |
| 29 | Jim Wattis , Middlesbrough Council 's football development officer , wants nine to 13-year-olds who wish to take part in the county 's biggest five-a-side event to contact him . |
| 30 | I shall be brief because I realise that at least two other hon. Members wish to take part in the debate . |