Example sentences of "[noun] to take a [adj] line " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here he urges Scots to wake up and fight to protect a fragile yet valuable asset Telling Scots to take a stronger line : Chapman Pincher is incensed by English-based drift-netting . |
| 2 | Does the daughter who wants to go to a party where there will be unlimited alcohol have the confidence , sense and moral courage to take a different line , if necessary , from her friends ? |
| 3 | Morel tried to organize an agitation to press the Government to take a strong line with France , but the UDC 's local groups had long since disbanded , and the LNU , which favoured a conciliatory approach to the French , warned its own local groups against agitation . |
| 4 | But at least one minister expected Hunt to take a different line . |
| 5 | The whole point of the Criminal Justice Act was to enable the courts to take a strong line with those who harm members of the public . |
| 6 | The approach of the mid-term Congressional elections in November 1946 , and the evidence from the public opinion polls that the American people had moved from wartime admiration of Russia to a grave suspicion of Soviet aims , were further pressures on Truman to take a tougher line . |
| 7 | Tordoff noted that the mutiny forced Nyerere to take a tougher line , as was evidenced by his use of the preventive Detention Act ; it also accelerated other trends which increased government control over such alternative power focuses as the trade unions , the co-operatives and the armed forces . |
| 8 | Many suspect that it has weakened auditors ' ability to take a strong line with directors . |
| 9 | There might be occasions when we feel that we 'd like MPs to take a particular line , in fact there are occasions when I 'd like to see MPs take a particular line , but we can only ask them , we can not in fact insist that they do take a particular line . |