Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | These include , the significance of the inaccuracy ; whether reasonable steps where taken by the data user to check the accuracy of information held and what procedures were followed by the data user once the inaccuracy was brought to light ( DPR Guideline 4 ) . |
| 2 | Because I mind our Dad saying : ‘ She 'd do better to take on a class o' twelve-years-olds than take on Walter Machin ! ’ |
| 3 | Similarly , it the Insured considered the risk to the camera but decided that it would be safer in a locked car than taking it to where he was going he could demonstrate that precautions were taken even if they subsequently proved inadequate and the car was broken into and the camera stolen . |
| 4 | Why not visit Castle Caldwell Forest , and enjoy the delights of a National Nature Reserve ( see no 9 ) or enjoy a picnic while taking in the beautiful views of Glenelly Valley and Sperrin Mountains ( see no 17 ) . |
| 5 | However , he continued to hold her hand on the walk back to the main track , where he again drew her close to his side while taking her arm . |
| 6 | This term should only be applied to patients who fulfil the following conditions : ( i ) have a normal jejunal biopsy while taking a normal diet ; ( ii ) at some other time , before or since , have had a flat jejunal biopsy which recovers on a gluten free diet . |
| 7 | They had no alternative but to take the cause of all the drama to hospital , forty miles away in Bulawayo . |
| 8 | ‘ We have been left with no alternative but to take action through the courts to defend the Legal Aid Scheme . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | We fly across the world without a thought for Orville Wright , and whoever remembers Daguerre when taking their holiday snaps ? |
| 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 | I am prepared to criticise that action when taken by a Conservative council . |
| 13 | Held , allowing the appeal , that although there was a strong presumption against interpreting a statute as taking away the right of silence of an accused person it was the plain intention of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 that the powers of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office should not come to an end when the person under investigation had been charged ; and that , accordingly , she was entitled to compel the applicant to answer questions on pain of commission of a criminal offence under section 2(13) of the Act of 1987 if he did not do so and no caution was appropriate ( post , pp. 68F–H , 81C–F , 83E , 86H ) . |
| 14 | That there is strong presumption against interpreting a statute as taking away the right of silence , at least in some of its forms , can not in my view be doubted . |
| 15 | It is probably easier to add on extra hours than to take on too much and then find you have to reduce your hours because of outside commitments or for other less foreseeable reasons . |
| 16 | I went to the cinema considering that that would be of more benefit than taking a Latin exam that I could not pass . |
| 17 | He disliked the use of extemporary prayers , saying , ‘ There needed no other confutation than to take them down in shorthand and shew them afterwards to those men that had been so audacious as to utter them . ’ |
| 18 | But he added : ‘ There must be a better way of meeting those concerns than taking action that could lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 19 | The Old Pretender could at any time become a menace if taken up by England 's enemies . |
| 20 | I 'm afraid you 'll have to go easy on the Sangria while taking the tablets , and on the swimming too . ’ |
| 21 | Two weeks ago a mother was seriously hurt in a crash while taking her three children to school on the A167 at Ferryhill . |
| 22 | The decision in In re A Company shows that Parliament can by the use of appropriate language provide that a decision on a question of law whether taken by a judge or by some other form of tribunal shall be considered as final and not be subject to challenge either by way of appeal or judicial review . |
| 23 | What do I need to discuss with the parents when taking on a child ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Although ScotRail faced a barrage of bad publicity over the cycle ban in 1991 , and although some of the present restrictions remain irksome , on the whole I personally have had only good experiences when taking a cycle by rail within Scotland . |
| 26 | Here the dog will have the benefit of family companionship , but it is best to advise the person concerned not to let your pet off the leash when taking it for a walk outside . |
| 27 | How could I have been such a fool as to take him seriously ? |
| 28 | For unlike other supposed causal determinants of crime , mental disorder has been accepted by most criminal jurisdictions as taking away some of the fundamental elements that constitute an act as a crime . |
| 29 | Many clients saw headhunters as taking on the dirty work , and many candidates obviously shared this view . |
| 30 | Lord Lane said it would be unlawful to detain a child ‘ for such period or periods or in such circumstances as to take it outside the realm of reasonable parental discipline ’ . |