Example sentences of "which took [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The 1970s and 80s saw the development of models which took up the thesis that the mass media were not passive or neutral channels but exerted active influence to the advantage of select social groups .
2 He pointed out that schools which took up the offer would not know in advance how much the discount would save them .
3 Those centres which took up the offer helped SCOTVEC plan the deployment of its resources more effectively , while at the same time benefiting from earlier candidate certification .
4 It was the Press which took up the cause of the miners when British Coal wanted to sack 30,000 of them .
5 IDB Communications Group Inc reports that its IDB Worldcom unit , yesterday announced that it had signed a correspondent operating agreement with British Telecommunications Plc which allows it to provide international services to the UK ; IDB is in process of acquiring TRT , which took over the resale of capacity on the British Post Office 's phone network from National Networks Ltd .
6 The VAT returns for the last quarter are due in , and that big ( very profitable ) convention which took over the hotel for three weeks last year is imminent but you ca n't get at your data .
7 Beecroft , however , stayed on as a partner in the firm of Dillon , Tennant & Co. , which took over the shore establishments .
8 Director Manny Silverman said the backing consortium , which took over the house of Hartnell five years ago , could no longer support the company .
9 A detailed account of the first half-century of the history of the College , up to the foundation of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons , which took over the College 's examining functions in 1844 , was given by Leslie Pugh ( 1895–1983 ) in his book From Farriery to Veterinary Medicine , published by Heffer of Cambridge in 1962 The books by Iain Pattison on the development of the veterinary profession , and on Principal McFadyean , are invaluable sources of information .
10 The gift was signed by 92-year-old Mr Harry Moon of Earlston House , Coniscliffe Road , Darlington , who played for the 1923 Minor Counties side which took on the might of the West Indies .
11 In parallel with all of this , Intel developed Maths Co-Processors ( x87 chips ) which took on the task of computing floating point mathematics , and took away some of the load from the main x86 processor .
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