Example sentences of "[modal v] take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Candidates must take five mandatory core skills modules , with the module covering personal and interpersonal skills being chosen from a choice of five . |
| 2 | As stressed before , the potential of the land is of prime importance ; if the aim is to farm successfully , all else must take second place . |
| 3 | Owning it , as the nation has found to its cost , must take second place . |
| 4 | She had something to tell him ; something so very important that even this delightful consummation of their desire must take second place |
| 5 | In such an environment it is hard to take religion seriously which requires that all these things — good as they may be — must take second place to the cultivation of spiritual values and the worship of God , not gods . |
| 6 | When a ‘ hit ’ is made the immigration officers must take certain action , according to a code letter which appears next to the name in the index . |
| 7 | However , if you are a typical Piscean , then unexpected events or developments which took place around the time of the lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 6th should have made you realise that you are now going through a phase when you must take certain drastic actions to safeguard your long-term comfort and security . |
| 8 | ( b ) He must take reasonable steps to explain what he is looking for and the basis of his suspicion ( s.2(3) ( b ) ) . |
| 9 | You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour . |
| 10 | This means that the person in possession must take reasonable care of the goods even if the ownership is with the other party . |
| 11 | ( iii ) The occupier must take reasonable steps to check that the contractor was competent to carry out the work . |
| 12 | ( iv ) The occupier must take reasonable steps to check that the work has been properly done . |
| 13 | A firm must take reasonable steps to ensure that it does not make any personal recommendation to a private customer of an investment or investment agreement , or effect or arrange a discretionary transaction with or for an customer , unless the recommendation or transaction is suitable for him , having regard to the facts disclosed by that customer and other relevant facts about the customer of which the firm is or reasonably should be aware . |
| 14 | ( f ) Preventative services Local authorities must take reasonable steps , through the provision of services under Part III of the Act , to prevent children within their area suffering ill-treatment or neglect ( Sched 2 , para 4(1) ) . |
| 15 | They must take reasonable steps to ensure that this information is available to those who might benefit ( Sched 2 , para 1 ) . |
| 16 | Regardless of the nature of the contract , damages may be awarded for all losses caused by the breach , subject to the general requirement that damages must not be too remote ( Hadley v Baxendale ( 1854 ) 23 LJ Ex 179 ) and that plaintiffs must take reasonable steps to mitigate their losses . |
| 17 | You must take great care . |
| 18 | You must take great care in writing the summary , which usually appears immediately after the title page or as part of the opening statement . |
| 19 | We must take great care if he 's to stay with us . |
| 20 | ‘ No one knew him , ’ said Raynor , ‘ no one recognised him , and for that the gate-keepers and the sentries must take great blame . |
| 21 | First , they must take great care in their choice of partners to avoid deals with enthusiastic amateurs who can not deliver success where success is due . |
| 22 | ‘ Then you must take appropriate action . |
| 23 | ‘ They must take serious note of the political dynamics taking place in the country , ’ said the NSC 's Krish Naidoo . |
| 24 | It has now reached the point where those professions involved in the management of data must take serious action to prevent information exchange becoming information loss . |
| 25 | ‘ Surely we must take that arrow out , ’ Perkin said , and put his hand on the shaft and gave it a tug . |
| 26 | His own abbot must take that charge upon him . |
| 27 | ‘ If we do not see him again — for we must take that possibility into account — you are his next of kin and his sole heiress . |
| 28 | We must take that into account . |
| 29 | If , as a result of its inquiries under s47 , it concludes that certain action should be taken to safeguard or promote a child 's welfare it must take that action so far as it is both within its power and reasonably practicable for it to do so ( s47(8) ) . |
| 30 | If government says that a unanimous verdict is necessary for criminal conviction because special moral harm is suffered when someone is unjustly convicted of a crime , then it must take that special moral harm into account in considering , for example , the admissibility of confessions under various circumstances . |