Example sentences of "take [adv] [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 The spectators can take over the performers ' roles .
2 Owen could take over the transcendentalists ' search for underlying patterns , but , since the relationships were ideal rather than physical , he could follow Cuvier 's refutation of transmutation by emphasizing the gaps between the different forms of vertebrate life .
3 Some say they 'll take over the children 's education completely as they try to help their youngsters make up for lost time .
4 If we are genuinely to make the services more acceptable and enhance users ' individual experiences we must take seriously the users ' views about their own personal treatment and care .
5 Laker took on the airlines ' cartel which held ticket prices high and broke it singlehanded .
6 The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public .
7 Only now it is more difficult to spot because they have taken away the visitors ' platform and the view through the most celebrated new gap in the Berlin Wall is often obscured by the steady stream of tramping East Berliners and their Trabant cars .
8 Even so , with at least two American tournaments lacking name sponsors at the time of writing and the LTA 's anxious search for a company willing to take over the men 's autumn indoor event in Birmingham , are we , I wonder , starting to see the icy blow of reality infiltrating a sport which , for so long , has seemed immune from the impact of any recession ?
9 They propose to take away the courts ' most important sanction — the power to take over a union 's assets .
10 However , this enthusiasm to convey solutions to pupils often ends up by precluding the pupils ' own ideas and can not only be inhibiting but also take away the pupils ' enjoyment of getting there themselves .
11 Bob Groves insisted there ought to be a public inquiry into the proposal , and called on Chelmsford Tory MP Simon Burns to take up the residents ' cause : they were less than happy with the MP 's response to date .
12 Clearly many staff had found the self-appraisal to be a valuable exercise and it was such staff , it seems , that were most positive about the process as a whole and who were most willing to take seriously the advisers ' recommendations .
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