Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the stressed housewife may take rights 3 and 7 and decide that : ‘ I have the right to suggest to my elderly mother-in-law that she enquire about the possibility of a home-help , as the demands she is making on me are wearing me out ’ . |
| 2 | When they 're on song they 're a treat to watch and if they can play like this all the time Richard Hill and co may take some stopping next season . |
| 3 | The skin may take on a white , waxy appearance with thin slits or ‘ cuts ’ on the surface . |
| 4 | Formal or informal bargaining may take place across the boundaries of the corporation between unions and political authorities — ministries , governments and local or regional authorities . |
| 5 | A distinction is made between sales negotiations , where a certain amount of bargaining may take place , and pure selling , where the salesman is given no freedom to bargain . |
| 6 | Progress does not have a financial stake in Object Design as reported ( UX No 420 ) — confusion seems to have arisen over a plan under which Progress may take over all rights to Object Access . |
| 7 | In many underdeveloped African countries , cooking may take three-quarters of all energy . |
| 8 | The idea of combining two energy sources for cooking may take a bit of rethinking on the cook 's part initially . |
| 9 | In return , I hope very much that you keep on telling us what you think about the alumni services we provide , telling us what 's going on in your professional world and how you think the University ought to take account of it . |
| 10 | This change may take the form of adding to the target text information which is not expressed in the source text . |
| 11 | The semantic constraint may take precedence over acoustic information . |
| 12 | One possibility under consideration is that this assessment may take the form of a project or assignment to be completed by the candidate . |
| 13 | This discrimination may take the form of bias in marking or the preferential treatment given to boys in the classroom . |
| 14 | But in much of this work there is a tendency to imply that the Japanese system is flexible and responsive enough to correct the negative features , although the response may take longer in some cases than others . |
| 15 | If a school has to be defended in a head 's report , the defence may take the form of not providing as much information as governors would want . |
| 16 | As well as their own skilled observations , your doctor and midwife may take advantage of medical technology to help them see how your pregnancy is going . |
| 17 | The acquirer may take the view that if the limitations of liability give the seller a generous ‘ cushion ’ before a claim can be made , then no further qualification for materiality should be allowed . |
| 18 | If he grants a sublease for a term longer than the term of his own lease , the grant may take effect as an assignment of that lease ( contrast Milmo v Carreras [ 1946 ] KB 306 and Skelton ( William ) & Son v Harrison & Pinder Ltd [ 1975 ] QB 361 ) . |
| 19 | Bowing to the logic we have suggested here ( UX Nos 381 , 384 ) , Silicon Graphics Inc will take a 10% stake in Control Data Systems , and NEC Corp may take a 5% stake to seal a deal under which the new company will commit to NEC 's versions of the MIPS Computer Systems Inc RISC . |
| 20 | Then the time-table may take another role — that of curbing the tendency to study only those subjects with the greatest appeal . |
| 21 | Although a monologue from the ward sister may take less time , the full potential of the ward report for teaching is not reached . |
| 22 | In practical terms , a checklist may take only a very short time to complete , providing that the teacher or therapist is familiar with the child being assessed . |
| 23 | Ritualization may take place in order to make a signal more , or less , honest according to the type of signal . |
| 24 | His contention is that much of the slump in mainframe revenues has been mis-attributed to downsizing mania whereas the recession should take of the blame — delay in large capital projects gives the impression that mainframes are in more trouble then they actually are , he suggests . |
| 25 | First , all new entrants to full-time further education who have not had pre-service training and with less than three years ' teaching experience should take a systematic induction training course . |
| 26 | In broad terms , the shifts of emphasis have been related to two central themes : first , that notions of reading comprehension must take greater account of what is going on in the mind of the reader , and second , that methods of text analysis must take greater account of what is going on beyond the sentence boundary . |
| 27 | It further notes that the curriculum should take account of ‘ the ethnic diversity of the school population and society at large ’ , and draws attention to the principle that as wide a range of children as possible should have access to the whole curriculum . |
| 28 | The examination of a school 's curriculum should take account of what children do and also of what they learn from what they do . |
| 29 | Within that framework schools and education authorities are in the best position to judge the particular form which the curriculum should take in the light of each school 's individual circumstances and the needs of its pupils . |
| 30 | The change must take effect by March 1996 . |