Example sentences of "can take some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Alternatively he can take some profit and sell the bill in the bill ( or discount ) market before the three month term is up .
2 I know it happens in individual subjects and there 's the element of repetition but , you are at the same time making them reflect over a certain period and say I have not entirely wasted my time , there maybe some youngsters for whom it will be extremely difficult , and I except that but my thinking is that is you look hard enough you can find something that everybody has done at whatever level that they can take some pride in .
3 what , what I wondered was if you can take some bleach down , I think there 's probably some down in the loo downstairs , and at least put some of that into , can you do that ?
4 But operating profits improved in the second half and the company can take some credit for the reduction in gearing to just 5 p.c .
5 For this , those feminists , such as Finch and Groves ( 1983 ) , who espoused the cause of their older sisters , can take some credit , particularly in the challenge they threw down to those who assumed without question that such roles would naturally fall to women on their own .
6 As an initial pointer towards this counter-movement within respectable opinion , we can take some remarks by Robert Baden-Powell , the founder of the Boy Scout movement , in an address to a conference on juvenile crime .
7 In particular , the focus on the form of restrictive agreements , rather than on their effects , means that careful drafting can take some agreements between firms outside the scope of the legislation .
8 Still , TOTP can take some consolation from the knowledge that other pop programmes share some of its problems .
9 But perhaps those who most objected to Hitlers painting being put on sale can take some consolation from the fact that it will not be taking pride of place in Mr Sullivans living room :
10 He can take some comfort in the fact that , while his mistress works on becoming music 's ‘ Name of the 90s ’ , he can fully indulge his passion for roast chicken .
11 ORRELL , the North 's only representatives in the Courage First Division , who are anxiously looking for their first League win of the season , can take some comfort from the news that Les Cusworth will not be around to torment them when Leicester visit Edge Hall Road on Saturday week .
12 It can take some comfort from the rise of 7.5 per cent in its vote and from the fact that it came second to Labour in so many seats and is at last beginning to nibble at Labour 's huge majorities in the Central Belt .
13 But any court action is bound to hang ominously over him , even though he can take some comfort from Mr Key , who added : ‘ There was an assessor at the game from the Premier League and the incident was mentioned in his report .
14 However , readers can take some comfort from the fact that for 18 months we have produced every word of a 16 page newsletter on a PC in WordPerfect , yet done all the page makeup on a Macintosh .
15 No longer will you need to work backward : you can take some crime situation , such as the possibility that your main character has committed a murder , and from there work forwards .
16 It may be better if the school can take some control of the agenda .
17 When , among humans , there are outbursts of anger or fighting , then such emotions normally leave a residue of resentment , of ill-feeling , which can take some time to subside or disperse .
18 This bringing of the people of God back to personal thankfulness for their place in Christ is one of the vital functions of worship , and it can take some time .
19 The emotional preparatory work , talking through some of these feelings , can take some time to achieve and is as well started before a formal request for admission is completed .
20 Getting to this stage can take some time .
21 Time spent studying how others write can be helpful , although old habits can take some time to die , and some nurses who have difficulty in grasping new concepts can persist in applying old rules to new procedures , so do be warned .
22 fears about not bonding with or loving the child immediately — this can take some time , as it does with some birth parents .
23 When friends fall out the mess can be considerable and it can take some time for the wounds to heal .
24 She says women should n't be worried about the operation itself , though it can take some time to recover .
25 He added , incidentally , ‘ that depending on the sex of your friend , the process can take some time ’ .
26 And I handed over my day timing , now bear in mind this is all in pencil , and she looked at the schedule for May and said you 're not real busy this month , you know , you can take some time off .
27 I have my camera with me so that I can take some photographs . ’
28 When I go south , you can take some dogs and go east to King Edward VII Land .
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