Example sentences of "[verb] take a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unfortunately , it has taken a major tragedy to focus the minds of hauliers and their professional advisers sharply on these problem areas . |
| 2 | As you will be aware the Council has taken a major initiative to investigate the levels of participation and standards of performance in sport and physical recreation among young people . |
| 3 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 4 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 5 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 6 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 7 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 8 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 9 | The so called ‘ new man ’ of the nineties has taken a conscious decision to split childcare with his working wife/partner . |
| 10 | As a result , she has taken a calculated decision to ensure that the royal grandchildren remain — whatever the cost — under her influence . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 12 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 13 | Malaysia 's Agriculture Minister Sanusi Junid said ASEAN had agreed to take a common stand to discourage similar actions by other countries . |
| 14 | ‘ What sixteen-year-old is going to take a thirteen-year-old home to meet his oldies ? |
| 15 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 16 | As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools . |
| 17 | Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant . |
| 18 | It would have taken a bold investor to put 40% of a stock portfolio in the Tokyo market in the mid-1980s , even though that was what Japan 's share of global stockmarket capitalisation had become . |
| 19 | While this pattern was reproduced only imperfectly in the ECSC and while a timetable of functional spillover might have taken an unconscionable time to achieve , what in the end counted for the ECSC was that it did provide an atmosphere of mutual confidence among the leaders of the member states — despite the disputes , none contemplated leaving the Community — and that this helped to pave the way for the creating of the European Economic Community in 1957 . |
| 20 | There was that very nice place in Keswick where he 'd always longed to take a smart woman to stay a day or two . |
| 21 | D'Arcy decided to take a new tack to loosen the straitjacket he could foresee Tanner placing on his options to negotiate . |
| 22 | You 'll have to take a good swim to find him the night , over to Holland , I 'd say . |
| 23 | You do n't have to take a medical examination to join AA Hospital Plus : in fact , your acceptance is guaranteed . |
| 24 | In 1956 the British forces had appeared to take an unconscionable time to get from Cyprus to Port Said . |
| 25 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
| 26 | You do take a long time to come out has not reached the non strikers and er , some said he had a little reading from who . |
| 27 | The effects on the body do take a little while to show themselves and sometimes there will be periods when you seem to take three steps forward and two backward . |
| 28 | 4 wishes to take an non-exclusive licence to use the Existing Documentation as the basis of publishing documentation to accompany both the Licensed Software and the Student Disks as described in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to this Agreement ( ‘ the Accompanying Documentation ’ ) . |
| 29 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
| 30 | Nobody wants to lose and if nobody wants to lose it means it gets fiercer and it goes on for longer and it does takes a long time to resolve , if it ever is and often to the detriment of one person to the success of another . |