Example sentences of "of [noun] take [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malone absorbed the pressure and against the run of play took up a position inside their opponents 22 . |
| 2 | Not quite the sort of punt to take on a picnic . |
| 3 | All this of course took up a great deal of time and delayed the completion of Robyn 's thesis on the nineteenth-century industrial novel , which had to be constantly revised to take the new theories into account . |
| 4 | ‘ And this heap of fur taking up the warmest spot is Blue . |
| 5 | Wales , Toshiba took over the Rank factory in Plymouth , Tatung of Taiwan took over the Decca factory in Bridgenorth , Mitsubishi took over the Tandberg factory in Scotland and Sanyo has bought the Philips factory in Lowestoft . |
| 6 | The Evening Star sponsored Star of Anglia takes on a new format this year . |
| 7 | Lists inventory of furniture in a Haunted House inventory of equipment to take on a journey/expedition menus for the King 's celebratory banquet or a friend 's birthday party shopping list for ingredients for a cake shopping list for Christmas presents census returns — who lives here , what do they do ? |
| 8 | With a ruthless new breed of killers taking over the leadership reigns , the threat to the Roman Catholic community is now higher than it has ever been . |
| 9 | as the level of average consumption rises , an increasing portion of consumption takes on a social as well as an individual aspect … the satisfaction that individuals derive from goods and services depends in increasing measure not only on their own consumption but on consumption by others as well . |
| 10 | William I of Normandy took over a new country and , to unite it and to bring peace and prosperity to it in accordance with his ideas , he had to show strength . |
| 11 | For some time before this heavy clouds had increased and in the west the sky had become a dense purplish-black , a range of mountainous cumulus against which the outlines of buildings took on a curious clarity and the trees stood out livid and sickly bright . |
| 12 | A third group of carers take on the job because they feel that they have to . |
| 13 | The order of salvation takes up the order of creation . |
| 14 | The real work of acting takes on a different dimension . |
| 15 | A new team of managers took over the semi-state-owned bank on May 13th . |
| 16 | When a different set of people takes up the questions , this becomes obvious . |
| 17 | A ‘ significant number ’ of people took out a card because of the affinity connection , the society says . |
| 18 | as if life at Westminster were not strain enough , the House of Lords took on the Commons in a tug o' war contest this week . |
| 19 | In the distance the cries of rage took on a shrill note of terror . |
| 20 | She apologises for her simplicity , giving a busy woman 's reason : ‘ T is true I write in shortened measure , Because I scrawl but at my leisure ; For why ? — sublimity of style Takes up a most prodigious while … |
| 21 | Jesus had come to Jerusalem , the capital of Judaism to take on the religious authorities and at this point in time in this Gospel it looks like he 's lost , gon na be dead in a couple of days . |
| 22 | First , bodies of thought take on a solidity through being structured around dominant paradigms . |
| 23 | Moreover , within just eleven years he had been elevated to the honorific status of ‘ Dom ’ and sent to the abbey of Hautvillers to take up the post of cellarmaster , a position second only to that of abbot . |
| 24 | After his appointment in 1631 as Chief Justice of the southern forests , the Earl of Holland took over the direction of the Forest Eyre , and presided at subsequent justice Seats . |
| 25 | The fact that Adorno 's thinking on the question is locked into a model which pits individual subject against reified social totality leads his picture of the social meaning of music to take on a monolithic appearance . |
| 26 | Then there were truly new beginnings , a hated Poor Law , dead and buried ; a single , uncluttered task — to improve the quality of public care ; and a specially recruited ( and largely newly trained ) new band of professionals to take on the exciting role of pioneers . |
| 27 | The transferability and the value of the culture of higher education to society lie not in the acquisition of specific competencies , but in the propensity of graduates to take up a sceptical stance to what they come across ( in truth claims , in concept , in value , in ways of going on ) . |
| 28 | What percentage of pupils take up the offer of extra-curricular activities ? |
| 29 | Publication of the standards is part of a series of initiatives taken over the last few years , including production of the ‘ Best Practice ’ management kit in 1985 , The Society 's model ‘ Office Manual ’ [ 1987 ] , the development of management training , and publication of the ‘ Quality Briefing ’ and ‘ Client Care Guide . ’ |
| 30 | That and the odd bit of gardening takes up the time . ’ |