Example sentences of "take the [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's no money in them and it takes the right machinery to cut them up . |
| 2 | The largest questions the members of a management partnership must answer are whether sharing is practicable , whether its members believe in it and how long — if it is a reality — it takes the outside world to believe that it can provide the promised level of quality . |
| 3 | This selects the case which takes the shortest time to generate the income needed to pay back the total investment in the project . |
| 4 | This selects the case which takes the shortest time to generate the income needed to pay back the total investment in the project . |
| 5 | When an azure-winged magpie is fooled into accepting a cuckoo 's eggs , the cuckoo chicks will take the first opportunity to push the magpie 's own eggs out of the nest . |
| 6 | Carole would take the first opportunity to get her on her own and have a word with her in private . |
| 7 | I asked him how long it would take the then government to assess the success of Lord Rothschild 's reforms . |
| 8 | The use of such tests is a controversial issue , with on the one hand , anti-abortion lobbies arguing that life begins at conception and that therefore all abortion is wrong , through to womens ' groups who believe that such tests should be available to all pregnant women of all ages , so that those who do not wish to take the risk of giving birth to a mentally handicapped child may take the appropriate actions to prevent it . |
| 9 | I should be obliged if you would now take the appropriate steps to have the recoveries examined or alternatively to authorise their return . |
| 10 | The user should take the appropriate action to enable the file to scan successfully . |
| 11 | Yet membership of the ERM means that few can take the appropriate action to stimulate their economies . |
| 12 | Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible . |
| 13 | d ) The Decision Maker : where decisions take the form of modified re-buys or new task purchasing , it is most likely that senior functional , divisional or general management will take the actual decision to purchase , and choose the supplier , specification and product . |
| 14 | The Secretary of State could take the necessary steps to give people a 100 per cent . |
| 15 | Thus I deceived her into thinking that she had scared me , and that I would take the necessary steps to ward off fatality . |
| 16 | This ensures that all affected users are notified of problems , and can take the necessary steps to correct any problems with individual modules . |
| 17 | This ensures that all affected users are notified of problems , and can take the necessary steps to correct any problems with individual modules . |
| 18 | If this seems to be the cause , resolve in future to spot the effect in your camcorder viewfinder before you press the button so that you can take the necessary action to avoid the fault . |
| 19 | Erm market demand will take the easier site to develop first . |
| 20 | Stone conservators , for example , work with chemical solvents and resins and must take the utmost care to avoid any risk of damage . |
| 21 | The French government announced that it would take the strongest measures to ensure that Aoun met the conditions attached to his asylum , which included refraining from making public statements on political issues . |
| 22 | They were all minors and Joseph was taking the normal step to protect their interests , for if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband . |
| 23 | But if you 're an individual or small business buyer , then you 'll probably be better off taking the following steps to make sure purchasing your computer is a painless as possible . |
| 24 | The official stayed and , in later years , coined the best metaphor for the Wilson style : Harold as the great player of Space Invaders taking the first blip to cross the screen whether it was important or not . |
| 25 | One of my assets in journalism , as Fred Workman told me some years later , was the habit of creating stories and features by developing an idea and then taking the necessary steps to work it into an acceptable feature . |
| 26 | DIRE warnings are given of the consequences of taking the necessary measures to make cars more environment-friendly . |
| 27 | The story circulated that the Warwickshire committee asked Calthorpe to delay taking the new ball to prolong the entertainment : certainly W.G. Quaife , the aging Warwickshire star , bowled luxurious legbreaks throughout the afternoon , ending with 3 for 154 . |
| 28 | But Hall began to dominate , leading 6-0 and then 9-4 before taking the second game to level the match . |
| 29 | There is disintegration when no common morality is observed , and history shows that the loosening of moral bonds is often the first stage of disintegration , so that society is justified in taking the same steps to preserve its moral code as it does to preserve its Government and other essential institutions . |
| 30 | Make sure that the baby 's body is facing the breast and that he or she is taking the whole nipple to fill its mouth . |