Example sentences of "takes in the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present map ( figure 3.1 ) shows an axis of high density extending broadly south-eastwards from the southern Pennines , where it takes in the industrial conurbations of Lancashire , Merseyside , and South Yorkshire , through the Midlands to the London conurbation . |
| 2 | Greater Manchester 's area extends from Tameside in the east to Wigan in the west , and here it borders on Merseyside , which takes in the metropolitan districts of Knowsley , Liverpool , St Helens , Sefton and Wirral . |
| 3 | Nead 's text takes in the conventional notions of feminine beauty , pornography and the tabloid press , the fine line between sexuality and the obscene and the recent reclamation of the nude by female artists . |
| 4 | Lavishly illustrated , it takes in the full history of Sally B , the Great Warbirds Air Display and the personalities that have kept the UK 's largest privately-operated warbird going . |
| 5 | On the south side of the River Mersey the extension takes in the commercial heart of Birkenhead with a mixed housing/industrial dock hinterland and also housing and leisure areas in New Brighton . |
| 6 | This walk not only takes in the lovely moorland around the Doone Valley it also runs along the shady woodland paths on the banks of the East Lyn river . |
| 7 | A camera with a wide-angle lens is fixed high up on the wall at a point where it takes in the widest angle of the room . |