Example sentences of "take [adv] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.

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1 As social services takes over responsibilities for the community care there will be a qualitative difference between social fund officers ’ decisions concerning packages of care if both are controlled by cash-limited budgets .
2 It became the last stop for taking on provisions for the large convoys of merchant and naval ships crossing the Atlantic .
3 In 1918 , the C.T.D.D. and N.C.T.D. merged to form the National College of Teachers of the Deaf ( N.C.T.D. ) which took over examinations for the diploma in the teaching of deaf children .
4 Thomas Forster was the only English Tory MP who actually took up arms for the Pretender .
5 ( The TRAGEDIANS have taken up positions for the continuation of the mime : which in this case means a love scene , sexual and passionate , between the QUEEN and the POISONER/KING . )
6 He has taken out patents for the process and for the chips .
7 In a recent article in the Irish Times , referring to the ‘ job creation ’ units set up by the Catholic Church , the paper hailed the clergy with the headline , ‘ Priests take on Provos for the People 's hearts ’ .
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