Example sentences of "they could take [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas prior to his success literate elements in the labouring class had been mainly consumers of literature , now they could take on somewhat more confidently the role of producers in that broader market . |
| 2 | The development officers felt that 50 would be about the maximum number of new cases they could take on over a 12 month period . |
| 3 | Results will be given as quickly as possible , but some experts fear they could take up to a month if demand is high . |
| 4 | Perhaps er they could take up services . |
| 5 | Farm Work the Women Felt they could Take Over |
| 6 | Table 20 indicates the jobs that the wives felt they could take over in addition to their present domestic and farm situation . |
| 7 | Only a few said they could take over calving ( mainly because of the physical aspect ) so the figure of 56% refers almost exclusively to lambing . |
| 8 | Often the Phantasms — daemon-masked , each dabbed with different costly scents , and gowned in luminous silk appliquéd with lascivious emblems — would bomb around the broad upper avenues on their jet-trikes , and through almost deserted midnight malls , seeking stylised mayhem with another brat gang or hunting for an odour bar or an elegant brothel which they could take over for a few hours before fleeing just ahead of a Judge patrol . |
| 9 | By November 1948 , it was agreed that they could take over the responsibility for progressing work on the manufacture of plant and on-site construction from the Ministries of Supply and Works , and the following year they did so . |
| 10 | In fact , they flatly refused to play unless they could take over in defence . |
| 11 | They could take over the duties of nominated bodies , for example those for hospitals and water , and so make these services subject to democratic accountability and , in general , it is argued that they would strengthen popular interest and involvement in public affairs . |
| 12 | As the time approached for me to concentrate on my matriculation , I decided to offer Charlie the opportunity to buy out my share of the partnership and even arranged for a qualified accountant to replace me in order that they could take over the book-keeping . |
| 13 | Their speciality was tunes like In Sans Souci — to remind Twenties Berliners of that nice Sunday afternoon tram ride they could take out to Frederick the Great 's summer palace at Potsdam — a trip no West Berliner has been able to take for half a century . |
| 14 | They could live in pleasant suburbs and travel to work ; they could take off to previously distant areas for their holidays . |
| 15 | The primary reason for this move was not a desire for increased tax revenue , welcome as this no doubt was , but , rather , an expression of the Government 's opposition to people enjoying a larger income when out of work than they could take home in a wage packet . |