Example sentences of "[noun sg] to take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the logic of punk 's evangelistic drive to change things led to a attempt to take demystification to the people : the pop deconstruction of ABC ( exposing pop 's stage managing , as on the sleeve of The Lexicon of Love ) and Scritti Politti ( affirming and unravelling , simultaneously , the lover 's non-sensical discourse ) . |
| 2 | It aims to help inform the current public debate and a series of statements is expected to be produced in an attempt to take matters forward when the conference ends today . |
| 3 | Also in his favour was the demeanour of his mount , for although Mandarin must have felt horribly unbalanced he made no attempt to take advantage of this unwonted freedom and run away . |
| 4 | The indications are , therefore , that Offa 's involvement in Kentish affairs in 764–5 was short-lived , either a response to or an attempt to take advantage of a particular crisis — almost certainly the emergence of so many rival rulers in Kent in the immediately preceding period- and that the advent of Ecgberht terminated it . |
| 5 | It provided for nationalization of forests , the sale of some state-owned industries to provide money for agricultural development , some worker participation in prophet sharing , revision of electoral laws ( including significant rights for women ) , the formation of a Literacy Corps in an attempt to take education to the countryside and . |
| 6 | The law 's requirement for information on entry is an attempt to take account of the variety of policies operated by schools . |
| 7 | True , it did so cautiously — the cut in the discount rate from 8.0 to 7.5 per cent ( with no change in the Lombard rate ) does indeed represent a modest move — but this caution is clearly an attempt to take account of the slowdown of the German economy while signalling that the central bankers are continuing to keep an eye on inflation . |
| 8 | Crosse was approached by Captain Thomas Lee [ q.v. ] to participate in an attempt to take Queen Elizabeth hostage . |
| 9 | The idea , however , that the rebels aimed to kill the King is unlikely — not only did the rebels show a positive loyalty to him at Mile End and Smithfield , and adopt as a watchword ‘ King Richard and the True Commons ’ , but they made no attempt to take vengeance on him for the death of Wat Tyler , when he could have been at their mercy . |
| 10 | Barely two weeks after the Jarama carnage , Franco launched what was to be the last Nationalist attempt to take Madrid , with an attack to the north-east of the city , in the province of Guadalajara . |
| 11 | That , more than anything else , will be seen in Brussels as the test of whether Mr Major intends to use his new personal mandate to take Britain to the ‘ heart of Europe ’ . |
| 12 | Led by Humphrey Arundell , a mob gathered in Bodmin and , after a sortie to take St. Michael 's Mount , headed for England . |
| 13 | If a resident is bothered by a noisy plant he normally must persuade his local authority 's environmental health department to take action which , if friendly persuasion fails , end up ultimately in the magistrates court . |
| 14 | The chairman called on the Department to take action about those complaints because if it did not do so there would be little industry left to take action about . |
| 15 | By slipping a neat little amendment into an aid bill , or pressing the State Department to take notice of human-rights violations , the two or three people in Congress who take an interest in an ‘ obscure ’ part of the world can be disproportionately influential — and be sure of making headlines in the country concerned . |
| 16 | The fourth is that , if the principle is to be recognised , this is an almost ideal moment for that recognition to take place . |
| 17 | Where necessary ABLE will reserve module names and create active DCs to allow subsequent entry to take place . |
| 18 | Where necessary , ABLE will reserve module names and create active DCs to allow subsequent entry to take place . |
| 19 | The system can also be pre-set to cook and hold while no one is in the kitchen and , in these cost-conscious times , food can be cooked overnight or on a half-power setting to take advantage of cheap electricity periods . |
| 20 | In order to evaluate whether the enhanced home support of the action scheme was successful in sustaining at home some people who would otherwise have been likely to enter institutional care , it was necessary for the action to take place in a prescribed geographical area , so that an equivalent , matched area could become a control area . |
| 21 | And then they want someone else 's help or whatever else and er I can see that they 're concerned that you know they have a concern or want something from me then and I pass on I some action to take place you know for you know I 've on to somebody or someone said to him , I always give my name . |
| 22 | It was a great honour for the Association to take part in this National occasion , an occasion which provided an opportunity to pay a tribute to those who fought the Battle of Britain , and to remember the welfare needs that exist today as a result of that Battle . |
| 23 | If disinfection is carried out using a disinfectant there must be sufficient time for the chemical to take effect , namely the contact time , plus a small safety margin after which surfaces must be dried . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's not a crime to take Jenny Connon out , you know . |
| 25 | He heard the machine-gun fire from the helicopter , but it was difficult for the pilot to manoeuvre in such a tight space , even more difficult for the machine-gunner to take aim . |
| 26 | The USSR and other Eastern bloc states declared their readiness to take part in such a conference on Cambodia but the Western powers opposed the idea . |
| 27 | He subsequently claimed that the Soviet Union had received great support during these meetings for its readiness to take part ‘ in multilateral talks among all states which use the waters of the Indian Ocean with a view to formulating guarantees of the safety of maritime lines of communication , including the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz , as well as guarantees of the littoral states ’ sovereignty over their natural resources ’ . |
| 28 | How happy it is to see with what zeal and what promptitude all over the country the working population have exhibited their readiness to take advantage of the opportunities when once afforded them . |
| 29 | On Monday Northallerton GP Dr Hilary Enevoldson visits Darlington Football Club to take blood tests from some players . |
| 30 | But as we 're completely in the dark about what sort of intelligence service — if any — we 're up against it would do no harm to take precautions . |