Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the contributors to the literature on the new classical macroeconomics rarely take the trouble to furnish a fully articulated theory of the firm in which cost shocks are given equal prominence with demand shocks , one is entitled to take what they have to say on short-run supply responses with a large fistful of salt . |
| 2 | Bank credit card ( Access , Barclaycard , Trustcard ) Flexible credit facility up to an agreed limit averaging £400 ) , for cash loans or credit purchases from the 100,000-plus shops etc. taking the cards ; must pay at least ( say ) five per cent of what you owe each month , but can choose to pay more ; no interest if you pay in full within 25 days of monthly statement ( except for cash drawings ) , interest on rest of debt changes periodically if bank base rate changes much . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps my legs just take the wrong turning on purpose . |
| 4 | ‘ They say foxes just take the weaker lambs , ’ Small said , ‘ but I do n't think that 's true . |
| 5 | COULD computers ever take the place of generals on the battlefield ? |
| 6 | The words usually take the form of toasts , such as VIVAS , AVE , VTI ME FELIX . |
| 7 | The manufacturers also took the opportunity to review their quality control procedures . |
| 8 | Special schools often take the full age range , including nursery and post-16 . |
| 9 | The curves describing the relationship between demographic phenomena and demographic variables often take the shape of the letters " U " and " J " or the form of a reverse " J " . |
| 10 | That does n't happen now — so pets sometimes take the place of those other relations because we crave interaction with others . |
| 11 | The conflict between these two views of the arts currently takes the form , in the case of English , of the struggle between those academics who represent the ‘ humanistic ’ Arnoldian tradition , often as interpreted by Leavis ( 1952 ) , and the more recent continental influences , such as structuralism , which emphasize the systemic or formal properties of art-objects ( Welch 1987 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Some gangs actually take the badgers up to Scotland for baiting . |
| 13 | Political conflicts normally took the form of struggles between parties or individuals for influence over the ruler , struggles in which the victor secured the all-important privilege of easy access to him and in which the vanquished were dismissed , disgraced or exiled . |
| 14 | And Rovers duly took the lead after eight minutes . |
| 15 | From the junction conditions it can be seen that , in this case , these functions necessarily take the forms : . |
| 16 | Such criticisms generally take the form of a challenge to the moral status of liberal theory . |
| 17 | In the twentieth century , and especially in the period following the Second World War , nationalist movements generally took the form of independence struggles against imperialist rule by European powers , or against less direct types of control which create a situation of dependency . |
| 18 | The reality was that provincial reformers generally took the ideological initiative away from London on this important point . |
| 19 | But the visitors deservedly took the points with Daryl Sutch 's 49th-minute winner . |
| 20 | The visitors deservedly took the lead on 16 minutes when a fine move involving Gary McCartney and Mark Glendinning on the left ended with Jonathan Magee crashing the ball into the net . |
| 21 | Trellis supports a climbing rose up a wall and hanging baskets also take the eye upwards . |
| 22 | They have coolers now to take the steam away from them . |
| 23 | Until recently both football and cricket administrators simply took the loyalty of the crowds for granted . |
| 24 | I would hope that this tacit agreement will be rescinded for the future , and if the judges then take the view that they will disclose their recommendations ( with reasons ) in open court , in mandatory as well as discretionary cases , so be it . |
| 25 | Sergeant Murphy and four accompanying gardai then took the men 's names and addresses . |
| 26 | The Conservatives then took the idea up in a slightly more limited way , but Labour returned to power to put their own scheme on the statute book in 1975 . |
| 27 | Trainees , or inexperienced dealers alone took the task seriously , and had the most burdensome time of it . |
| 28 | As Turkish operations against the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) continued in northern Iraq [ see p. 39163 ] Turkish troops gained control of the Hakurk triangle at the end of October , while in early November , according to Turkish reports , about 1,000 rebels were killed when troops also took the Haftanin area . |
| 29 | The latter symptom , common among individualists , manifests itself as a refusal to acknowledge the problem : while seeking to defend complex theoretical claims , individualists frequently take the intuitive truth of their own doctrine to be so overwhelmingly obvious that its opponents scarcely need to be taken seriously . |
| 30 | Most employers also take the precaution of stating that the illustrations given are not exhaustive . |