Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] take the [noun sg] " 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 | Perhaps I should always take the case for his solution as being 20% stronger than it would otherwise appear to me to be . |
| 4 | You should also take the candidate into account by arranging appointments so that waiting time is kept to a minimum . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I should definitely take the paste down . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Mum I do n't know , I 'll just take the chance , they wo n't like that . |
| 10 | We 'll just take the blame for it . |
| 11 | ‘ And you think we might just take the opportunity to suggest such a thing . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And for the young students , it might just take the fun out of learning . |
| 14 | But it might just take the form of going to the bar to buy drinks for everyone . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He 'll now take the lamb for adoption . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ It 'll never take the place of vintage wine . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd rather take the law into my own hands . ’ |
| 21 | I 'd rather take the loss myself than for people to get you know rotten stuff . |
| 22 | A ministry that enjoyed royal confidence could generally take the House of Lords for grated , and provided it did not prove incompetent or seek to impose excessive taxation , " its position was unassailable in the Commons . " |
| 23 | Now we could just take the pattern of responses out of there as being some classes . |
| 24 | But we could still take the minibus and just take three or four . |
| 25 | Well you can always charge them , could always take the cash for that . |
| 26 | To say that no man could ever take the place of Tony is to say that I 've never got over his death . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , she 'd probably take the prize , ’ conceded Ashenden with a weary grin . |
| 28 | The King could reasonably take the view that he was doing no more than exercising the right to encourage , one of Bagehot 's famous trinity of rights , and that he was encouraging his Prime Minister in achieving his aims , rather than pressing MacDonald to adopt a course which was unwelcome to him . |
| 29 | In conducting this exercise the Commissioner has explained that he has adopted the wide test of subversion formulated by Lord Harris in 1975 and that his duty ‘ is to look at each case individually and say whether the Home Secretary could reasonably take the view that the warrant was necessary in the interests of national security ’ ( Lloyd , 1987 ) . |
| 30 | A resident 's assessment could also take the form of an attempt to quantify the pecuniary benefit of owner-occupation . |