Example sentences of "take [noun] [prep] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government civilians were reported to have urged that a forthcoming policy review of Japan 's defence programme should take account of and reflect " present conditions " , namely the dramatic improvement in East-West relations and a reduction of the military threat to Japan posed by the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | Bearing in mind the fact that the report laid out only minimum welfare standards , will the Government take note of and act on the recommendations of the minority report issued at the same time ? |
| 3 | An important factor in avoiding pre-marital pregnancy would seem to be the girl 's own attitudes and behaviour in taking control of and planning her life . |
| 4 | Instead of taking account of and sharing variations in earnings and living standards between spouses , whatever the number of marriages , and then treating them as individuals , the British system as described above has preferred to recognise the work of caring for the young , the sick and the old by giving credits which maintain the care-taker 's entitlement to the basic state pension . |
| 5 | I think it would only become an event if parish councils do something which people took exception to and say that it 's |
| 6 | It seems clear from the surviving images that emperors took interest in and approved the form of their portraits , particularly those that would be seen by many of their subjects on coins and statues set up in public places . |
| 7 | 142 ( 2 ) The obligation under a condition or of a covenant entered into by a lessor with reference to the subject-matter of the lease shall , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the reversionary estate immediately expectant on the term granted by the lease , be annexed and incident to and shall go with that reversionary estate , or the several parts thereof , notwithstanding severance of that reversionary estate , and may be taken advantage of and enforced by the person in whom the term is from time to time vested by conveyance , devolution in law , or otherwise ; and , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the person from time to time entitled to that reversionary estate , the obligation aforesaid may be taken advantage of and enforced against any person so entitled . |
| 8 | 142 ( 2 ) The obligation under a condition or of a covenant entered into by a lessor with reference to the subject-matter of the lease shall , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the reversionary estate immediately expectant on the term granted by the lease , be annexed and incident to and shall go with that reversionary estate , or the several parts thereof , notwithstanding severance of that reversionary estate , and may be taken advantage of and enforced by the person in whom the term is from time to time vested by conveyance , devolution in law , or otherwise ; and , if and as far as the lessor has power to bind the person from time to time entitled to that reversionary estate , the obligation aforesaid may be taken advantage of and enforced against any person so entitled . |
| 9 | In years she was senior to everyone including the infrequently seen Charlie ; as mother hen to the dancing girls she 'd taken Lucy in and allowed her to feel at home in a matter of hours . |
| 10 | True to their school motto — ‘ I DISTRIBUTE CHEARFULLIE ’ — pupils take part in and organise a wide range of events to raise funds for a number of charities . |
| 11 | take part in and encourage children 's educational and leisure activities |
| 12 | While it is important that we take stock of and combat the fraudulent ways in which we are being described by those who oppose us , we should not be unmindful or insensitive to what we are saying about ourselves , of how we are describing who-we-are . |
| 13 | He wanted to take Sunday off and spend it with his family . |
| 14 | This is not to deny the significance of the creative individual , but his or her efforts at innovation can only be really sustained when they take root in and pervade the school as a whole . |
| 15 | As an alternative , the seller sometimes agrees that the agreement can be suspended during the period of his inability to supply , so that the buyer can go elsewhere during that period , but is obliged to return to the seller ( subject to any transition period needed to take delivery of and consume orders placed with third parties ) when he is next in a position to supply . |
| 16 | It is proposed to give the Directors the authority to alter the schemes to take account of or comply with any changes in any proposed or existing legislation affecting the schemes , or to take account of any take-over or reconstruction of the Company or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation treatment of the Company , any subsidiary or any participant , in each case excluding any changes which affect the basic structure of the schemes or the limits on the number of shares which may be subscribed for under the schemes . |
| 17 | The management of the ambulance service is also making every effort to reassure both staff and the public to the essential soundness of the organisation and to take account of and act on their concerns . |
| 18 | Others , most notably James Meade , had taken the all important step of opening up the Keynesian model so as to take account of and explain international trade and capital flows . |
| 19 | Textrix — its name is Latin for ‘ weaver ’ — is common wherever biggish stones are available for it to take shelter among and sling its web . |
| 20 | I am grateful to him for pausing for a second , at the end of a busy day , to take note of and observe the great benefits to his constituents and those of my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) as a result of the establishment of the new trust . |
| 21 | It is therefore a good idea not only to take note of and practise stress patterns in words in isolation , but also study to see what happens with the stress when the same words are put in various sentences . |
| 22 | b ) Family Membership — Please take note of and advertise our new FAMILY MEMBERSHIP which will be introduced in OCT. 1988 . |