Example sentences of "[adj] to take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were thus free to take the Cup to lunch , where , feeling better , the former rugby hooker , Jeffrey Bernard , pronounced himself happy that ‘ if England ca n't have the Cup , then at least it 's good that the Australians have it … anybody but the wretched French and the bloody Welsh , who never bought a drink for anybody in their life ’ . |
| 2 | I pressed that such an undertaking would be meaningless if they were free to take the Conservative whip in common with faulknerite unionists . |
| 3 | I can assure the hon. Member for Ogmore that once the legislative procedure is clarified , the Government will be more than anxious to end the anomalies and the present situation in which people are unclear and therefore feel free to take the law into their own hands . |
| 4 | Instantly , Doyle let go of Jinny and started forward , his arms outstretched to take the Kalashnikov . |
| 5 | Some may find it inconvenient to take the time off work to be screened . |
| 6 | Some may find it inconvenient to take the time off work to be screened . |
| 7 | The 25-year-old Welshman , who had been favourite to take the Olympic title , has been unbeaten since the Games . |
| 8 | Penny , three times world champion and favourite to take the Olympic crown on Monday , lost vital points when , as she lay fifth in the seventh race in her class , the centre board broke and she was ruled out of the race . |
| 9 | The three-time world champion and favourite to take the Olympic crown on Monday lost vital points when she was ruled out of the seventh race after her board broke . |
| 10 | Colin McRae winner in Nez Zealand starts as favourite to take the Rally of Malaysia … |
| 11 | PAT Eddery was today installed favourite to take the Ritz Club Trophy awarded to the top jockey at Royal Ascot . |
| 12 | Favourite to take the big prize will be TV Trophy winner Fortunate Man , which was the fastest qualifier , clocking 41.61 secs for the 670 metres trip . |
| 13 | Britain 's Sally Prosser , favourite to take the Asian Circuit order of merit title , also had an eagle in her 71 , in which she emulated Forbes by dropping shots at the final two holes . |
| 14 | It seems that the wise are the ones who are most afraid to take the Ring . |
| 15 | Mr Lord said : ‘ These young men were wrong to take the law into their own hands but the five years they were given was excessive . |
| 16 | Finniston admits that being plunged into the deep end of commercial decisions he inevitably made mistakes in the early stages , although he is not prepared to take the blame entirely . |
| 17 | Either chemists , pharmacists and medical practitioners should be totally amoral and provide patients with any drug they want — including fatal poisons — to use as they wish , or else we have got to be prepared to take the moral stands our consciences and beliefs press on us . |
| 18 | The Chilean case shows that the working class were prepared to take the situation into their own hands and adopt radical action over the heads of their own leaders . |
| 19 | Against a background of the strategic concerns outlined above , the government decided that it was not prepared to take the risk of rejection by the market . |
| 20 | Even so , many people are prepared to take the risks to their health , and extend these to their child . |
| 21 | Stirling was more than happy to oblige , especially as Major Steele 's LRDG squadron was prepared to take the raiders out and bring them back . |
| 22 | Unless someone had been prepared to take the risk , she might have spent her childhood in institutions . |
| 23 | A friend has told him that the council might be prepared to take the children into voluntary care for a while so that Ahmed can convalesce properly . |
| 24 | But , often , engineers in charge of such devices have no control over the transmission equipment , whose owners may not be prepared to take the necessary precautions . |
| 25 | And even if the investment were available for incinerators of this quality , there is no guarantee that the rate of return from burning waste would recoup the initial outlay and therefore few councils are prepared to take the risk . |
| 26 | Horses which rear , nap or are bad in traffic should only be dealt with by professionals , who knows what they are doing and are prepared to take the risks involved . |
| 27 | Essex man , despite FT editorials , was not prepared to take the risk — and pay higher taxes in the process . |
| 28 | I believe he 's innocent and I 'm prepared to take the risk . ’ |
| 29 | But if you 're prepared to take the risk of equity investment for the reward of a tax-free return , a PEP could be just the right route for you . |
| 30 | Jackie and Jaafer insist that it stands and are prepared to take the company on in court . |