Example sentences of "take [adv prt] [coord] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carolyn Henderson finds out how pint-sized performers can take on and beat the big boys . |
| 2 | It will , for example , be essential to set a short time-scale to phase out any remaining specialist LMS implementation teams in order that personnel within thy whole authority can take on and experience the new culture required by devolved management and competition . |
| 3 | 5-5 was the final score , with Oxford proving they can take on and tackle the best . |
| 4 | Under the state of emergency , the government can take over or direct the operation of public utilities and businesses . |
| 5 | If there are many cable crossovers the loose tension will hardly show and will certainly make the knitting easier , but where there are few cables and a lot of plain knitting the looseness of the plain knitting will take over and make the work look faulty . |
| 6 | The HRD practitioner should explain to the executive managers that the transformation will not occur unless people are feeling so much pain in the present situation that they are motivated to change it ; in the absence of such pain , resistance will take over and make the change difficult or even impossible . |
| 7 | Soccer officialdom , as Mr Clough observed ‘ thought I would take over and run the show . |
| 8 | ‘ Although we 're currently in the trough of the cycle , there 's no doubt we have assets at our disposal across all our businesses which will allow us to take on and beat the best of the competition . |
| 9 | We will enable tenants to apply for Housing Action Trusts to take over and improve the worst estates . |
| 10 | Creditors have applied for a court order to take over and sell the building . |
| 11 | Creditors have applied for a court order to take over and sell the building . |
| 12 | The establishment of two Urban Development Corporations ( UDCs ) to take over and plan the development of the derelict dockland areas of Liverpool and London . |
| 13 | Detroit was paving the way for Mueller to take over and run the whole bloody show from America . |
| 14 | Only one was emphatic that he did not wish his son to take over and have the same hard life as himself . |
| 15 | OSF is now believed to be looking for a commercial partner to take over and productise the technology , which is much-needed within the industry . |
| 16 | At Hastings and at Southport in 1934 , controversy centred around the issue of " Emergency Powers " , i.e. the granting to a future Labour government of " authority to take over or regulate the financial machine , and to put into force any measures that the situation may require for the immediate control or socialization of industry " . |
| 17 | Now , foreign dogmatism threatens to drive the government down a road it abhors — forcing it to oblige industry to take back and recycle the packaging it ships its product in . |