Example sentences of "could [adv] take [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a scene could only take place in The Wedding Present 's dressing room . |
| 2 | Despite the growth of a local political consciousness nurtured in its coal-mines , the transfer of militancy from work to council chamber could only take place in Clay Cross once the mines had been nationalized and the culturally paternalistic influence of the local coal-owners had been removed . |
| 3 | His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf . |
| 4 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 5 | Morality could not take precedence in the determination of foreign policy because of structural differences between the setting for individual behaviour and the setting for international behaviour . |
| 6 | He could not take refuge in a timely snooze . |
| 7 | Youngsters who had hitherto been isolated on farms and factories could now take part in informed discussion on a wide variety of subjects . |
| 8 | These activities could well take place in other areas , but the impression given in Team D was that this kind of informal or semi-formal engagement with vulnerable sections of the community , recorded only patchily , constituted a prominent part of the social work approach . |
| 9 | The professional development of future teachers could then take place in the classroom . |