Example sentences of "take [noun sg] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The impression you get in the book is not that Freud had erm some animosity against Moses the way he had against Woodrow Wilson , he was quite open about it in the Woodrow Wilson book , but that Freud is an intelligent erm believer in science , who nevertheless takes religion very seriously because of its psychological truth .
2 The first review takes place not later than six hours from the time the detention was authorised .
3 For most people ageing now takes place more slowly than in the past .
4 This process of learning takes place more rapidly and intensely during the early years of childhood than in later life .
5 This is a fibre which takes dye so easily and well to produce all these lovely vibrant colours .
6 Speculation about a re-orientation in French policy had been fuelled by the French Defence Minister , Pierre Joxe , who suggested in Paris on Sept. 29 that France should " take part more fully than previously in politico-military discussions " .
7 Statute further ensured that reversionary leases ( i.e. leases to take effect in the future ) , although capable of being legal , must take effect not more than 21 years from the date of their creation :
8 In London , the Foreign Office yesterday refused to confirm reports that the deportations would start as early as next Saturday and would only repeat the formula that they would take place sooner rather than later .
9 The traditional rhythm of work remains because most operations in agriculture , especially where the growing of crops is concerned , must take place sequentially rather than concurrently .
10 It is about extending decision-making to the level where it can take place most effectively and where it can be informed by local circumstances in the context of the policy and philosophy of the school .
11 The valuation of trading stock will normally take place only once or twice a year to coincide with the date of the end of the builder 's financial year or half-year , although larger companies may prepare quarterly accounts .
12 The ordering will take place as soon as possible after that , and the guitar will be built during the next couple of months .
13 The only option to this court in the circumstances is to order a rehearing before a freshly constituted family proceedings court and that should take place as soon as possible .
14 There has been some difference of opinion as to what that case decided , but there is no dispute that the court held that the postponement of the consultation process with the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge until three years after sentence was unlawful , and that it should take place as soon as possible after conviction .
15 By his waiver he had lost his right to regard the contract as repudiated on March 20 , but in the circumstances it was a condition of his waiver that delivery should take place as soon as possible .
16 Consultations at the highest political level shall take place as often as required , and at least once a year .
17 They also wanted to talk about Mr Lee 's policy for dealing with the action group , and asked that a meeting should take place as quickly as possible ; no replies were received to these letters , and the requests were made repeatedly .
18 So each step has to be planned patiently with her , so that this big change in her life can take place as smoothly as possible .
19 A Man must have seen me take stance there regularly and known I might come back again .
20 A big hand must go to the Canadians who took part so wholeheartedly and the many other international representatives .
21 As the camp progressed , a number of interesting changes took place both within and between the groups .
22 The growth of German industry , the flight from the land , the Ostflucht and the ending of serfdom had all broken the bonds of the Prussian feudal system ; had caused a massive upheaval in terms of social and geographical mobility ; had caused a radical change and development in German class- and national consciousness , and had created problems of identity deep within the German consciousness , precisely because they took place much later than in the west European nations .
23 The growth of student numbers took place far faster than in the UK — and the consequences for the nature of university education have been correspondingly more dramatic .
24 This factor of material prosperity , which was already cited by Sombart ( 1906 ) at the beginning of this century as a partial explanation of the absence of any large-scale socialist movement in the US , acquired particularly great importance in the period following the Second World War , when economic growth took place more rapidly than ever before , and the question could be posed as to whether the US did not simply show to capitalist Europe the image of its own future — a future that would be characterized by a decline of the socialist movement , and indeed of all ideological revolutionary parties and movements .
25 Already in November 1941 , the SD was reporting ‘ disappointment that the final smashing of Bolshevism is not taking place as rapidly as hoped and that no end of the eastern campaign is in sight ’ , a dampening of optimism at the news of the first falls of snow and the feeling that further advancement might be extremely difficult , puzzlement at the failure to advance further when the Russian troops were allegedly so poor and so badly equipped , concern at the reports of continued tough resistance of the Soviet army , and pessimism that ‘ the way to the Urals was still a long one , and the partisan war could still last a good while ’ .
26 When he asked , then , ‘ What has Ingeld to do with Christ ? ’ , he was using Ingeld as an example of the most extreme gap between good ‘ heroic ’ behaviour and good Christian behaviour ; Ingeld took unforgivingness as far as it could go .
27 Although I sailed through O-Level I never took maths any further and I never engaged creatively in the process of doing mathematics .
28 It has been noted that early Methodism took root most significantly where the Church was weak .
29 Nobody could blame her for taking life as seriously as she 'd had to , but the way to some kind of peace and personal balance would surely lie in the opportunity to stop running and relax a little .
30 We have to stop taking life so seriously and really have some fun with it ’ .
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