Example sentences of "[subord] it [modal v] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one , of course , other than perhaps Winston Churchill and those in the very top echelons of the services , knew exactly when and where it would take place , but the tide by now had definitely and dramatically turned in favour of the Allies . |
| 2 | If a dispute arises , a court will probably not take account of the layout in construing the contract , although it may take account of headings and/or marginal notes . |
| 3 | I think it will succeed although it will take ages , for he is fearfully shy , and I am likewise affected . |
| 4 | However , a real particle close to a massive body has less energy than if it were far away , because it would take energy to lift it far away against the gravitational attraction of the body . |
| 5 | The leaders who went out to any area of European expansion had to make all their own decisions because it would take months , if not years , for their sovereign to reply to any request for instructions . |
| 6 | I recommended that the paper be published as it was because it would take Linde several months to correct it , since anything he sent to the West would have to be passed by Soviet censorship , which was neither very skillful nor very quick with scientific papers . |
| 7 | Since it may take decades for water to percolate into these aquifers the problem is a long-term one , and bearing in mind the increasing use of artificial fertilizer since the war , one which may return . |
| 8 | But while it is true that an economic or financial crisis will generally have a clear effect on a state 's coinage , the converse is not necessarily true : a debasement of the coinage does not in itself indicate a financial crisis , since it might take place for some other reason . |
| 9 | The F-A will now decide whether it should take action against the men which may include banning them from football for life . |
| 10 | ‘ Keith hits and kicks any child playing with a toy he wants ’ is an objective description of the problem and it allows us to decide whether it should take priority over some other problem behaviour . |
| 11 | As for the Drouot auction , it is not clear whether it will take place at all . |
| 12 | The fire was put out before it could take hold and before vital fingerprint evidence left by Gore , was destroyed . |
| 13 | The first Act to abolish Chantries , in 1545 , had lapsed before it could take effect . |
| 14 | The wedding had to be postponed because she became ill , and before it could take place , the King dissolved Parliament and revoked its laws . |
| 15 | What factors ( people , events and ideas ) long before an event occurred ( " preconditions " ) were necessary before it could take place ? |
| 16 | At present an elderly people 's home must be registered before it can take residents and be inspected regularly . |
| 17 | Unfortunately on these occasions , all too often the prick of conscience , if it has operated at all , is instantly suppressed before it can take control , and it is this which appears to have become the normal response . |
| 18 | Having defined your process model using the process model definition language , the pmodel module must be entered into LIFESPAN and installed before it will take effect . |
| 19 | For example , there was some confusion over a recent policy decision to allow OICs greater autonomy in the use and administration of their budgets , without any clear guidelines as to what this meant in practice , or when it would take effect . |
| 20 | Although this event would signify the end not merely of another king in the nation , but of a dynasty which had so far extended unbroken into prehistory , no one had any idea just when it would take place . |
| 21 | In the early days of November the members of the Cabinet fell to arguing not whether there should be an election at all upon the issue , but exactly when it should take place . |
| 22 | Perhaps the most useful distinction is to think of other disciplines as studying something else through discourse ; whereas discourse analysis has discourse as its prime object of study , and though it may take excursions into many different fields , must always be careful to return to the main concern . |