Example sentences of "the [noun pl] take [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chains took up the slack and emerged from the river , long dripping lines of rusty tension , bound to the circular ship with its two little funnels . |
| 2 | No clear principles determine the allocation of disputes to these bodies although the greater the element of discretion and the more important the policy considerations , the less likely it is for the courts to take on the new area of responsibility . |
| 3 | The Maggot , Ellen insisted , was an untoilet-trained redneck jerk whose only expertise was as a player of the most brutal and mindless sport to be devised since the lions took on the Christians . |
| 4 | What arrogance that is , that they allowed the schools to take on the full role when over fifty percent of em were already willing and anxious to do so . |
| 5 | Christian churches throughout Jerusalem , Israel proper and the occupied territories took the unprecedented step of closing in protest for the whole day of April 27 , and the controversy encouraged an improvement in relations between the normally conservative Greek Orthodox community and Palestinian Christians ; the Middle East International of April 27 reported that , soon after the Jews took over the hospice , a Palestinian flag had been raised on a nearby Greek Orthodox Church . |
| 6 | A native singing ceremony had been performed to clear bad spirits away before the Australians took up the positions . |
| 7 | Of course they could n't all be allowed to hide behind the columns of the nave or squat upon the font , and so the stewards took down the barriers and let them flood into my side . |
| 8 | You may not need as much as that , but erm Bacteria , nitrates in the soil and the plants taking up the nitrates some of the plants . |
| 9 | The therapists take on the role of director , facilitator , organizer , reinforcer , and teacher . |
| 10 | Computer technology was giving rise to a variety of innovative developments , and the field was in general pioneered by the CNAA and its institutions before the universities took up the challenge . |
| 11 | University — and particularly institute of education — suspicion of the entry of the CNAA into the field also spurred the universities to take up the challenge to validate the BEd that Robbins had thrown down . |
| 12 | And the officers took over the house . |
| 13 | This latter influence became more pronounced when the Britons took over the George Shanks version of the Protocols , entitled The Jewish Peril , in 1920 , and published the Victor Marsden version , World Conquest through World Government , in 1921 . |
| 14 | Videos of the cattle taken on the farm means that buyers for the big meat companies can shop around from their offices . |
| 15 | As the age-structure changed older spectators tended to leave the terraces to take up the increasing amount of seated accommodation ; the ‘ ends ’ were left to ‘ the lads ’ . |
| 16 | When Grant had disappeared down the stairs to take out the Control , Larsen held up his hands to hush the rising murmur of talk which was starting to swell among the excited kids crowding the corridor . |
| 17 | The group did little other than a few acts of minor sabotage , as they did n't have the arms to take on the Nazi army . |
| 18 | Bowled over … the girls taking on the boys at their own game . |
| 19 | Hollywood was just beginning to realize that the old phenomenon of stars might have an added significance in a period of depression and there must have been considerable delight in the studios at the alacrity with which the critics took up the subject of Cagney . |
| 20 | What they did was the nurses and the doctors took over the ward . |
| 21 | The clerk of each licensing board shall keep a register of applications for licences and shall , at the end of each day 's meeting of the board enter in the register the decisions taken on the applications . |
| 22 | After the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620 , the Carmelites took over the church . |
| 23 | Tomorrow the Parks take on the Provincials at Carrick while at Pickie in Bangor the Private Greens meet the BLI . |
| 24 | So the women take on the role of his good friends . |
| 25 | Miriam and all the women take up the refrain , and dance for joy . |
| 26 | At an impromptu Press conference , unionist councillors accused Secretary of State Peter Brooke of not having the guts to take on the IRA . |
| 27 | I 'd like an extended playground , because at lunchtime the boys take up the playground and play football and if we go on the playground just to run around , they say ’ Oi get off , we 're playing football . ’ |
| 28 | The Zombies take on the appearance of people the adventurers know ( and preferably care about or at least like ) and reach forward to them as if in greeting . |
| 29 | Some of the samples taken over the year showed levels of nitrogen dioxide at levels five times greater than the EC guidelines . |
| 30 | Not content with beating seven bells out of the test team at Lords The Aussies took on the Combined Universities in a three day game today and almost strangled it at birth . |