Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [noun sg] [modal v] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number was extremely complicated so realising that completion would take some time , he took out advertisements a year before of the first performance and announced that bookings would be accepted for the unseen act . |
| 2 | how , how serious do you think this chap would take that duty , you know |
| 3 | When will we realise that ending this horror will take more than stern words ? — |
| 4 | The light hearted and straightforward way in which the author has approached this book should take most of the hard work out of learning Excel , even for the most apprehensive beginner . |
| 5 | And you sh- , I mean it takes from here to your place , going that way can take fifteen minutes . |
| 6 | C. T. R. Wilson [ q.v. ] later showed that condensation can take place on ions in dust-free air , but this can only be achieved in the laboratory using greater expansion and cooling than occurs naturally . |
| 7 | Although modelled growth rates for carbonate concretions imply that formation may take 10 5 years , these concretions are found in sediments that have been deposited in the last 50 years . |
| 8 | Successful teaching requires that learning should take place . |
| 9 | Making concessions to Lenin 's Indian and ‘ Asia-First ’ opponent , M N Roy , the Commission had , throughout the theses , replaced ‘ bourgeois-democratic ’ by ‘ revolutionary ’ and the result was , as one may see in the sixth thesis , that the revolutionary-liberation movement in backward countries or among backward nationalities was invited to determine what forms this alliance should take . |
| 10 | We have stressed the notion that leadership is concerned with a relationship and we have indicated what forms this relationship might take . |
| 11 | All of us must have been deeply disturbed by the Chancellor 's refusal to answer the question this afternoon — yes , we agree that Parliament must take the final decision , but what decision will he recommend in those circumstances ? |
| 12 | ( 2 ) The solicitors agree that exchange shall take place from that moment and holding solicitors confirm that as from that moment : ( a ) they hold the part signed by their client to the order of the other ; and ( b ) undertake that day to post by first-class post or to deliver their signed part of the contract to the other solicitors , together , in the case of the buyer 's solicitor holding both parts , with a bank draft or a solicitor 's clients ' account cheque for the deposit . |
| 13 | Exploring that path would take her to the edge of a precipice over which she did not wish to step . |
| 14 | This conclusion may not remain universally true when we allow for heterogeneous capital ; none the less , the possibility remains that shifting may take place and we need to check when considering policy proposals the likelihood of this actually happening . |
| 15 | Thus in a case where the ‘ principles of good forestry ’ dictate that felling should take place , and would result in too great a sacrifice of amenity , the owner can claim compensation for the loss which he suffers . |
| 16 | was in Camplin that it was first established that rape could take place even though there was no force threatened or used provided that the victim did not consent to intercourse . |
| 17 | Clause 3 of Precedent 1 relies upon this provision , to specify that acceptance shall take place upon delivery . |
| 18 | Yet , the institution of the industrial co-operative commonwealth required that labour should take control of the means of production ; and for Owen , for whom the violence and destruction such as had attended the French Revolution were calamitous , the change to control by labour must happen peacefully . |
| 19 | Through setting goals with priority areas , and through involving both staff and pupils , it suggested each school could take its own path to becoming ‘ the considerate school . ’ |