Example sentences of "[adj] to take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the year before , he had spoken at the Moot of his hope , according to the minutes , " for occupation in some form of national service without that official status which might shut his mouth , and that he would be free to take part in any work for the future that was possible . |
| 2 | During the next few days , I hope you will all feel free to take part in our meetings and discussions which I am sure will assist us with our decision making . |
| 3 | But each enterprise also wants government to be flexible , to discriminate in its favour ; and for itself wants to be free to take advantage of any shifts in the factors which improve its own bargaining power . |
| 4 | The point has been to set people free from constraints ; and leave them free to take advantage of the opportunities around them . |
| 5 | Lord Donaldson ruled that Mr Hurd , in deciding whether to issue a directive , and in deciding its terms , was free to take account of the terms of the European Convention , but was under no obligation to do so . |
| 6 | It followed that while the Home Secretary was free to take account of the terms of the Convention , he was not obliged to do so and that the terms of the Convention were irrelevant to the court 's decision . |
| 7 | So , for example , in football , whites should be more suited to take penalty and free kicks ( self-paced ) and blacks to more spontaneous out-field range shooting ( reactive ) . |
| 8 | ‘ One 's also got to be very careful to take account of the word ‘ contract ’ . |
| 9 | I had not thought she was sufficiently interested to take sides one way or the other . |
| 10 | She sees the person who successfully survives the hazards of the middle years becoming someone in their own right who is not afraid to take responsibility and to admit to ‘ what I really feel ’ . |
| 11 | There are a lot of people here who are afraid to take chances and do new things . |
| 12 | Entry to the libertarian , undisciplined and nakedly elitist lifestyle of the Ecole Normale Superieure inevitably led Nizan to take stock of his situation from an entirely new perspective . |
| 13 | Firstly , it is inadvisable to take remedies consisting of mixtures as no homoeopathic provings have been done on mixtures and it is not known whether the effects of these are different from the effects of their individual components . |
| 14 | Neither approach by itself is adequate to take account of the complexities involved in meeting the needs of our children and our schools at the present time . |
| 15 | However , the detailed cross-referencing is usually quite adequate to take care of such problems . |
| 16 | The discrepancy between the large number of Party members and the Party 's poor performance at the polls indicates clearly that while Danzigers were prepared to take advantage of it as a social refuge , they were by no means as convinced by it as Forster and Hitler desired . |
| 17 | Perhaps it is true that ‘ life begins at 40 ’ ( or 50 ) for those who recognize the opportunities available to them after parenting ceases , and are prepared to take advantage of them . |
| 18 | There now exists a variety of provision for education , training , work experience and advice supported by central government , local government and voluntary bodies , but experience suggests that some of those most in need of such services are relatively ill prepared to take advantage of the opportunities they offer . |
| 19 | ‘ There are people who are prepared to take advantage , selling trees under false pretences , valuing them at a lot more than they are worth . |
| 20 | Be prepared to take advantage of offers that come your way , especially if they concern a friend or relative . |
| 21 | The former building society is understood to be prepared to take court action if it does not wrest the compensation from Lloyds . |
| 22 | I think any student going through higher education is getting something from it if they come in as some measure sceptical , in some measure critical , that they 're not prepared to take things at face value . |
| 23 | He wanted to know whether they would be prepared to take payment for what they produced after everyone else had taken a cut . |
| 24 | They would even be prepared to take Rosy on a one-year loan period , if that suited the player and Liverpool . |
| 25 | PFA BALLOT RESULT 1 : Would you be prepared to take part in industrial action consisting of a refusal to play in all live televised matches after April 7 ? |
| 26 | No : 38 3 : Would you be prepared to take part in industrial action with a strike starting on April 18 ? |
| 27 | The numbers were reduced to nine the following year , as it was generally felt that it would be better to hold them every other year and quite a few indicated they would be prepared to take part on a biennial basis . |
| 28 | Christie , who has already signed money-spinning deals with Lucozade and clothing firm High and Mighty since Barcelona , said : ‘ We did n't see why we should pay for a visa when we were prepared to take part in races for nothing . |
| 29 | Another islander , Michael O'Toole , explained that local people would be quite prepared to take part in direct action to prevent any mining on the island against the wishes of the community : |
| 30 | At the Celebration of Enrolment you said Right yes , well I 'm prepared to take part in the preparation programme . |