Example sentences of "of [det] [noun pl] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further problem was the tendency of some parents to take their children on holiday during term time . |
| 2 | Overstocking took place on the Somerset Levels in the Middle Ages , aggravated by the rights of some commoners to take in cattle from outside the Levels for a fee . |
| 3 | They may well have been in the right : the tendency of some Merovingians to take and discard wives at will , that is to practise serial monogamy , meant that there was no clearly defined family tree . |
| 4 | In reality , of course , purchases of some items take up a relatively large proportion of household spending while purchases of other items take up only a very small proportion . |
| 5 | tell me about taking bearings , what do you do , let's give you an example , of some bearings to take , erm , and then you can tell me what you 're doing , so there 's a point there , and we 'll call that erm , P , just to be awkward , now let's say what we 'll do , this is what we 'll d , this is a typical problem in fact , erm , I 'll even draw that line on for you to start with , yeah , here 's the problem , a ship is sailing due North , okay , and when it 's at the point of A it takes a bearing on the lighthouse , so the lighthouse is somewhere , do n't know where it is , but bearing of L from A is forty five degrees , and the bearing of L from B , which is when the ship has sailed on a lot further |
| 6 | The gruesome ability of some individuals to take up a cannibalistic diet is , in evolutionary terms , a sensible solution to the problem of food shortage in a rapidly disappearing pond . |
| 7 | Therefore the more subjects that can benefit , the greater the chance there is of such visits taking place . |
| 8 | What now follows is an example of one such analysis in the area of English ; the use of the ‘ class reader ’ which attempts to answer the question : ‘ Does the selection of such texts take into account the above criteria ? ’ |
| 9 | I have heard stories of such men taking days to die . |
| 10 | It would be absurd to approve of such events taking place on grey , sunless days in dark , depressing places . |
| 11 | The earliest and most disastrous of these emulations took place in the isolated village of Bognor . |
| 12 | Note however Bourner and Hamed 's ( 1987 ) evidence of the strong performance of students with part-time BTEC and City and Guilds types of qualifications , and it would appear that most of these students took degrees in engineering and technology . |
| 13 | Yet , because of a prevailing conservatism among the sport 's administrators , most of these changes took at least twenty years to come about . |
| 14 | ‘ Most of these players took part last year and were delighted with the facilities and hospitality ’ says Sean Curtis : ‘ We aim to make this year 's tournament even better and , believe me , the phones have already been buzzing in relation to tickets even though they will not available until the end of this month . ’ |
| 15 | None of these figures takes account of the women and children who worked at the craft , but the broad trends are clear . |
| 16 | Of course , none of these developments took place overnight , but their growth to some maturity had much to do with the promise variable analysis held out that this was the route toward the scientific respectability of social research methods . |
| 17 | Many of these diseases take the form of persistent or chronic infections . |
| 18 | Some of these diseases take 20 years to appear . |
| 19 | All of these factors taken together helped to bring about a national sense of economic and political malaise . |
| 20 | The calculation of these heights takes into account , amongst other things , the limitations and accuracy of the total VOR system . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm always expecting to be sucked under one of these juggernauts taking a cross-country short cut . ’ |
| 22 | I do not wish in a paranoid fashion to make too much of any one of these facts taken in isolation . |
| 23 | For example , they have reanalysed studies of mother-child bonding and maternal deprivation ; have criticized conclusions drawn from them about good mother-child relations ; and have extended investigations of these relations to take into account , not just maternal exclusivity and sensitivity , but children 's relationships with other adults and children , and the physical , psychological and social quality of care . |
| 24 | Anyway , if I am to maintain my hectic schedule of conquests , I can do without the interference of these guys taking up the time and energy of foxy babes with mere talk . |
| 25 | Some of these locomotives took part in the railway ‘ race ’ from London to Aberdeen in 1895 , when there was keen competition between the west and east coast routes for Anglo-Scottish passenger traffic , and averaged well over 60 m.p.h. from Carlisle to Aberdeen on severe gradients . |
| 26 | According to officials of the Department of Antiquities , the theft and destruction of these items took place during the upheavals of last March caused by the Gulf War . |
| 27 | ‘ Suppose , ’ said 1 , ‘ you represent him as having killed one of these birds on entering the South Sea , and that the tutelary spirits of these regions take upon them to avenge the crime . ’ |
| 28 | The talks produced agreement in principle on Feb. 3 to work for a ceasefire by Feb. 15 and for the release by March 1 of all hostages taken by rival Azerbaijani and Armenian militias , and to establish permanent relations between the two organizations . |
| 29 | of all matters taken to solicitors . |
| 30 | The language and communication of all creatures takes place at both these levels , too — the subtle and the gross . |