Example sentences of "to take [adj] of [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The course the Governors decided upon was to increase numbers in planned stages to about 1,000 , which would entail a much smaller rise in the fees , and also to admit girls : this would avoid any potential lowering of standards , for there was a demand for places for girls , and there was at least a moral commitment to take some of the Convent 's Sixth Formers when it closed . |
| 2 | I was particularly thrilled with the guys who scored the points for us on the final day , Mark James , Jose-Maria Olazabal , Jose-Maria Canizares , Ronan Rafferty and Christy O'Connor Jnr. , because in the case of Canizares , Ronan and Christy they had n't scored a point in the games they played and it was nice for them to take some of the glory . |
| 3 | At Durham also , flying buttresses were put in to take some of the thrust of the vault but these are not visible , being hidden under the triforium sloping roofs ( 293 ) . |
| 4 | But Jones told the court he had been looking after the alcohol at the party and collecting money from people who wanted to take some of the drink . |
| 5 | It is part of their attempt to take some of the mystique out of scientific knowledge that ’ can be used , either intentionally or unintentionally , to prevent the public from questioning ’ ( The Sanitary Protection Scandal ) . |
| 6 | Without chance of rebuttal , the victim both implicitly and explicitly was made to take some of the blame . |
| 7 | ‘ We have fresh milk here from the farm , but you would be better to take some of the long-life with you . |
| 8 | PROFS has to take some of the credit ( or blame ) for IBM 's ability to recycle its people . |
| 9 | Really , he says , people do n't notice V A T so much , others believe income tax will have to take some of the strain , but not by putting up the rates , that would be too blatant . |
| 10 | They were to take some of the lawyer 's personal possessions , his wallet , his watch and his jacket , and , if the opportunity arose , they were to take his car as well . |
| 11 | As well as saving the animals from dying of thirst , the relocation is also intended to take some of the pressure off the park 's vegetation , and so prevent it turning into desert . |
| 12 | So they are facing much higher costs and we 're aiming to provide more accommodation at an affordable level for the students , and to take some of the pressure off the housing market in the city . |
| 13 | Peter Reid , the Manchester City manager , yesterday tried to take some of the heat out of the aftermath of the derby by defending Pointon , who became the first player to be sent off in this series of fixtures since 1974 . |
| 14 | Those countries which were protesting about the repatriation would do far better if they offered to take some of the boat people themselves . |
| 15 | ‘ Until it has , we have agreed to take some of the risk . |
| 16 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 17 | This month I want to take some of the mystery out of ribber work , by looking at the basics of how the carriages function . |
| 18 | The UK 's Clean Air Acts , which forced many homes to replace coal-burning fires with smokeless fuel , gas or electric versions , may have cleaned up the smog from out cities , but the utilitarian heaters and radiators that replaced those fires seemed to take some of the cheer from our lives . |
| 19 | The annual report has now become available , and tends to take some of the sheen off the initial interpretation . |
| 20 | For the most part , the PC 's central processor is used to perform the calculations that end up as pretty pictures on your monitor , but there is a way to take some of the load off the CPU . |
| 21 | ‘ Mr von Kuenheim is without a conventional ego and is happy to allow others to take much of the credit . |
| 22 | Informal consultation of interests affected , at the preparatory and drafting stages , is likely to take much of the impetus out of opposition . |
| 23 | After 1970 the newly created Department of the Environment , under Secretary of State Peter Walker , began to take more of a lead on urban problems , and in 1972 three inner area studies were commissioned : Small Heath , Birmingham ; Stockwell , South London ; and Liverpool . |
| 24 | They also agreed to take more of the defence burden from the USA . |
| 25 | And I think that instead of sitting round and bitching about them , which you can do , it 's better to try to take more of an interest and make interesting videos , because if you 're a creative person I think you can make creative videos . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It seemed to take less of a hit to give me a concussion and it 's taking me longer to recover , ’ he says . |
| 27 | To take one of the world 's most important individual consuming countries , during the first half of the 1980s Japan 's imports of crude were maintained in the region of 4 million b/d , running on from 4.83 million b/d in 1979 . |
| 28 | After In-Keeping , the 11-10 favourite , had stormed to a five-length success , Scudamore refused to take any of the credit for his latest statistical breakthrough . |
| 29 | My first feeling was one of excitement : I was getting all the pleasure of being in a conspiracy without having to take any of the responsibility for it . |
| 30 | The US , the most vociferous of Britain 's critics , refuses to take any of the boat people , because almost all come from north Vietnam , still considered enemy territory by the US . |