Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , most lawyers take on cases on the basis that they will not ask for an upfront fee , but a percentage of the amount of damages won instead — often as much as 40% . |
| 2 | He was not willing to take on cases with relatively unconventional chosen outcomes . |
| 3 | Sociologists of religion frequently appear inexcusably reductionist to those whom they study . |
| 4 | It gets political in its indictment of the corrupt railroad — it ‘ leaves two shiny , slimy tracks like a snail ’ — that is the representation of a rapaciously capitalist civilisation , and dares to traduce Fonda , Monument Valley and sundry rather icons of the Ford universe . |
| 5 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food what steps his Department is taking on proposals for new EC legislation or regulations on nutritional supplements ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's most kind of you , sir . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps … yes , it is most kind of you . ’ |
| 8 | Luckily Crispins of Curtain Road in London , my main veneer supplier , still had four leaves from the same bundle that I had purchased the original set from . |
| 9 | In every case , blood was taken on admission for determination of carbamylated haemoglobin . |
| 10 | These books are timeless , not part of the changing whirl of food fashion or trend , rather part of a backbone of information and knowledge without which all cookery books are quite irrelevant . |
| 11 | Rose ( 1868 ) , do not obviously suggest serious historical study , but are rather part of a long series of more popular works on Mary , in which Jean Plaidy and Madeleine Bingham are among the most recent exponents ; and there is a certain charm about the publication , in 1793 , of a work by one J. F. Gaum , Marie Stuart und Marie Antoinette in der Underwelt . |
| 12 | While Graeme Souness 's men take on Middlesbrough in an attempt to recover from their midweek European exit , Barnes will spend his 29th birthday bidding to resurrect his personal fortunes at the club 's training ground . |
| 13 | And fourth-placed Bangor take on Glentoran at the Oval in a dress rehearsal for the Irish Cup game . |
| 14 | Setting the record straight on story of diplomat 's pipe-playing activities |
| 15 | But the wheels of bureaucracy take time to run , and British winter weather is rarely kind to fliers , while seaplanes have the additional disadvantage of needing several ground-crew and suitable tides as well as suffering all the constraints of more conventional land aircraft . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's remarkably kind of you to put us up like this , and we 're both very grateful . ’ |
| 17 | But she 'd already started to dissipate the beauty of her voice with various kinds of addiction — narcotics , alcohol and companions who were n't altogether kind to her — and the last ten years of her life ( she died in 1959 ) find the light , drifting delivery of the pre-war years shrivelling into the croak of a haggard ghost . |
| 18 | But the point is that if , if musicians go to service , they know there 's enough readers and if the musicians decide to take on part of that reading one service , surely it 's only courtesy for the musicians to say to the readers , whose lists are published months in advance , terribly sorry but we 're gon na do this this time , and do you mind stepping down ? |
| 19 | Go-ahead for Hide to take on Murray for vacant title |
| 20 | The grandparents took on responsibility for the house and the children together : ‘ my mother went to work all the week , she never done no cooking . ’ |
| 21 | And there is no Redundant Churches Fund to take on responsibility for outstanding churches that need to be preserved intact , complete with their furnishings . |
| 22 | They will take on responsibility for countryside management and access in the whole of the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ) between Harting in the west and Eastbourne in the east , and will be consulted on significant planning applications in the area . |
| 23 | There is a crucial role for partnerships in taking on responsibility for the local co-ordination of education . |
| 24 | Hilda Sturge took on responsibility for the adult refugees , while the Committee , with Greta acting as honorary secretary , looked after the children . |
| 25 | Although retiring from office this year , warden Frank Wood will be carrying on responsibility for the general overseeing of the buildings and the Church Centre . |
| 26 | ‘ This is an exciting and challenging time to take on responsibility for leading the firm , ’ Mr Freedman said . |
| 27 | Objections to the proposals essentially turn on the terms under which any devolution would take place , and the question of the competence and reliability of the organisations which would be taking on responsibility for the sites . |
| 28 | President and chief executive Larry Ellison takes on responsibility for database , networking and tools development from Miner . |
| 29 | Oracle Italy is being formed as joint venture with its distributor of ten years , Datamat ; Michael Rocher , managing director of Oracle France takes on responsibility for that unit too . |
| 30 | It may be useful for family health services authorities within the zone to take on responsibility for arranging early retirement packages , where these could be shown to be in the interests of the service . |