Example sentences of "[subord] to take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course now it 's warm enough to start getting out in the garden , what could be better than to take a selection of water toys to play with in the paddling pool outside ? |
| 2 | She knew better than to take a wanted man near the Welsh gate ; but the castle gate was the one land approach to the town , the eastward and inviolable gate , overshadowed by the bulk of the castle and the strength of its garrison . |
| 3 | She 'd find it more useful to understand her own character short-comings than to take an elementary course in drug chemistry . ’ |
| 4 | Although the government eventually decided to accept royalties from sales of the chip rather than to take an equity share in the company , it was widely seen as the last straw in a conflict between Fields and the administration . |
| 5 | I should have known better than to take the word of any of that crowd from Donovan 's Square . ’ |
| 6 | There is no way out for you , other than to take the course we offer . ’ |
| 7 | There is nothing more difficult to take in hand , more perilous to conduct , or more uncertain in its success , than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things . |
| 8 | The man leans forward , grasps the paper as if to take a closer look at it , and removes the small white packet of cocaine from behind my thumb . |
| 9 | He supported the alliance because to take the cooperative movement into the Labour Party wholly would not help the Labour Party : and it was necessary to build up a political consciousness in the movement so that cooperative ideals could be translated by political machinery . |
| 10 | Arsenal had no option but to take the attack to Oldham in the second half and Rhodes had to save from Thomas , Dixon and Quinn , but when a magnificent ball by Bunn sent Milligan streaking for goal he was hauled back by O'Leary , who was booked . |
| 11 | They had no alternative but to take the cause of all the drama to hospital , forty miles away in Bulawayo . |
| 12 | We have no option but to take the property back into our possession . |
| 13 | ‘ There is no choice but to take an ugly and difficult decision to avert an even greater injustice , and those who cry halt and say there must be some other way , even though every conceivable way has been sought , would carry the responsibility for the even more catastrophic consequences of inaction , ’ he added . |
| 14 | He or she would decide whether cases should go on to a Children 's Hearing before the Children 's Panel , or whether to take no further action . |
| 15 | The choice for us was whether to take a strike unprepared or to live to fight another day . |
| 16 | The problem for any intelligence agency , East or West , is whether to take a politician at his word when he is publicly declaring a desire for greater friendship and understanding with the very same people against whom the covert operation is intended . |
| 17 | Before taking a decision on whether to take a case to a Children 's Hearing , the Reporter has to consider the reports from all the appropriate agencies . |
| 18 | The choice facing the Government is whether to take a risk with inflation by reducing interest rates in order to get the economy out of recession , or to take no risk with inflation , await a recovery in the domestic economy ( now more likely because of a lower pound and lower interest rates ) , and a decline in German interest rates , before rejoining the ERM . |
| 19 | Often the deciding factor when choosing whether to take a lump sum is the problem of investing it . |
| 20 | Whether to take a warm shower or jump into the plunge pool filled with ice cold water . |
| 21 | In framing its monetary policy a government must have a clear idea of what the goals of the policy are , which monetary variable it is going to attempt to control and by what means , whether to take a long-term or short-term perspective , and how the policy fits in with other policies . |
| 22 | Patricia added : ‘ I did n't know whether to take a case or not but my solicitor , Rosemary Nelson and barrister Elaine Kelly , were very helpful and supportive . |
| 23 | Each of these are covered in this leaflet as each may affect you personally when deciding whether to take the HIV antibody test . |
| 24 | He said Novell was interested in exploring the possibility of offering links to all operating systems and Apple wanted to start penetrating the corporate environment ; it was up to Apple whether to take the project to the next step . |
| 25 | A so-called Opportunity Analysis service , which identifies those areas of an organisation likely to benefit from downsizing , is also available for those deciding whether to take the plunge . |
| 26 | In deciding whether to take the case to trial , this legal official acts on the basis of the material provided by the police . |
| 27 | Goschenen then is the place of decisions : whether to take the tunnel through to Italian-speaking Ticino and southern climes , or to proceed to Andermatt on the old Gotthard road which now climbs sharply up to cross the Reuss tributary and after some hairpin bends enters the forbidding rock walls of the Schollenen gorge which took centuries for road builders to master , first by bridle paths on suspended plank bridges and in more modern days by tunnels and galleries as well as daring bridges Emerging from the gorge the road crosses the Reuss waterfall on the " Devil 's bridge " and enters the wide Urseren valley in which Andermatt lies , occupying the strategic position at the " crossroads of Switzerland " or even of Europe — where the main west-east route carved out of the high alpine massif by the Rhine and Rhone rivers crosses the north-south route gouged out by rivers Reuss and Ticino . |
| 28 | It was always a debatable point with us when working our way from west to east , or vice versa , in the north of Scotland , whether to take the open sea route northabout , or to undertake the canal route . |
| 29 | Sarah sat on the oak settle in the hall and wondered whether to take the message to Enid in the shop . |
| 30 | whether to take the bins out or not . |