How To Use Take for In A Sentence

The time it takes to start or stop a stopwatch is the same amount of time it would take for someone driving under the influence to lose control of their vehicle, about seven tenths of a second. News/local from www.dailyamerican.com
How long did it take for women to get the right to vote?
The only question in her mind, was how long would it take for everything to work out?
They take for granted easy access to inexpensive technological, social and collaborative tools. Times, Sunday Times
I am going to take for granted that you have done your homework and have a proposal that is worth seeing.

But when you actually do so, you suddenly become aware of how many sights and sounds you just take for granted and ignore in the course of everyday humdrum life.
Three or four hundred kilos a year was not an exceptional intake for one family.
Routine chores, that other people may take for granted, have inevitably become a problem.
I'm staying here. If I go with you, it'll take forever and a day.
In the late 1960s and '70s, second-wave feminists, belittled in today's conservative backlash as bra-burning man-haters, paved the way for rights younger women now take for granted.
Quite a few of them would even stub out their cigarettes so enraptured, and intimidated, would they be by the blizzard of technical virtuosity that we, today, take for granted. Debra Levine: Ballets Russes Updated: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Turns 15
The statements are needed in order to take forward a class action lawsuit against the domain registrar.
How long does it take for the dial to rotate through a full circle?
These observations suggest to some that bisexuality is a natural state among animals, perhaps Homo sapiens included, despite the sexual-orientation boundaries most people take for granted. ID/Evolution
Whilst this was happening Catherine and I were trying to clean and paint the underneath of the car, which seemed to take forever as a previous owner had undersealed the car.
So what does it take for a woman to snare the man who is widely considered to be the world's most eligible bachelor? The Sun
Take for instance, his cantata: the use of pizzicato, or plucking strings, to express the clashing of swords.
The crack and the manners and all the things you take for granted that I dinna have. AN OLDER WOMAN
If you love sport, it can be easy to take for granted how readily accessible it is. Times, Sunday Times
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She rose from humble origins to become a military heroine by the age of 19, although she was ultimately captured and burned at the stake for heresy.
But then again, slow robots that take forever to commit suicide (such as ramming into a wall) are boring, so its a design tradeoff for you to decide.
If you love sport, it can be easy to take for granted how readily accessible it is. Times, Sunday Times
Individualism is a pretty new idea relatively speaking and one which most of us today take for granted.
The northernmost channel in our maps, “Maxwell River,” is known to Europeans and natives as Noangwa; Mamballa or the central line is called by the moderns Nshibúl, and the southern is dubbed by the hydrographer, “Rio Konio,” a truly terrible mistake for Sonho. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
According to MS Outlook, the email address of "hal lewis" my mistake for saying "linden" in the first post: hal lewis [email protected] Rabett Run
Contagious Ecthyma mainly harms lamb and makes it difficult to suck at breast, take forage and increase weight.
She has been so deeply hurt it may take forever for the wounds to heal.
Take for example a chopine 3 cups/750 ml of good milk. . . On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
M. Cuvier suspects that I may have mistaken for it the animal called by naturalists the dugong, and vulgarly the sea-cow, which will be hereafter mentioned; and it would indeed be a grievous error to mistake for a beast with four legs, a fish with two pectoral fins serving the purposes of feet; but, independently of the authority I have stated, the kuda ayer, or river-horse, is familiarly known to the natives, as is also the duyong (from which M.layan word the dugong of naturalists has been corrupted); and I have only to add that, in a register given by the Philosophical Society of Batavia in the first The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
It would be easy to site new English grammars in deprived areas and encourage primaries to prepare a working-class intake for the test. Times, Sunday Times
After all, it's not like making risotto or cassoulet where there are all kinds of rules and a process that seems to take forever.
Worryingly, that's almost four times the recommended daily intake for women and three times the amount for men. The Sun
Take for example, Cara from the Curvature's thread on the costs of unwed parenting, in which women point out why Bush's Marriage Saver program is a bad idea: doesn't stop men from abandoning women when they have children (as they've done historically), doesn't help single mothers, doesn't help women in abusive marriages. Sweet Valley? Implicit Racism & Other thoughts
It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up.
The reason for not using knotted tapered leaders when fishing with very small flies is you will often get fish hitting the knots in mistake for a tiny insect.
We must now change gear somewhat, and ask what it would take for such relationships to be treated as satisfactory explanations.
All it may take for him to be among the league leaders in homers is a few days with the wind blowing out at Wrigley Field. Who can shake cold starts at hot corner?
That's my opinion, but I wouldn't go to the stake for it.
Economists generally take for granted, if only tacitly, a teleological view of money's historical development, according to which it first takes the "primitive" form of mundane commodities such as cowrie shells and cacao seeds, and then advances through various stages, culminating in the national fiat monies most economies rely upon today. offers a spirited rebuttal to this naively "whiggish" perspective. EconLog
It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up.
What if something we take for granted, something utterly predictable, suddenly became unpredictable and chaotic and disordered?
Based on the data in the two previous categories, how many minutes/matches/days/weeks would it take for United to score against RSL at Rio Tinto Stadium, where the home squad is 11-0-4 and has allowed seven goals? MLS playoff scenarios, statistics, records
And the longer the economy takes to rebound, the longer it will take for the so-called reflation trade to pay off. Reflation and How to Exploit It
It seemed to take forever before the cops, the fuzz, the pigs finally turned and moved single file over the low barrier, back towards that awful blaze, empty-handed and without a perpetrator.
This always turned out to be a costly mistake for them, because this printery employed highly inefficient and obsolete methods with very high overheads.
She deserved antenatal care, a decent transport system all those things we take for granted in this part of the world.
On average, there are two infelicities and one major mistake for every three pages. The Times Literary Supplement
In September last year, two funds owned by them bought a 26 per cent stake for a consideration of Rs 156 crore.
Watch it inflate and see how long it would take for the wind to rip it apart or lift it into the sky. LET NOT THE DEEP
It would be a mistake for any multipartite approach to the economy to try and limit the counter-balancing affect of that reality. Ontario and the National Dream
They have been unwilling to take forthright stands either on issues of peace or of economic justice.
These insurance companies take forever to settle a claim.
Some elements of equational logic that we now take for granted required a considerable number of years for Jevons to resolve: The Algebra of Logic Tradition
Consequently, I thought that we could take for our Monday morning gun porn, the iconic Webley revolver - perfectly suited for knocking big chunks out of fuzzy-wuzzies ... FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES
Our study has shown that aspartame is a multipotential carcinogenic compound whose carcinogenic effects are also evident at a daily dose of 20 milligrams per kilogram of body weight mg/kg, notably less than the current acceptable daily intake for humans. Flawed aspartame study | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
Take for example a situation where a person has an upcoming high school reunion a mere four weeks away. This person decides she wants to lose 60 pounds before the reunion to impress everyone.
I'm not trying to sound like a saint, but we take for granted that we are healthy and able to live a certain way.
Strong rises in the uptake for history, geography and modern languages have been at the expense of other subJects. Times, Sunday Times
How long does it take for the planet Jupiter to make a complete revolution around the sun?
Occupational exposure to lead is the major source of lead intake for adults. An Introduction to Community Health
It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up.
The sibling dynamic is the one we most take for granted. Times, Sunday Times
The data pertain to two nonconsecutive days of intake for 4691 individuals.
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It's a tremendous effort for something most of us take for granted. The Sun
Do not use the air intake for ventilation; use instead the recycle device if you have one. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
It world take forever to find the pair in town, especially with nearly an hour head start.
But what they take for a witticism might very well be true; most of Ellis's novels tell more or less the same story, about the same alienated ennui, and maybe they really are nothing more than the fictionalised diaries of an unremarkably unhappy man. Bret Easton Ellis: 'So you're a misogynist, a racist – so what? Does it make your art less interesting?'
But it could be a mistake for political opponents to underestimate him.
But it is alsoa heartfelt plea for you to see the higher mission in life by not just taking, butgiving back that which we all at times take for granted. In Honor of Anthony and Mary Guarisco (A Son's Tribute to his parents' many accomplishments in life)
Take for instance the pattern of incivility and disrespect displayed over the past several years by Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman.
These insurance companies take forever to settle a claim.
So you will have to get used to doing without all the administrative support systems you probably take for granted. Times, Sunday Times
Technology we today take for granted, such as mobile wireless, the Internet, microelectronics, digital computing and specialty materials were all developed under federal auspices during the Space Race and ICBM era. Safe Ways To Play The Defense Sector
One of the things I've found irritating about Japanese kokugo-jiten is the absence of the kind of etymological information we take for granted in most of our English dictionaries. Languagehat.com: JAPANESE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY.
So we will take forward our ideas to set up collaborative green research projects. Times, Sunday Times
Given the drug economy, lack of ability of the government to effectively project control, monumental corruption, a very sketchy legal system and the war lords in the north, what will it take for Afghanistan to become an “unfailed state”? Might, Will, and Sacrifice
She and I have been wont to predetermine you, your character, foothold, and outlook, by — say by the fact that you knew your Wordsworth and that you knew him without being able to take for yourself his austere peace. The Kempton-Wace Letters
How long will it take for the thin crust of civilisation to follow suit? Times, Sunday Times
This is a book that ought to be read to understand how women today got much of what they take for granted.
Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.
He doesn't take for granted the skills required to be a comedian or comic actor of quality.
We take for granted that our cultural artifacts will last.
The doctor has given me some medicine to take for my cough.
If it was my mistake for signing and not entering the gross income, what about the person who was supposed to compare the figures I entered with the figures on the attached documents?
The term "altar call" is an interesting one that has theological complexities that many of us make take for granted. Charles Howard: Deep Calls To Deep: Re-imagining The Altar Call
Strong rises in the uptake for history, geography and modern languages have been at the expense of other subJects. Times, Sunday Times
How long does it take for the planet Jupiter to make a complete revolution around the sun?
Imagine it - scruffy shoeshiners and grungy postcard sellers getting the chance to enjoy what so many of us take for granted.
The value of open dialog outweighs the hits one take for "flubs" and goodness knows nb, the current President people can get beyond minor missteps -- if they are minor. The Revolution Has Already Been Blogged - Swampland - TIME.com
To undertake foreign trade order, and provide to map custom, Valet processing.
It used to be the stuff of housewifely fantasies - now it's something young professionals can take for granted.
This language seems to take for granted that the armed forces of the parties to a conflict will abide by the four criteria specifically applicable to irregular troops.
There was so much excitement and adventure in this story that really made me think about my life, in particular what I take for granted.
She passionately believed that the company was being mismanaged and was prepared to go to the stake for her views.
They take for granted easy access to inexpensive technological, social and collaborative tools. Times, Sunday Times
`Joe's a garda, and yer man's a garda, and how long do you think it would take for the story to circulate? DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN
Also vpon their festiual dates or kalends they take forth the foresayd images, and place them in order round, or circle wise within the house. The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253.
There are personal stories of people coping with their situation as best as they can, and there are useful tips, too, on how to deal with those things the ambulatory take for granted, like showers and simply going to the bathroom.
If you throw in clothes from the washer knotted together in an impenetrable mass, they are likely to take forever to dry, or some will overdry while others remain damp because air cannot circulate around them. HOME COMFORTS
We need to support trade, discourage protectionism, and take forward structural reforms. Times, Sunday Times
The longer Congress delays in passing any tax-cut plan, the longer it will take for its effects to ripple through the economy.
Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.
Take for example, the West Midlands MP, Sion Simon who as you may recall derided David Cameron for trying to be just like you. Archive 2007-10-01
These insurance companies take forever to settle a claim.
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He would have gone to the stake for his belief in his daughter's innocence.
We'd better walk a bit quicker - it's going to take forever if we go at this pace.
Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.
Most of the modern conveniences we take for granted were invented less than a century ago and many of them just a few decades ago!
Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.
Titchy spuds end up gnarled and chewy, giant ones take forever to cook. The Sun
Mistakes of approximation underlie many of the objections once aimed at new fangled ideas like heavier-than-air flying machines and practically every other aspect of modern life that we now take for granted.
We may here take for an instance of the fingerpost the following. The New Organon
Take for example a society in a desert where water is very scarce and at the same time consider a society that dwells in a tropic setting where water is plentiful.
Army Major General R.K. Hooda, the commanding officer of Maharashtra state, cautioned reporters not to speculate on how long it would take for troops to end the siege by the heavily-armed gunmen.
what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness
At stake for Mr. Obama are the white working-class voters in Rust Belt states such as Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania who have been hit hard by the long-term decline in U.S. manufacturing. President Visits Union Strongholds
After all, few things can be more insidious than impure water, since water is one of the natural resources we take for granted.
What exactly will it take for the United States and the international community to step in and stop the wholesale slaughter of innocents?
It is presumptuous and oppressive to suggest that other cultures want the liberties we take for granted, their argument runs.
Still, I think that Heidegger, like no other before him, has shown an aspect (and that itself is a laughably inapt term) of our world, an aspect we take for granted and have learned ever more easily to inhabit without thinking.
No more will they have to face the daily domestic chores most of us take for granted.
The stake for their gamble is a high one, perhaps 100 million, and while the pay-off could be massive, the outcome could also be disaster not only for the politicians but for the country they lead.
With little at stake for other athletes, Pramila remained the focus in heptathlon, while the decathlon events had to be cancelled after all the three competitors in fray pulled out at one stage or the other.
But these are very gentle; alyppus, dragon root, centaury, ditany, colutea, which Fuchsius cap. 168 and others take for senna, but most distinguish. Anatomy of Melancholy
I think it was an honest and reasonable mistake for them to make at the time.
She seemed willing to do her best; though she thrust the hearth-brush into the grates in mistake for the poker, and malappropriated several other articles of her craft: but I retired, confiding in her energy for a resting-place against my return. Wuthering Heights
She has been so deeply hurt it may take forever for the wounds to heal.
Take for example the Million Mom March movement that sought to bring about more gun control in the United States.
Satan, and how they laid it to her charge until such time as the all-righteous God brought her innocence to light; and she begged that since her dear lord had commanded her to wear the same garments at her wedding which she had worn to salute the Swedish king, and afterwards to go to the stake, he would likewise suffer her to take for her bridemaiden her little god-child, as _indicium secundum_ of her sorrows. Maria Schweidler die Bernsteinhexe. English
Also touching is his rediscovery of things the rest of us tend to take for granted.
What will it take for DAMA to release a plot like those displaying the modulation in the 2-6 keV regions, but instead in the 1-2 keV region or even lower? Guest Post: Juan Collar on Dark Matter Detection
Mary, how long did it take for them to come forward after the end of that trial and to learn that one of their own witnesses had lied?
That is a third of the recommended daily intake for a man and twice the amount the product contained before. The Sun
Today's citizen may peruse the items on a poll tax bill with a jaundiced eye, but we tend to take for granted that a nice shiny fire engine will make its efficiently speedy way towards us should we ever need it to.
Any reasonable award of damages is likely to be so low in comparison to the costs of a trial that those costs will be entirely disproportionate to the issues at stake for the parties.
Take for example, republicans hate giving money to the poor who do pay taxes and they love opening up their pocketbooks to the rich in rewarding them with tax breaks. Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 16, 2010
Econimic Zones of realm take form gradually with the deve1opment of territorial division of labor and the exploitation and utilization of the resources of realm.
Although Hairston, Young, Becker and Pike take for granted that Rogers' theories are appropriate for use by rhetoricians as a means to persuade, this is not the case.
There are posters all over the place bigging it up, but it is so nondescript from the outside that it's easy to mistake for a regular hedge.
You don't need to increase your food intake for ‘age-related weight gain’ to occur.
They died because someone miscalculated the amount of time it would take for the car to cross the railroad tracks.
How long did it take for their resolve to become a normal part of their routine? Times, Sunday Times
Haydn's 85th Symphony, "La Reine," emerged with the clarity of restraint, like a drypoint etching, the orchestra making entrances together in sharp, precise lines (though clean entrances are not something to take for granted with this particular ensemble). NSO and Valcuha come through loud and soft an clear
We have this innate desire to caretake for animals that have juvenile characteristics.
There is an urgent need to overhaul this system and offer Canadians their right to choose between private and public medicine a right that citizens in most democracies take for granted.
One aspect of the deconstructive turn is the realization that things that we take for granted as givens are in fact inventions.
Do not use the air intake for ventilation; use instead the recycle device if you have one. The Hayfever Handbook - a summer survival guide
It would be easy to site new English grammars in deprived areas and encourage primaries to prepare a working-class intake for the test. Times, Sunday Times
Most yellow or tan types found in grocery and health-food stores are hard to digest and take forever to cook.
A key question is how long it will take for new policies to take effect.
Trees and hedges started to take form as the fog cleared.
But one thing we take for granted is fluency in the language. Times, Sunday Times
We started a £30 sweepstake for the winner and got to pick two contestants each at random.
He must choose between the money he's come to take for granted and true love. The Sun
Yet she had to meet that demand without any of the formal backup that a minister or minor royal would take for granted.
We see wood take forms that are completely foreign to it, like a chair that's made with spindles and dowels.
Players get launched into the air, take forearm smashes, and land with such force, gamers will grimace for weeks at the wreck of bodies left in its wake.
That argument may have been stronger when good new authors could usually take for granted that they would get reviews in respected newspapers. 2009 June 16 « One-Minute Book Reviews
Now there are many things I will take for the Co-operative Movement, but a right good willi-waught is not one of them! Archive 2005-09-01
Just days after an assessment of The Lives of Others in the New York Review of Books by Timothy Garton Ash, the very sort of liberal democrat neo-Leninists like Slavoj Zizek condemn more harshly than the most hegemonic-minded neo-con ( "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth"), Zizek offers his own take for In These Times. GreenCine Daily: Zizek on Lives.
There are so many rules about proper table manners that it would take forever to list every nitpicky item.
Richey is looking forward to experiencing the things we take for granted, such as feeling grass under his feet.
Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.
Take for example vinegar, more formally known to chemists as acetic acid, CH 3 COOH.
I have long contended that such organizations of emotional experiencing always take form in contexts of human interrelatedness. Robert D. Stolorow: What Is Character and How Does it Change?
Take for example a forequarter of Wild Boar which coincidentally was the first thing I ever roasted.
Occupational exposure to lead is the major source of lead intake for adults. An Introduction to Community Health
I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted.
This discomfort can be relieved by taking painkillers that you would normally take for a headache.
The train that I intended to take for Brindisi is a weekly mail train that runs to accommodate the mails and not passengers. Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
Watch it inflate and see how long it would take for the wind to rip it apart or lift it into the sky. LET NOT THE DEEP
His first recordings, made a hundred years ago this month, on April 11 th, 1902, would kick-start the birth of the gramophone as a medium for what we now take for granted - the serious recording.
What will it take for markets to be convinced of the long-term soundness of European public finances? The Government Wage Gap in Europe
System overloads cause brief glitches and outages, draining the power we take for granted from our appliances and modern devices.
As the fop contrived to dress his bailiffs in his livery and make them wait on his guests at table, so the chagrins which the bad heart gives off as bubbles, at once take form as ladies and gentlemen in the street, shopmen or bar-keepers in hotels, and threaten or insult whatever is threatenable and insultable in us. Essays — Second Series
My assumption is that because contractors and tradesmen are generally regarded to be second-class, there is no thought or concern given to the dignity most other people take for granted in relieving themselves.
“All persons attending the inaugural swearing-in ceremonies should be prepared to wait in long lines to be screened through security, and spend many hours outdoors, both before the event and for the length of time it may take for people to leave the Capitol grounds following the end of the ceremonies.” Ban on Strollers for Inauguration - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
These groups of people were often visibly disadvantaged, lacking things that we in California, and even in Bogotá, could take for granted—like a doctor to treat a bad earache. The English Is Coming!
He would have gone to the stake for his belief in his daughter's innocence.
Living in a land of religious freedom, it is easy to take for granted the blessing of being able to worship freely and openly.
Went to London today and wore the big macintosh which makes me look rather larger than normal (very useful in trains when people are choosing which of the remaining seats to take for themselves).
The drugs I take for hay fever make me feel very drowsy.
There is a bunch of super thin muscle sheaths and tissue that surround our ribs which, when aggravated, take forever to heal.
And opposite at large portfolio, careless basket, compare diminutive, hand to take form or the portfolio that late banquet uses is with filar socks lie low in chest drawer.
Watch it inflate and see how long it would take for the wind to rip it apart or lift it into the sky. LET NOT THE DEEP
Take for instance the pattern of incivility and disrespect displayed over the past several years by Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman.
It has set us back in so many respects that I'm not sure how long it will take for us to catch up.
Relief came with the newer bucksaws but it wasn't until most of Hickey's wood-cutting days were over that the power saw, which we take for granted, became a tool of the trade.
The film treats us to two very beautiful examples of how people caretake for each other in times of stress and difficulty.
There it stands, accordingly, full in the tideway; driven in, with hard taps, like some strong stake for the noose of a cable, the swirl of the current roundabout it. The Ambassadors
Mr Zittrain fears that the rise of tethered appliances will inevitably chip away at the freedom of the internet and personal computing, which many take for granted.
It is found experimentally that m = 1.2 is a good average value to take for cordite; so now supposing the combustion of the charge of the 6-in. is complete in 0.0063 sec., when p = 16 tons per sq. in., b = 1825 cub. in., and that the gas expands adiabatically up to the muzzle, where Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
She seemed willing to do her best, though she thrust the hearth-brush into the grates in mistake for the poker; and malappropriated several other articles of her craft; but I retired, confiding in her energy for a resting-place against my return. Wuthering Heights
Keep a count of your calorie intake for one week.
How long will it take for the thin crust of civilisation to follow suit? Times, Sunday Times
the local seemed to take forever to get to New York
And indeed at the period when all the parts, like the heart itself in the beginning, are still white, and except in the veins there is no appearance of redness, you shall see nothing in the seat of the liver but a shapeless collection, as it were, of extravasated blood, which you might take for the effects of a contusion or ruptured vein. On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals

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