Example sentences of "[noun] take [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moratorium on the British coal industry takes into account the fact that Father Christmas ca n't fit down a gas fire 's flue outlet . |
| 2 | The delay has been due mainly to the need to be absolutely certain about the integrity of the flight control system software before the aircraft takes to the air . |
| 3 | An extended programme takes in the British Professional Road Race Championship on Sunday , June 27 , over 115 miles . |
| 4 | The argument from error has here a plausible consistency , while the point which Nozick takes to be his strength begins to look like a weakness . |
| 5 | The National Trust owns several tracks of land in the area and one of their suggested walks takes in some of the best sights . |
| 6 | The study takes into account constraints of the types exemplified in 53 and 54 , assigning probabilistic weightings to characterize differences in their social distribution . |
| 7 | It is unclear what attitude the new administration takes to Japanese investment , but if it were politically acceptable , sale of a large part , if not all , the company to 4.7% shareholder NEC Corp would make the most sense , although it is not clear that NEC would now be interested . |
| 8 | Fowles takes from Marx his epigraph about emancipation , and , like Berger , uses textual strategies to enforce upon readers an unusually direct engagement with this wider theme in the novel . |
| 9 | But I can not deny that the literature chapter takes for granted major assumptions about the value of great literature in the curriculum , and does not engage with the many recent books which have challenged this belief ( for example , Brian Doyle 's English and Englishness [ 1989 ] ) . |
| 10 | Demos takes in figures from the business , trades union and academic worlds as well as journalists . |
| 11 | For example , at the end of 1986 a small fund owned and administered by a group of workers in a nationalized industry which we shall call ‘ The General Sickness and Funeral Fund ’ had the following investments : Notes : The figures for the gross yield on equities takes into account the time over which the investment has been held ( unstated ) and can not be used as a holding period return for CAPM as the periods are unequal . |
| 12 | Note that there are two sizes of both ES and BC ( the smaller ones are labelled SES and SBC ) , so it is vital that you check which one of the four connections your light fitting takes before buying the lamps . |
| 13 | Did heads take in their stride counter-order and confusion in the implementing of the Education Reform Act ? |
| 14 | Delaney had already got one leg over the door frame that led below , and would have stopped for no one , except that his glance took in the obvious truth . |
| 15 | Ruth wore Mrs Carson 's lavender cast-off with her one and only bonnet , and was therefore all the more pleased by Sean 's appreciative look as his glance took in her appearance from top to toe . |
| 16 | Preston 's glance took in the broad shoulders , a black beard , a lean , dark face and a big nose . |
| 17 | A hasty glance took in the gorgeous antique furniture crammed in as if it had been recently off-loaded by a dealer , the small , pristine cooker and the sink pushed against the soft ochre-washed wall as if it was an after-thought . |
| 18 | Out of the corner of her eye , Belinda saw that his glance took in both of them , but she said nothing . |
| 19 | Her arms were finding their way about him , hands lifting , and the pleasure her mouth took from his could not be kept localised , a rapid tide of rich sensation spreading and sweeping through her whole being . |
| 20 | Therese took in Flavia 's gleaming silk shirt and eager face . |
| 21 | But by the Ausgleich the Habsburgs took into partnership one of the racial groups of which the empire was composed . |
| 22 | The ground became firm for a few hundred yards and I ran , my eyes taking in every dot on the horizon , looking for that familiar yellow speck , but I missed seeing a sandy hollow right under my nose . |
| 23 | Delaney nodded , his eyes taking in the rest of the diagram . |
| 24 | Delaney stepped into the wheelhouse , his eyes taking in the smashed console , then dropping down to the grisly , earthly remains of Grant . |
| 25 | Patrick followed her into the front room , his eyes taking in her home . |
| 26 | He smiled and began to climb the slope again , slowly , looking about him all the while , his eyes taking in the ruins , the distant , cloud-wreathed mountains , the two horses grazing just below them . |
| 27 | Tsu Ma looked about him , suddenly angry , his eyes taking in the waste of it all . |
| 28 | She was looking about her , her eyes taking in everything , just as he 'd taught her . |
| 29 | None of them spoke , but Riven could feel their eyes taking in the strength of the group — Ratagan 's size , Bicker 's wiry frame , Corrary 's longsword and Isay 's staff . |
| 30 | She stood stock-still and pursed her lips , her eyes taking in the powerful build of this stranger , tall and athletic-looking , with his faded T-shirt exposing strong , tanned arms . |