Example sentences of "take [art] [adj] step [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should be obliged if you would now take the appropriate steps to have the recoveries examined or alternatively to authorise their return . |
| 2 | The Secretary of State could take the necessary steps to give people a 100 per cent . |
| 3 | Thus I deceived her into thinking that she had scared me , and that I would take the necessary steps to ward off fatality . |
| 4 | This ensures that all affected users are notified of problems , and can take the necessary steps to correct any problems with individual modules . |
| 5 | This ensures that all affected users are notified of problems , and can take the necessary steps to correct any problems with individual modules . |
| 6 | They were all minors and Joseph was taking the normal step to protect their interests , for if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband . |
| 7 | But if you 're an individual or small business buyer , then you 'll probably be better off taking the following steps to make sure purchasing your computer is a painless as possible . |
| 8 | One of my assets in journalism , as Fred Workman told me some years later , was the habit of creating stories and features by developing an idea and then taking the necessary steps to work it into an acceptable feature . |
| 9 | For both environmental and economic reasons we should be taking every possible step to reduce road traffic . |
| 10 | In other words , if a shopkeeper can not show that he took every reasonable step to satisfy himself about the age of the person buying cigarettes or any other tobacco product , he has committed an offence . |
| 11 | At the beginning of October , as the German Bundesbank took no immediate steps to reduce interest rates , both the British and Italian currencies fell sharply against the deutschmark , but then recovered . |
| 12 | The therapist pointed out that the changes that had taken place in her life were the result of her having discussed her problems with her family and having taken the necessary steps to solve them . |
| 13 | In his annual report to the Supreme Soviet Matiukhin said that he had resigned because ( i ) the government had taken no effective steps to solve the cash shortage ; ( ii ) inter-enterprise debt stood at 2,000,000 million roubles for which the Bank was criticized although it was following government policy ; and ( iii ) the Supreme Soviet was demanding a reduction of the 80 per cent interest rate to 50 per cent . |
| 14 | The reason was that the employer had taken no effective steps to end the practice and yet suddenly , and without proper warning , had treated it as a sufficient ground for dismissal . |
| 15 | The defendant had taken no serious steps to prevent them as most were his customers . |
| 16 | A North Korean Foreign Ministry statement on Sept. 17 said : " In the situation in which the attempt to perpetuate and legalize the nation 's and people 's division by taking advantage of international leverage on entry into the UN has recently become clear , we have taken a decisive step to enter the UN in order to prevent such grave consequences arising , " adding that North Korea had not changed its policy on reunification . |
| 17 | He offered common sense advice such as that she should ‘ have a talk ’ with her son , but refused to accept that the money was a loan and take the necessary steps to recover it . |
| 18 | A considerable list of diseases which the problem lies and enable you or your vet to take the correct steps to put things right . |
| 19 | High levels of public violence eventually forced the US ‘ occupying forces to take the necessary steps to control and remedy such a deplorable situation ’ ( Yamamoto 1981 p.30 ) . |
| 20 | Producers and distributors are required to tell consumers relevant information concerning their products , to monitor the safety record of their products while in use , and to take the necessary steps to protect consumers from defective products , including , if necessary by withdrawal . |
| 21 | This is no doubt because it is the Government which would , on the hypothesis that section 47 was invalid because inconsistent with article 30 , have failed to take the necessary steps to ensure that section 47 was amended or repealed as necessary . |
| 22 | It is the duty of a constitutional monarch or President when faced with violent tyrannical action by individuals or a minority party to take the necessary steps to secure the wellbeing of the toiling masses and the continuity of an ordered state . |
| 23 | It must be stressed that although a natural condition can not give rise to liability under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher it may still constitute a nuisance for which an occupier may be liable if he has knowledge or means of knowledge of its existence and if it is reasonable to require him to take the necessary steps to abate it . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , he added , it had failed to take the necessary steps to prevent an escape of rainbow trout . |
| 25 | As these allocations fell short of what had been proposed , the USA filed a ‘ reservation ’ , expressing the view that the conference had failed to make adequate provision for the h.f. needs of the broadcasting service , particularly below 10MHz and reserving the right of the US ‘ to take the necessary steps to meet the h.f. needs of its broadcasting service . ’ |
| 26 | Directors who ought to have realized that insolvent liquidation was inevitable , but who failed to take the necessary step to minimize the potential loss to creditors . |
| 27 | ‘ I would urge the RUC to take every appropriate step to ensure the maximum degree of protection for every citizen of Belfast , ’ the south Belfast councillor added . |
| 28 | The fisheries council meeting in Brussels decided to take no immediate steps to curb imports and rejected a French demand for a 30 per cent increase on minimum import charges . |
| 29 | They maintain that ‘ The favoured enjoy effective power , even when its members take no active steps to exercise power . |