Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] take the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are planning to have windows replaced anyway for maintenance purposes , you should obviously take the opportunity to have sealed-unit double glazing fitted as standard . |
| 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 | How strange that such an excellent king should not take the chance I was offering him ! |
| 4 | Whilst you are waiting for the expert help to arrive , there is no reason why you should not take the person 's case and find a remedy for him . |
| 5 | If he does , he should ask the helper simply to make sure that the cars stop for long enough to allow him to cross : the helper should not take the patient 's arm and hurry him across . |
| 6 | If we accept the internal validity of their study we should not take the findings beyond the limits they set down themselves . |
| 7 | They should not take the attitude that ‘ risk management is someone else 's business ’ ; rather , they should take the initiative . |
| 8 | There are , of course , objections to the proposal that the Government should not take the initiative in this matter . |
| 9 | They were apparently advised by people not named , that they should not take the petition round in their area , and they were also apparently reminded who they were employed by . |
| 10 | In any event , I chose this route and I must ever take the consequences . ’ |
| 11 | Perhaps I should always take the case for his solution as being 20% stronger than it would otherwise appear to me to be . |
| 12 | You should also take the candidate into account by arranging appointments so that waiting time is kept to a minimum . |
| 13 | But this does not stop Abse constructing an elaborate thesis based on Thatcher 's ‘ sphincter morality ’ , for which her mother , Beatrice , should really take the blame : ‘ Thatcher succeeded in initiating the electorate into a new form of gambling : her personal need to end the earlier constraints which she had endured , outlawing the joys of shitting and coprophilia , drove her to open the doors of the Stock Exchange , and end its exclusivity . ’ |
| 14 | There 's no reason why you should n't take the photograph . ’ |
| 15 | Some of them turned out to be not as indifferent to my plight as I 'd feared they all would be , and a few murmured that if I did really feel strongly about the way I had been treated , I should indeed take the matter up with the Senate . |
| 16 | I should definitely take the paste down . |
| 17 | Although you may normally take the view that there is never a best time for spending money , retirement planning is different in that sooner or later you will need , or want , to make certain purchases — or pay off outstanding commitments , such as a mortgage . |
| 18 | Natural fibres such as silk and wool do n't retain perspiration smells , and are the best insulators , but they may not take the moisture away after exercise . |
| 19 | He may not take the law into his own hands . |
| 20 | I 'll just take the mugs through shall I ? |
| 21 | Mum I do n't know , I 'll just take the chance , they wo n't like that . |
| 22 | We 'll just take the blame for it . |
| 23 | ‘ And you think we might just take the opportunity to suggest such a thing . ’ |
| 24 | Perhaps I might just take the chance to say that if there is a local group that would like to hospitality to people from developing countries that are at the Institute , we always welcome that sort of opportunity and invitation . |
| 25 | And for the young students , it might just take the fun out of learning . |
| 26 | But it might just take the form of going to the bar to buy drinks for everyone . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He 'll now take the lamb for adoption . |
| 29 | We 'll then , I 'll then invite a speaker from each region on the C E C statement and following on from that we 'll then take the vote on the statement and comp twenty nine and motion three nine six . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |