Example sentences of "as take " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the focus is that the school is a good place for all , that it gives as well as takes , then it can gain a great deal of positive publicity . |
| 2 | Thus , while the state attempted to monopolize such discussion as took place — for example when the ‘ neutral ’ forum for discussion at the VEC seminar was turned by the authorities into a reassurance session — this was resisted locally by successful intervention and contestation at the VEC seminar both by an outside speaker and by DUC activists , and by forcing the issue back on the table for discussion at the local authority level . |
| 3 | But they were no strangers to Jack because he called out ‘ See yer later Molly ’ as took his leave . |
| 4 | As absolutism took hold in the seventeenth century , many traditional assemblies of estates fell into abeyance , and the gradual evolution of such an assembly into a modern parliament , as took place in England , was the exception rather than the rule in early modern Europe . |
| 5 | As well as taking up good growing space , they compete with the other plants for light , moisture and nutrients . |
| 6 | It sees the practical development of its work as taking place mainly at local level , and to this end encourages the formation of autonomous local groups which can respond to needs in their own area . |
| 7 | The final text substitutes waistcoat for frock-coat — ‘ I do n't think they 'll get as far as taking my waistcoat off ’ — even better for the pampered softy with his vein of oldwomanish guile . |
| 8 | Leavis defined critical discussion as taking the form , ‘ This is so , is n't it ? ’ expecting the answer , ‘ yes , but … ’ ( though never , ‘ I very much doubt it ’ or ‘ No , in thunder ! ’ ) . |
| 9 | The configuration can appear stable , however , when perceived as taking place on the circumference of a circle and viewed in perspective . |
| 10 | A popular way of seeing the coastline and some of rural California as well as taking in the contrasting cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco is to drive up — or down — Highway 1 , known as the Pacific Coast Highway , or simply PCH . |
| 11 | If we dissolve a tablet in a bath of water will a teaspoonful dose have the same effect as taking the tablet itself ? |
| 12 | Also note the wording ‘ one or increasing progressively more teaspoons ’ which , if appropriate to the case , can speed up cure by giving increased stimulus from the larger dose as well as taking the patient through the higher potencies more rapidly . |
| 13 | One grandmother is remembered as taking ‘ a deep interest in all her grandchildren ’ , reading and talking , walking and painting with them ; and when her granddaughter became in turn a mother , it was her belief that |
| 14 | In the world of American football and powerlifting , where sheer bulk was an asset , he quotes one lifter as taking a steroid ‘ cocktail ’ at a dosage of 450 milligrams a day . |
| 15 | Although John was generally a quick worker , Anne Heaton remembers him as taking a long time over this work and seeming nervous about it . |
| 16 | Harold is a very good prime minister as far as taking the Cabinet goes . |
| 17 | Bereavement can have devastating effects on our defensive cells , but even something as minor as taking an exam can make us more vulnerable to infection . |
| 18 | John Tennant 's father had died while John was still in his twenties and as well as taking over Laigh Corton Farm , he had taken responsibility for his mother and the rest of the family . |
| 19 | It has always been regarded as desirable that the police should be seen as taking no particular stance regarding political activity and that they should not be placed in a position where decisions of a party political nature are concerned . |
| 20 | All these things are just as likely to rid you of a headache as taking a pill . |
| 21 | Unlike one of those characters whom Charles Dickens described as taking ‘ Night Walks ’ in The Uncommercial Traveller , the well-to-do , clever , suitably married man who Should society sit by and allow ‘ characters ’ who chose to be loose with their money to get away with it ? |
| 22 | It can also , in another sense , be regarded as taking advantage of the vulnerability of the recipient of the threat . |
| 23 | The new laws were presented as taking the game into a new arena . |
| 24 | As well as taking a careful look at what lies beyond the marketing blurb , prospective purchasers need to be very sure of their requirements — before they even begin to consider whether any of the available systems can meet their needs . |
| 25 | Like Anne , she saw the current situation as none of her business — and wished not to be seen as taking sides . |
| 26 | It was clear that the Government now saw itself as taking a greater part in determining TBC policies , and this was confirmed by the addition of an External Service to the TBC 's responsibilities . |
| 27 | Sometimes a sick person 's friends show their faith in such action as taking a person to a healing service or to some centre of healing such as Lourdes . |
| 28 | Yet on the basis of the facts available to him Andrewes could be regarded as taking a compassionate line in agreeing to the dissolution of a marriage which was intolerable to both husband and wife and had not been consummated . |
| 29 | As well as taking kids , eagles also try to flush or knock older goats off ledges . |
| 30 | The American , who was ranked as high as 22 in the world in 1982 , will be responsible for coaching the current Rover Scholarship players in the south east as well as taking international teams to tournaments abroad . |