Example sentences of "take [adv prt] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only does Britain have an immense problem coping with its own industrial waste , but it also takes on that of other countries . |
| 2 | It takes on more of the form of a consultation , aimed at course development , rather than simply being a judgemental exercise . |
| 3 | Therefore , as the firm takes on more of the cheaper form of financing , debt , the cost of equity should rise so as to offset the advantage and maintain a constant cost of capital regardless of the debt — equity ratio . |
| 4 | William Parker takes on some of the baritone material with unabashed lyricism and plangency , leaving Elly Ameling to bring refreshing charm and beauty of tone to the soprano Mélodies . |
| 5 | Even now exports surpass local consumption , and Japan takes over half of them . |
| 6 | When this introduction is successfully achieved the topic can be introduced , and the counsellor should try to ensure that the group takes over most of the talking . |
| 7 | Plastic only takes up one-fifth of landfill space generally in western Europe , a figure that reduces to approximately 12 to 15 per cent when the waste is crushed . |
| 8 | Brenda Denvir takes up one of the most pressing contemporary issues , that of the multiple roles of assessment in schools , by looking at the intimately-related questions of ‘ what are we assessing ? ’ and , ‘ what are we assessing for ? ’ |
| 9 | Howell ( this volume ) takes up some of these issues in her paper where she argues against the interpretation of ritual as catharsis among the Chewong . |
| 10 | Their favoured nightspot is LIS 'S , a neon-lit discotheque throbbing with the latest music which takes up half of the 45,000-seater Olympiysky indoor soccer stadium . |
| 11 | ( ROS takes out one of his coins . |
| 12 | It seems to be easier , as a procedure only you can take on all of this idea , but if your not clear about the detail bit . |
| 13 | The source coordinates of the stream are found by generating two random whole numbers in the range 1–30 and the direction of movement from one cell to the next is found by generating another random number which can take on one of the values 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 . |
| 14 | ‘ If you do n't get on with it , I 'll take on both of you , one after the other , ’ shouted Trentham . |
| 15 | There is likely , for example , to be a progression away from blue-collar jobs to white-collar or service occupations , but these could well take on more of the character which factory work has had in the past , if the tendency is not resisted . |
| 16 | However , it will certainly be true that it is optimal for a risk-neutral party to take all risk from a risk-averse party ( try A or B bargaining with C ) and it would seem sensible that a more risk-averse party should optimally take on less of the risk than a less risk-averse one . |
| 17 | ‘ After I win , I 'll take on some of the opponents Eubank has beaten , and do a better job , ’ said Piper . |
| 18 | Father even allows quite unrelated youngsters to join the family group if they will take on some of the work of baby-carrying . |
| 19 | He says we know that the Victorians went to the gentleman 's club in the day and the brothel at night , before going home , but we could take on some of their values . |
| 20 | ‘ As a management team we are all excited by the buy-out and we hope the new owners will take on some of our ideas and extend the services that we provide . ’ |
| 21 | The Met Lab will take on any of the forensic work . |
| 22 | Its not known if the Government will take on any of the reports recommendations but as far as the campaigners are concerned the battle is far from being lost . |
| 23 | And maybe we should take down some of the torches . ’ |
| 24 | The reforms of the late nineteenth century had taken hold , it would be the self-governing professions , an aristocracy of merit , that would take over much of the social responsibilities of the hereditary peerage . |
| 25 | This increasingly impossible situation was brought to a head when the Parlement was temporarily exiled to Pontoise in 1720 and threatened with the creation of new judicial institutions which would take over much of its work . |
| 26 | Book provision in any one system is centrally coordinated — though in very large systems a regional or subsystem structure may take over many of the coordination functions . |
| 27 | Some observers predict that ground-based fibre-optic systems may take over many of the point-to-point telecommunications tasks performed by satellites . |
| 28 | Within the further education sector , the FEFCs [ Further Education Funding Councils ] will take over many of the duties at present the responsibility of local authorities . |
| 29 | Erm have agreed that we can take over two of their sponsored events er which is golf and tennis and it would be something like erm golf promotion . |
| 30 | Alternatively , if the purchaser buys assets he does not take over any of the vendor 's liabilities ( except employees ) unless expressly agreed . |