Example sentences of "[adv] take [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was too early in the negotiating round at the time of writing to be confident about trends for the coming year , although most expectations for the 1–10MW bracket are that the new deals will merely take account of inflation .
2 In July , when Nationalists protested at the failure of the corporation to appoint Nationalists to committee chairs , the mayor pointed out that fifteen or sixteen years ago the Nationalists had said that they would refuse to take such chairs and that they would only take part in corporation affairs in order to disrupt them .
3 By May the play was almost complete — all that was necessary was the process of readjustment which would necessarily take place in consultation with director and actors .
4 Furthermore , whilst the act of worship must normally take place on school premises , it may take place elsewhere on a special occasion .
5 Finally Mr Mayor I might just take issue with councillor .
6 Or does he too quickly take flight from history altogether into a realm of the Absolute ?
7 The hon. Member for Teignbridge can not argue simply that nuclear power is cleaner and environmentally more safe and that it should therefore always take precedence over coal , because we can do things to coal that would make it environmentally far more acceptable .
8 How long before she learned that folk 'll always take advantage of weakness ?
9 He never sought to crush you , nor did he ever take refuge in insult or invective .
10 If you were advised to speak more slowly it would probably take months of effort , repeated conscious effort , before you succeeded in altering the speed at which you spoke .
11 Other than these disclosures , the DTI may also take action towards disqualification or prosecute on other Companies Act offences .
12 Mechanical compaction and brittle failure may also take place after cementation , both as a result of shrinkage , expansion , and subsequent fracturing beneath a soil zone ( Fig. 5.16e ) , and , commonly , as a result of secondary porosity creation during burial diagenesis in both carbonate and siliciclastic host sediments ( Fig. 5.18d , e ) .
13 Given the wording of cl 6 relating to delivery to store , acceptance would also take place upon delivery to store .
14 But this can not be the whole story , for David Rhodes and others have discovered that this communication can even take place from tree to tree , where there is no root or other physical contact .
15 It was offensive that a party should be so unprincipled as first to defeat the Government on a matter of fundamental constitutional importance ; and , having done so , should then take office on condition that it passed the measure .
16 I think Lazlo introduced this , to us , very refreshing sort of sound that he wanted to achieve and we were able at the beginning to quite take people by surprise with this what was described as a young , fresh sound , and we did quite a number of recordings .
17 But he also emphasised the need for greater spending on transport and communications , science and research and development — programmes which could yet take priority over health spending under a Labour government .
18 As I understand the way need has been calculated , and the County will correct me if I 'm wrong on this , er the method does actually take account of unemployment , and it sets an eventual employment level of three percent as a goal .
19 However , I found this book immensely valuable , and it will certainly take price of place in my collection of chromatography reference books .
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