Example sentences of "take [noun] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all , Brian Summers delighted in rubbing shoulders with some of the world 's best golfers , and his big day was the pro-am , which usually takes place the day before the tournament proper . |
| 2 | We welcome the promise of consultation on the report of the pay review body and hope that when that consultation takes place the Government will listen to the views expressed . |
| 3 | By the time the draw takes place the audience will have had an eyeful of Loren and an earful of Pavarotti , who was once a deep-lying centre-forward and is now roughly the same shape as the ball . |
| 4 | Until such time as the long overdue rationalization of obscenity and indecency legislation takes place the Association 's resolve can not be measured , but some sustained lobbying on the idiosyncrasies of censorship law would not be amiss . |
| 5 | Thus , when minimal participation takes place the observer keeps out of the group.being studied as much as possible . |
| 6 | However , if excavations do not take place the cemetery and its treasures are likely to be destroyed by ploughing within a few years . |
| 7 | Before the funeral can take place the funeral director must have the burial or cremation certificates . |
| 8 | On telephoning the surgery , I discovered that before a cremation can take place the death certificate has to be signed by two doctors — one of whom must come from outside the area . |
| 9 | With 148 aircraft taking part the plan requires split second timing . |
| 10 | In the present case , when this tenancy agreement took effect the term was completely uncertain . |
| 11 | Though he will frequently be engaged in discussion and negotiation with water-users and others , when it comes to making decisions and taking action the field officer is on his own . |
| 12 | TAKING LIBERTIES The government has nothing to offer on home affairs but toughness , says Jolyon Jenkins |
| 13 | The marriage took place the day after the race . |
| 14 | Between Alice and Mary and Reggie took place the accounting session which would bring in a regular contribution to the household . |
| 15 | Although Stephenson 's office is just a cricket ball 's throw from where the bust-up took place the report had still not arrived yesterday — and was not expected until tomorrow ! |
| 16 | In the second week , the theme is THE SPORTING LIFE to link in with our Sport and TV conference event , taking place the mid-festival weekend . |
| 17 | When applying to the religious authority under which the ceremony is taking place the couple must be accompanied by at least one witness ( preferably a parent ) and have relevant documents ( birth certificates , parents Jewish marriage lines , etc. ) with them . |
| 18 | With a view to aiding the assessment of a patient 's progress there are a few simple guidelines that can be followed ; for cure to be taking place the disease should go from within to without , from organs of greater importance to lesser importance , from above to below and to disappear in the reverse order to their original appearance . |
| 19 | While the Jakarta meeting was taking place the SOC Foreign Minister , Hor Nam Hong , sent a memorandum to the co-chairs of the PICC insisting that the powers of the UNTAC should be " very clearly defined " and that the two rival Cambodian governments should not be dissolved in the transitional period before elections . |
| 20 | Taking fish the size of Neon Tetras as a benchmark , and allowing for their growth : |
| 21 | Masoud Barzani , the leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party , claims , against the evidence , that if his men took Mosul the road to Baghdad would be wide open . |
| 22 | He got it with the cruel bonus of a broken jaw but took Tyson the distance . |
| 23 | " In that case they 'll keep you longer , taking details The queue goes round you . " |
| 24 | In a shoot-out with security forces at least two people were killed after the fugitives took hostage the Deputy Justice Minister Eduardo Mendoza and Col. Hernando Navas , director-general of prisons ( both eventually released unharmed ) . |
| 25 | More recently , the ‘ wait-and-see ’ approach paid off for police when an armed gang took hostage the family of Dr Laurence Kennedy , a leading Conservative in the province . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , while the statute was taking shape the nobility were able to reduce the quantity and quality of land in peasant hands and to extract limited amendments to the legislative proposals . |
| 27 | When she took office the guild had 1800 members in 51 branches ; when she retired there were over 51,000 in 1077 branches . |
| 28 | Before he took office the Defence estimates for 1957-58 were running at £1,700 million . |
| 29 | Yet within nine months of taking office the Government had introduced a New Towns Bill , which took precedence over the promised measure on compensation and betterment ( Cullingworth , 1979 ) . |
| 30 | And when she had woken and eaten everything the femme de menage had left for lunch plus some extra eggs and some ham , she was no longer certain what had taken place the night before . |