Example sentences of "that [pers pn] take [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I , , be having been elected to the office of Vice Chair , declare that I take that office upon myself and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it according to the best of my judgement and ability .
2 I should say also that I take some comfort from noticing that the judgments were reserved for five months .
3 Now that she took another look at it , it was a rather insignificant sort of nose on which any pair of spectacles might be expected to slip .
4 ‘ D' you mean to say , Elaine , that you took more notice of her than he did ? ’
5 that you take all recommendations
6 It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water .
7 You should take with you to the Bank your birth certificates and I suggest that you take some photocopies so that the Bank can forward these to the insurance company with your proposal form so that your ages can be admitted without further delay .
8 I am not suggesting that you take this model too seriously .
9 Assuming that you take this advice and collect used paper or cut some to suit your purpose , what next ?
10 That is not to say that we take such episodes to consist in relational facts .
11 My right hon. and hon. Friends must take stronger action in concert with our European partners to show the world that we take this situation much more seriously than many people in Yugoslavia seem to think .
12 Could I ask that we take any questions at the end of session .
13 The spokesman said : ‘ I can assure Mr Grainger that we take these sort of allegations very seriously indeed and the matter will be thoroughly investigated . ’
14 Also , current recommendations for screening for stroke and major coronary events by blood pressure measurements are not rational in that they take little account of the absolute risk of these diseases , specifying cut off levels for blood pressure screening that take little or no account of age .
15 Sainsbury , for example , defend the sky-high price of their organic vegetables by saying that they take less percentage profit on them , and that the wholesalers seem to be the ones jacking up the price .
16 Certainly men at the central station boasted proudly of the fact that they took more prisoners per year than any other division in the whole force .
17 Images of Nazism and the war appear so often on the screen that it took some effort to realise that these were real people inside those costumes ; that the peaked cap and leather boots were n't on hire from the wardrobe department .
18 They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary .
19 The responsibility had lain so heavily that it took some time to readjust .
20 Its honours for impresarios and maverick businessmen — what The Times called examples of ‘ unrepentant Darwinism , of the business survival of the fittest and of nature red in tooth and claw ’ — so appalled them and the Palace that it took several weeks for approval to be obtained .
21 Such was the official secrecy , or confusion , that it took several weeks to confirm that no RCM boys were among the casualties .
22 Frequently the results were so error-prone that it took more effort to correct the translation than it actually did to manually translate the text .
23 Alright , now if we look at the , the rural instead of the urban wage rate , right , up here alright , now let's just say that it takes that amount of time before this individual gets a job in the urban area , alright , now if we discount alright the erm , the rural , the urban wages right , that 's all this
24 I was questioned about this in recent years when I visited the Camp during one of my lecture rounds to the ATC in the Highlands , but I only add this yarn to illustrate that it takes all kinds to make any air force station , and I am sure our childrens ' children will be told and the tale will no doubt be embroidered to suit the occasion .
25 Therefore we want to think ahead to future access to the information in the Journals , and the price is that it takes more time now .
26 We do not know how this activated state is subsequently maintained throughout the healing process , although the final overrun and pile-up suggest that it takes some time to switch off .
27 A good friend of mine , in the same set for physics and chemistry , grew so disturbed that he took some scissors and cut all round the stiff white collars , which we have to wear on Sundays , and made them into little points . "
28 Although Richard claimed that he took this initiative in the hope of bringing about peace so that the crusade could get under way , his father objected strongly , presumably on the grounds that the general position of the Angevins would be weakened if they admitted the principle that their disputes could be settled in their overlord 's court .
29 She had an American boyfriend whom she was cultivating like mad and apparently he was so stunned by the first sight of Rosie 's straight grey legs and black feet pointing to twenty past eight that he took several photos of them with his expensive Leica camera , exclaiming joyfully , ‘ Oh boy !
30 Check that he takes any medicines prescribed for him correctly .
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