Example sentences of "take [adv] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the LEA remains the employer of the staff in the school , the governors take on extensive powers over staffing and responsibilities under employment law . |
| 2 | Yet , at the same time , there has not , in most cases , been a sharp break between one way of life and another but rather a process involving subtle shifts in emphasis , whereby one set of relationships — kin , friends and neighbours — take on new significances in place of or in addition to older or earlier established relationships . |
| 3 | We aim to continue and develop this approach as we take on new responsibilities for arranging residential and nursing home care . |
| 4 | An examination of the historical pattern of change serves four main purposes ; purposes which take on great significance in the context of contemporary debates concerning the proper representation of all political opinion and the nature of bias in the press . |
| 5 | Though I have never heard of any one collaboration between restaurateur and artist proving more lucrative than the next , there does not seem to be any shortage of artists who will in effect take on certain risks in order to get their work out on the town . |
| 6 | Lawyers already informally take on certain winners on this basis , and the reward proposed — a small uplift on normal fees — will not induce them to accept chancy cases . |
| 7 | I also referred to the child 's role as a productive member of the family ; children often take on real responsibility at an early age . |
| 8 | If paragliders can at least get away with their sport when safely airborne , since they then take on some element of grace and beauty , the mountain biker will always look a clod . |
| 9 | Undercapitalisation entails risks when such firms carry out eurobond " bought deals " or take on large positions in secondary market trading . |
| 10 | People keep meeting each other as they take on different roles in relationship to each other . |
| 11 | If we do n't get agreement we take on this lady from Oxford |
| 12 | Okay , I will then , outside this meeting , take on this task of setting up the forms view the output from all this gathering and decide what , whether we can make a sensible rationing from some of the forms . |
| 13 | Rovers take on lowly Southend at Prenton Park ( 7.30pm ) , and King explained : ‘ Southend are a physical side full of six-footers and we have to get behind them . |
| 14 | Whilst it may be too much to ask that you immediately take on any responsibility for seeing that the 120,000 weekly NME s are properly recycled ( By heck , we are talking SERIOUS wank — ER ! — SW ) , you could perhaps act responsibly by doing your bit to ease unemployment by taking on someone with the job of disposing of your own rubbish soundly . |
| 15 | So the suppliers also take on more responsibility for R&D . |
| 16 | Third , the studies are based on families , and take rather limited account of differences in needs . |
| 17 | If your statute obviously belongs to a particular title , like ‘ Contract , ’ take down that volume of the collection and open it at the title ( known as the ‘ group ’ ) . |
| 18 | Take only one piece of hand luggage to minimise security-check time |
| 19 | Normally £47 , take along this issue before March 14 and it will cost only £35 . |
| 20 | Why do people take so much pleasure in immersing themselves in warm water ? |
| 21 | I take so much interest in her . |
| 22 | But children , the panel noted , eat fewer foods than adults , diffferent foods from adults , and take in more calories per unit body weight than adults . |
| 23 | If we take just two examples of major environmental crises facing the world ozone depletion and carbon dixode emissions we see that no party except the Green Party is prepared to act quickly enough . |
| 24 | ‘ As to the outside world , I now take just sufficient interest in what goes on to be thankful that , though I am deaf , I can vote . ’ |
| 25 | It take just 20 minutes by helicopter to reach this semi-tropical island off the Cornish coast ( 2½ hours by ferry via St Mary 's ) . |
| 26 | Rats will live in rabbit burrows but they usually take over one section for themselves and the rabbits leave them in isolation . |
| 27 | I for one , think this is a worthwhile service that private practitioners can give to the community and unless one wishes to see neighbourhood law centres and the like ( who I hasten to add do admirable work in particular spheres ) take over this type of work and who knows , all criminal work and after that … |
| 28 | However , anglers regularly take home large quantities of fish , selling it locally , storing it in freezers and eating it several times a week . |
| 29 | People who work urban land of their own take more knowledge-able interest in public gardens and parks , and they go ( more often than people without land of their own ) to enjoy any accessible wilderness . |
| 30 | Take off early morning before the heat of the day , and back in England for an easy onward journey by 0800 . |