Example sentences of "an [noun] take [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the courts do have wide powers to re-allocate property and can require an ex-husband to take out life assurance , such arrangements do not necessarily compensate for the loss of an index-linked widow 's pension in old age or a lump sum and widow 's pension payable on a husband 's death in service . |
| 2 | A school 's claim of achieving excellent standards in sports or instrumental music may seem very hollow to parents of children that do n't have an opportunity to take up an instrument or to play for the school team . |
| 3 | We are offering readers an opportunity to take out a money-saving subscription to Britain 's leading home-interest magazine for just £14 , saving £5.95 on our usual rate of £19.95 for 12 issues . |
| 4 | Ritual is an action taken on the physical level , which is intended to have effects at other levels — emotional , mental , spiritual , or all of these . |
| 5 | Once the children are familiar with this method of working they can manipulate it for themselves — e.g. the performers can ask for advice whenever they need it ; the performers can " Tag " an adviser to take over from them . |
| 6 | Although the famous gallery owner is thinking of retiring and has for some time been searching for an institution to take on his private collection , the title of the event ‘ TransForm ’ is not a veiled reference to his forthcoming conversion from art dealer to museum collector . |
| 7 | Outside the corridors the 15-year-old civil war between the government and the MNR continued with its accustomed brutality as the rebels mounted attacks in an attempt to take over positions previously controlled by the Zimbabwean army . |
| 8 | Shared Action Planning ( Brechin and Swain , 1986 , 1987 ) is an attempt to take up this challenge . |
| 9 | giving an errand to take out to the place you know because er if |
| 10 | The Secretary of State threatened the recalcitrant authorities that unless they met specific targets he would use his power under the Act to appoint an agent to take over the sale of a council 's houses . |
| 11 | He made a motion with his clipboard like an aircraft taking off . |
| 12 | An expert taking on the task of deciding a dispute of this kind would be well advised to establish terms excluding claims . |
| 13 | While the main pressure for a common framework for the curriculum emerged from the lead given by DES and HMI , it has also been an issue taken up by academics and some local authorities . |
| 14 | By then , of course , Mr Andrew was of an age to take over . ’ |
| 15 | Apart from Mr Patten , four other ministers have lost their Cabinet posts : former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker , who is believed to have refused an offer to take over as Welsh Secretary ; Tom King from Defence , who asked for a break from office four months ago ; Peter Brooke from Northern Ireland ; and Lord Waddington , former leader of the Lords . |
| 16 | By then Chapman 's name was being linked with Leeds City , and in May 1912 he accepted an offer to take over as secretary-manager of the Yorkshire club . |
| 17 | Carmen Callil and Julie Burchill are not the only celebrities to have been approached by the Sunday Times with an offer to take over the £60,000-a-year literary editorship of the paper from John Walsh . |
| 18 | Dan felt an urge to take back his fist and slam it into the old woman 's teeth . |
| 19 | He did n't want an adult to take over , to shield him from the truth . |
| 20 | I need visionaries to see opportunities , I need trailblazers for when an area takes off , I need a firm hand when it matures . |
| 21 | This factor is an important one if images of an area taken on different days are to be compared . |
| 22 | This is an approach taken up by consultancies in the early 1980s to tackle a client 's problems where corporate work is involved or the company image situation , manufacturing base , or product range is complex . |
| 23 | " I shall be obliged for an answer to take back to my father . " |
| 24 | It might be an idea to take down some of those trees . |
| 25 | On 1 September 1939 , the Minister of Transport made an order taking over the control of the railways . |
| 26 | Con Tours ( the big London-based travel agents ) have an arrangement with the hotel by which they receive preference bookings during June/July/August in exchange for an undertaking to take up a minimum number of bookings for the ‘ 'shoulder ’ months of May and September . |
| 27 | Exactly what powers he had in that direction was not clear , but the Board did promise that no former member of the staff of an undertaking taken over would suffer any reduction of salary or conditions of service . |
| 28 | These women in Dresden think that could happen if an arch-conservative takes over as Germany 's head of state . |