Example sentences of "take [noun] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | iii Caretaker or lost child : This child takes responsibility for the family and looks after it by gently blending into the background and keeping the peace . |
| 2 | He takes charge for the match against Leigh on Saturday when Tony Rampling , an Australian forward , will make his debut for the club , who have lost all five matches so far . |
| 3 | In the evening he takes classes for the village children and perhaps acts as a model for their future . |
| 4 | It takes time for the validity or fruitfulness of any academic development to become clear , and too rapid a response to intellectual fashions could leave institutions with an embarrassing residue of dubious courses , which once installed are difficult to dislodge . |
| 5 | LASMO believes that as operator it must take responsibility for the care and protection of the environment and it must ensure that every aspect of its work is carried out in a safe and effective way . |
| 6 | To ensure that the external assessors are independent of , and are clearly seen as being independent of , the directors of the companies they assess , an audit review panel should take responsibility for the appointment , and the termination of the appointment , of the external assessors . |
| 7 | It has been argued that it would make sense for whoever runs the train services to also take responsibility for the track . |
| 8 | So suppliers must take responsibility for the delivery of fully-tested components . |
| 9 | On 21 September Prime Minister Clement Attlee informed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin , then in New York , that he favoured a declaration from the United Nations that it would take responsibility for the rehabilitation of the whole country . |
| 10 | In so doing , they enable women to organise against their own victimisation and create the conditions in which men themselves may take responsibility for the reform of masculinity . |
| 11 | It will take months for the appeal to be heard , putting all the machinery of the lawsuit in slow gear , although the discovery process will continue . |
| 12 | It can take months for the violence to subside , they take it out on themselves by punching the walls or scratching their wrists . |
| 13 | They will take initiative for the sake of ‘ the poor and needy strangers ’ , namely those outside the church who have no intention of going near the institutional church . |
| 14 | The Government Railway Inspector was generally satisfied with the trials , and public steam runs can now take place for the centenary of the MER next year . |
| 15 | The disabled lobby in the arts must take credit for the work they have done in making galleries more accessible , but there is a great deal more to do in order to encourage and demonstrate the creative talents of older people that undoubtedly exist . |
| 16 | He had some lovely tartan coloured rugs which I used to go and admire over at Clove Lodge , where he would take lodgings for the night . |
| 17 | They can take measures for the burning of the heaths , the clearing of drains , and the repair and maintenance of the Forest pounds : these measures they carry out through the agency or with the permission of the Forestry Commissioners . |
| 18 | Not only that , but one imagines such huts to be found in the very heart of the wilderness , where one can not ascend a peak and walk out in a single day , and must take shelter for the night . |
| 19 | Accent or dialect can communicate place of residence during acquisition of language ; and it may take time for the listener to become accustomed to a different dialect . |
| 20 | It may well take time for the church planting team to see fruit of this kind . |
| 21 | Jaruzelski took responsibility for the act , but repeated his assertion that martial law had prevented the greater evil of an invasion by the Soviet Union . |
| 22 | A member of the council , he functioned as escort to the king 's daughter , Queen Margaret of Scotland [ q.v. ] , during 1252–3 , and in March 1254 took responsibility for the English and Welsh lands of the young Prince Edward . |
| 23 | Within the committee , each member took responsibility for the committee 's work in certain Major Project schools , and thus provided a link between the committee and those who were implementing the project on the ground . |
| 24 | At the same time they took responsibility for the home , ’ she says . |
| 25 | In the third case , one teacher took responsibility for the majority , while the other looked after a small group , or even an individual . |
| 26 | The teacher tutors took responsibility for the development of all the work of the classes concerned ( fourth and fifth year ) . |
| 27 | The colleges took responsibility for the delivery of the new courses while SCOTVEC was the guardian of national standards . |
| 28 | After Andy Payton 's failure against Plymouth Argyle ten days ago , stand-in skipper Phillips took responsibility for the spot kick and calmly sent Paul Reece the wrong way for his third goal of the season . |
| 29 | Gudbartsson , took responsibility for the last-named . |
| 30 | Abdesellam himself took responsibility for the Economy Ministry , as had Ghozali before him . |