Example sentences of "[vb pp] to take the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are those , however , who find it objectionable that one person should ever be permitted to take the life of another . |
| 2 | The restlessness of industrialists at being expected to take the brunt of sacrifices had led to commercial consumers ( shops , offices , hotels , etc. ) also being brought into the load spreading arrangements in 1948 . |
| 3 | Tom thunders , ‘ Who the hell are you ? ’ , and I try to tell him I 'm Albert Fyles and I 've come to take the place of his regular caddie . |
| 4 | However , the task of a new nanny was made all the more difficult because the children , bewildered and unhappy , felt that they had come to take the place of their mother . |
| 5 | At this time , and throughout the 1940s and 1950s , a series of attempts were made to take the problems of attitude measurement , and the related issue of the relationship between attitudes and behaviour , very seriously indeed . |
| 6 | She could not afford to hire a taxi , so decided to take the risk of driving herself home at about 10.30 p.m . |
| 7 | He has declared himself general co-ordinator of a new Parliament of Popular Power which , although it has no legislative authority , appears destined to take the place of the country 's National Assembly , which was dissolved last month . |
| 8 | While it might help submarines to detect fishing activity , it should not be seen to take the onus of avoiding fishing vessels away from submarines . |
| 9 | The result has been that sea walls have had to take the brunt of the power of waves and currents at high tide , which erodes them and requires rebuilding on an ever larger scale . |
| 10 | Of late , however , oral questions ( popularised by the broadcasting of proceedings and , some would say , radically affected in character by that ) , have tended to take the form of a mini-debate , with statements and arguments merely palely disguised by some such prefix as ‘ Is the Minister aware that … ’ . |
| 11 | No doubt the infant would have followed the adults down the well , too , had not the Padre offered to take the risk of burying it . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the British edged closer to the Triple Alliance and might still be persuaded to take the strain of direct opposition to Russia , if Russia moved . |
| 13 | the Crown is not bound to take the advice of a particular Ministry to put its subjects to the tumult and turmoil of a series of general elections so long as it can find other Ministers who are prepared to give it a trial . |
| 14 | The words ‘ deliverable state ’ are defined in section 61(5) as , goods ‘ in such a state that the buyer would under the contract be bound to take the delivery of them . |
| 15 | 23–9 Mr Brodie , tailor , was invited to take the office of English Precentor at a fixed salary . |
| 16 | The butt end of the pike was fitted with an iron shoe which could be grounded to take the shock of a charge , and the metal strips along the shaft ( sometimes as much as 20 feet long though usually around 10 feet ) acted as protection against sword cuts . |
| 17 | Dummy records can be provided to take the place of this space , by placing them where additions are expected , or in a pre-determined pattern throughout the file . |
| 18 | I always remember him turning to Thomas Cromwell about the trial of an abbot who had refused to take the Oath of Supremacy . |
| 19 | We talked of the hard times after Independence , of how the old princess had refused to take the charity of the government . |
| 20 | You should then find that one of the buds near the break point becomes dominant over the others and can be trained to take the place of the original leader . |
| 21 | The King was asked to take the duke of York into his counsel , to punish those responsible for the death of the duke of Gloucester and to end extortions , particularly those by four named persons . |
| 22 | Other changes of personnel include the appointment of Ann Dickson as Assistant Preparations Manager to assist Tom Blackburn in the efficient running of Axminster and Wilton preparation , and within the same office , Louise Andrew has been appointed to take the place of recently retired Joan Breckenridge , to record production figures . |
| 23 | Ancestral spirits were believed to take the form of guardian dolphins or sharks , who guided canoes , effected rescues , and assisted in fishing . |
| 24 | Not that they had anything against cats as cats , but witches were believed to take the form of cats , so it was all quite reasonable , really . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do you mean his revision classes are meant to take the place of some of mine ? ’ |
| 26 | The idea of settling Jews in Palestine , the British Foreign Office cabled two of its ambassadors in 1916 , ‘ might be made far more attractive to the majority of Jews if it held out to them the prospect that when in course of time the Jewish colonists in Palestine grew strong enough to cope with the Arab population they may be allowed to take the management of the internal affairs of Palestine … into their own hands … |
| 27 | Karen thinks this is why she was allowed to take the time of to train . |
| 28 | Here rusting metal is allowed to take the shapes of nature not man , creating perhaps by accident some Arthurian throne for a warrior king . |
| 29 | It is a shame that Iain Brown 's outstanding scholarship , evident in the extensive captions , was not allowed to take the form of a numbered catalogue but he has nevertheless produced an attractive companion publication for the show ( Monumental Reputation . |
| 30 | Many of the leading figures were young left-wing councillors with professional jobs , part of a new breed of local politician promoted to take the place of older , more right-wing politicians who had close links with the city 's steel and engineering trade unions . |