Example sentences of "take [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the heart of the notion of the inner city ; at the very moment that policy draws the boundaries of the inner city a place takes on the qualities of coherence that it does not possess , embodies all the contradictions that are part of the original concept . |
| 2 | NCUBE TAKES ON THE TERAFLOPPERS WITH ORACLE-RUNNING 65,384-PROCESSOR NCUBE 3 FOR 1994 |
| 3 | RADIO : Billy Butler takes on the challenges offered by Radio City 's Tony Snell and one man celebrating 25 wavelength years John Peel . |
| 4 | The report comes as the Department of Trade and Industry takes on the tasks of the now defunct Department of Energy . |
| 5 | ‘ It all depends on how he ( Brand ) plays , ’ said the Spanish star , delighted to be back in contention a week after finishing second in Switzerland and two weeks before he takes on the Americans in the Ryder Cup again . |
| 6 | Mum and health writer Nikki Bradford takes on the bottle-bashers |
| 7 | The ErgoClient takes on the characteristics of a personal computer by means of a similar personality module , which incorporates an Intel Corp 80486 processor and simply slots into the machine . |
| 8 | More than just buying an operating system and securing a future for Novell , Noorda — a man held in high regard by a wide cross section of industry executives — takes on the expectations of all those seeing him as a Moses figure capable of stitching up the highly personalised wounds inflicted during the Unix wars and the aborted peace attempts . |
| 9 | He continues to add that ‘ In the course of development the superego also takes on the influences of those who have stepped into the place of parents — Educators , teachers , people chosen as ideal models . ’ |
| 10 | A " Space " drama in which each class takes on the roles of the inhabitants of different planets , each of which is in trouble . |
| 11 | A market maker , however , takes on the shares until he finds a buyer . |
| 12 | You play Indy , who takes on the Nazis as he searches for the precious power-giving material , Orichalcum . |
| 13 | A second point is that any company that takes over the satellites would want to sell the data to private individuals and organisations around the world . |
| 14 | Lloyd Mangram takes over the letters page as of next month — if Scorelord can find him ! |
| 15 | hurricane has gone out of the news now , once something like that has happened there 's always another disaster coming behind that actually takes over the headlines , so , about six months , a year , two years afterwards they were still finding that in parts of Europe the general level of nuclear activity was higher than it had been before Chernobyl , why would that happen ? |
| 16 | and old industrial buildings that they 've just taken over and when there 's a crisis in the housing , the state takes over the schools and uses them as refugee centres |
| 17 | It was said when he first arrived at Wigan that he had a great act to follow after Lowe but that becomes even more relevant this time for fellow Aussie John Dorahy who takes over the reins . |
| 18 | Campbell Christie takes over the reins at Brockville tomorrow . |
| 19 | Alec Stewart takes over the gloves for the World Cup , while Neil Fairbrother will deputise if necessary . |
| 20 | And so every year between Christmas Day and New Year 's Day , he takes over the kitchens at Hampton Court with his forty assistants and runs them . |
| 21 | He also takes over the responsibilities of Overseas Director as well as managing the membership on the CHQ roll . |
| 22 | When a different set of people takes up the questions , this becomes obvious . |
| 23 | New chairman takes up the reins |
| 24 | It is critical at this stage , though , that the head conveys positive messages and takes up the opportunities on offer . |
| 25 | Then she locks herself in one of the cubicles , puts her bag on the toilet seat , and takes out the tools of her trade : a red satin basque with suspenders attached , a pair of black lace panties , black fishnet stockings and shiny high-heeled shoes . |
| 26 | .. he has shown us that we can take on the Americans and beat them . |
| 27 | But they dare n't take on the decisions and responsibility that would allow them to make their own alternatives , and to drop right out . |
| 28 | Trainer Henry Cecil , however , was satisfied enough to let All At Sea take on the likes of Arazi and Ireland 's Brief Truce . |
| 29 | The new firm will take on the likes of Prudential Re in America 's mainstream market for brokered property-casualty reinsurance ( the insurance that primary insurers themselves take out ) . |
| 30 | Continuing this political enquiry we should note the belief that was once expressed with some confidence that as workers became more affluent they would take on the values of the middle classes in their society . |