Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb mod] take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A World Cup final is the wrong time and place to prove a point and the English management must take the blame for letting the press and the Australians sucker them into self destruction . |
| 2 | Before making such statements , the hon. Gentleman should take the time and trouble to read the Further and Higher Education Bill that is going through another place . |
| 3 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman will take the trouble both to read my announcement about the improvements in cold weather payments this year and to go to the Library to see how those allocations are made . |
| 4 | A number of executive members agreed that the newly formed Coalition for Scottish Democracy would take the lead on campaigning for constitutional change and be the main co-ordinator of future events . |
| 5 | And that appeal is really calling for three objectives : first that all member states of the United Nations do all in their power to curb Khmer Rouge military aggression and the terrorizing of civilians , secondly that the British government should take the initiative in urging member states and the appropriate U N agencies to give essential development and reconstruction aid for Cambodia and thirdly that the British government should do all within it 's power to help secure the safety of the hundred thousand Cambodian refugees in Khmer Rouge camps in Thailand , by calling for their transfer to neutral camps under U N supervision . |
| 6 | Encouragement of the private sector could take the form of providing ‘ cash ’ ( perhaps in the form of tokens or vouchers ) by which old people , without adequate financial support , could purchase the services which they require . |
| 7 | The evaluation of the operation of a centre 's current level of devolved responsibility and its readiness to accept additional devolution will take the form of a quality audit conducted by SCOTVEC . |
| 8 | Indeed , Ross thinks the moral philosopher must take the deliverances of common morality as his basic data ( as Moore , in spite of his much proclaimed faith in ‘ common sense ’ did not ) though this is because it rests on intuitions of necessary truth . |
| 9 | It was also revealed in a vision that the future pope should take the Church as his wife , and more such visions were experienced but , says the biographer , he refrains from recounting them because Lothar did not like such phenomena to be reported . |
| 10 | Only hard work will take the players anywhere and that is a message I will start hammering into them when we play East Stirling on Saturday . ’ |
| 11 | Inside is the home of my people — the white man may take the land outside . |
| 12 | A numerical model will take the following form : |
| 13 | The treatment of some shareholders on an unequal basis may take the offer outside the exemption and a valuer 's report may , accordingly , be required . |
| 14 | Circumstantial evidence could take the form of showing the defendant wished to cover up an offence committed by himself , such as driving over the prescribed limit , being involved in an accident and then , as mentioned ( C ) 2 ante alleging that someone else was driving at the time of the accident . |
| 15 | But how many of those blokes carrying signs outside Black Comedy can take the falls I do eight times a week ? |
| 16 | As W. H. Auden saw , in his piece for The New York Review of Books ( 22 January 1956 ) , it is vital that Sauron does not guard the Cracks of Doom and discover Frodo because he is sure Aragorn will take the Ring : |
| 17 | They may feel that a good will can take the form of seeking to relieve suffering out of sheer compassion , without thought of duty , or of a direction of intent upon ‘ the good , the true , and the beautiful ’ in whatever concrete shapes they present themselves as realizable . |
| 18 | Discover how exercise reorganising your life , technology and alternative medicine can take the ache out of your days . |
| 19 | In this case , whole pages of help information temporarily replace the original ; pressing RETURN will take the user back to the input page . |
| 20 | In some cases , whole pages of help information temporarily replace the original ; pressing RETURN will take the user back to the page . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | This surely gives grounds for greater weapons development and investment ; if a more accurate weapon could take the place of one hundred others . |
| 23 | A strategic alliance may take the form of an outright acquisition , minority stake , joint venture or brand franchise . |
| 24 | If you lose the same amount of money for a second year you 're down to a position where one small slip would take the business into insolvency . |
| 25 | Using a fake scent for the hounds to track rather than a live fox would take the blood out of this sport and opposition would cease . |
| 26 | A single charge will take the Majesta 140 kilometres at 40 km per hour ; top speed is 110 km per hour . |
| 27 | Breach of statutory duty can take the form either of non-feasance ( i.e. failure to perform the duty ) or misfeasance ( i.e. bad performance ) . |
| 28 | Under such circumstances , it is not at all clear which statutory agency should take the leading role in developing such therapeutic houses and homes , something perhaps which explains why the government has now proposed a specific grant for mental health services in the community which can only be spent by the joint agreement of local health and social services . |
| 29 | Students ' final assessment should take the form of a profile , recording course work and subjective evaluations of abilities as well as the results of objective tests . |
| 30 | Certainly we must hope that the government in its final response will take the arguments put forward by Alvey somewhat further ; after all it has had the best part of six months to consider them . |