Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] take [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on the complexity of your operations this may only take a couple of man weeks and could be repeated at regular intervals to monitor progress . |
| 2 | Minimum reporting standards require that valuation reports to be issued to clients or to the relevant authorities should normally take the form of a letter which would contain the following : |
| 3 | well a number of things have come up so let's just take a couple of votes as er , from hearing from a few people and of which people have n't managed to speak so , first of all , er , er people talked about fear being larger than the incidence of assault , are you afraid to go out in the dark ? , button one for yes and button two for no do you find that your afraid to go out in the dark , and then this hundred and that 's a very , I mean that 's , that 's a very significant figure fifty seven out of this hundred women say yes that their afraid to go out in the dark from time to time , I mean that , that is not as it should be , let me ask you are you ever afraid in your own home ? , button one for yes and button two for no and that two is a very worrying figure , twenty nine of of this hundred say yes their afraid in their home , let me ask you this have you trained in self defence ? , button one for yes and button two for no , I mean its something that comes up from time to time and I do n't know what your view and whether or not its a good idea , well twelve of the hundred here have er , eighty eight say no , of those twelve would you recommend it ? , did it make you feel better ? , yes |
| 4 | It 'll only take a couple of minutes — what I 've got to say . ’ |
| 5 | But it 'll only take a couple of days . ’ |
| 6 | Fine I 'll just take a note of that , thank you . |
| 7 | Now , sir , I 'll just take an impression of your penis here There was some more budget-balancing over the question of She-She 's underwear . |
| 8 | Well it might just take a couple of hours to print out a complete set of statements for two hundred customers . |
| 9 | But it might just take the form of going to the bar to buy drinks for everyone . ’ |
| 10 | He 'll probably take no notice of you because he 'll be trying to upset me . ’ |
| 11 | Conflict might also take the form of faultfinding in the work of other departments : eg. Department X might duplicate the work of department Y — hoping to prove department Y ‘ wrong ’ — and then report the fact to senior management . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe the best way of putting it is that if you were abroad and on the town , Con would find a licensed brothel where the girls all had health checks , while the riff-raff might sometimes take the risk of picking up a likely-looking tart in a bar . |
| 13 | ‘ It 'll never take the place of vintage wine . ’ |
| 14 | A ministry that enjoyed royal confidence could generally take the House of Lords for grated , and provided it did not prove incompetent or seek to impose excessive taxation , " its position was unassailable in the Commons . " |
| 15 | Now we could just take the pattern of responses out of there as being some classes . |
| 16 | The leaving present given to an ambassador could still take a variety of different forms . |
| 17 | To say that no man could ever take the place of Tony is to say that I 've never got over his death . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Completing your dog-training course could take a couple of months but it could also take a couple of years because of the waiting period . ’ |
| 19 | A resident 's assessment could also take the form of an attempt to quantify the pecuniary benefit of owner-occupation . |
| 20 | Without that leverage , the RPF could either take a vow of self-imposed isolation ( in the hope that this would be rewarded by electoral victory in 1956 ) or risk its anti-system character by participating in parliamentary politics and even holding a share of power in coalition governments . |
| 21 | These could either take the form of specific questions on the material contained in the case studies or they may be used to provide the base for students to be set exercises involving library research . |
| 22 | You can hear it in the jazz metal fills in ‘ Glam Slam ’ and ‘ U Got the Look ’ , in the way the West Coast power pop of ‘ I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man ’ subsides brilliantly into a brooding meander of acid guitar , in the raga anthem ‘ The Cross , … |
| 23 | Hierarchical relationships may also take the form of coordinate relationships , in which case they may be represented by ‘ RT ’ or related term in a similar manner to affinitive relationships below . |
| 24 | An audit may also take the form of an investigation of the internal systems of control ( carried out by internal auditors , who are employed by an organization ) . |
| 25 | The transaction may also take the form of a reverse takeover or a rights issue underwritten by a third party who expects to acquire a controlling interest pursuant to the underwriting . |
| 26 | These may often take the form of rhymes , which are more easily remembered than bare facts . |
| 27 | It may alternatively take the form of withholding or threatening to withhold the performance of some public duty or the rendering of some public service unless a payment is made which is not lawfully due or is greater than that which is lawfully due , as was the position in the colore officii cases . |
| 28 | Once the beer can had been invented , that is evolved , in one place , it was inevitable that it would eventually take the place of the bottle all over the world , though the process is still going on . |
| 29 | ‘ It would only take a change of attitude amongst men to improve the situation out of all recognition . |
| 30 | I thought it would only take a couple of days to clear up , but it was to take quite a lot longer . |