Example sentences of "[verb] take a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dean Richards has taken a well-earned holiday in Cyprus — and is unfit , anyway . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend has been a close supporter of the industry for many years and has taken a close interest in its activities . |
| 3 | It is only in the last hundred years that the West has taken a serious interest in exactly where the different Anatolian rugs were made . |
| 4 | PC Week , which has taken a new interest in Unix since the Novell announcement and will reportedly even grace us with its presence at Uniforum , attacked Microsoft 's NT last week in a pair of front-page stories headlined ‘ NetWare Casts Shadow Over NT . ’ |
| 5 | He 's confident , too , claiming : ‘ Benn has taken a great risk in fighting me because , like Ruddock , he is very predictable and I aim to exploit his lack of variety . |
| 6 | As many of you will have noticed from your Q.T. day programme Beryl will not be teaching this year ; for some time she has taken a great interest in the Back Pain Association and has now become involved particularly at weekends in special classes for back-pain sufferers . |
| 7 | She has been a member of the Finance Committee for the past two and a half years and has taken a great interest in the Society 's financial affairs . |
| 8 | The Education Committee has taken a similar decision in principle for teaching staff and is likely to finalise the matter later this summer . |
| 9 | However , the weaving of Turkoman rugs has taken a different direction in each country , and there are now certain variations in the overall quality and characteristics of the rugs , as well as in the manner in which they are made . |
| 10 | The Countryside Commission has taken a particular interest in these areas with the aim of promoting environmental improvement through Groundwork and other types of project . |
| 11 | Our Chairman , Richard Newcombe , who has taken a particular interest in the museum , then spoke , welcoming the guests and thanking them for their support . |
| 12 | There are 72 horses at Manton this year , and Luciano Gaucci has taken a big interest in the yard since acquiring Dr Devious last autumn . |
| 13 | In lead : President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has taken a big lead in Iran 's presidential election , winning nearly 70% of the votes counted , according to the first partial results issued by the interior ministry today . |
| 14 | The Division has taken a leading role in developing research into the assessment of work based learning ( AWBL ) . |
| 15 | The EEC has taken a direct interest in the problem of acid deposition , and in November 1988 a directive was agreed upon by EEC environment ministers concerning the sulphur emissions of large combustion plants . |
| 16 | Even if you are hoping to work in a subordinate position for the very person who is interviewing you , you do not need to take a passive role in the interview . |
| 17 | GM is expected to take a key stake in Jaguar in return for substantial investment . |
| 18 | RONALD PERELMAN , the former corporate raider who heads the Revlon cosmetics empire , is being tipped to take a significant stake in Shearson Lehman , Wall Street 's second largest broking firm . |
| 19 | Ronald Perelman , the former corporate raider who heads the Revlon cosmetics empire , is being tipped to take a significant stake in Shearson Lehman , Wall Street 's second largest broking firm . |
| 20 | Many are designed to take a concealed light in the base ( not usually supplied by the company ) . |
| 21 | I can only say how much I cherished the " Well done , lad " , from him after I 'd taken a difficult catch in the deep off his bowling . |
| 22 | The animal seemed to take a perverse delight in terrorizing him . |
| 23 | Sad to say , I had learnt to be suspicious of good-looking young men who for no particular reason seemed to take a sudden interest in me . |
| 24 | He walked around watching the instructors putting the men through their paces and , as on his last visit , seemed to take a particular interest in what was going on in the boxing ring . |
| 25 | It is one thing for the Association to demand certain professional standards of its members ( as formulated in the Code of Professional Conduct ) , and to expect them to have loyalty to these rather than to the employer in any dispute , but the professional association itself has to be seen to take a strong stand in support of its membership , or indeed against its membership , if such situations of conflict arise . |
| 26 | Consider taking a cheap base in the area before term starts from which you can study the area and the vacancies , and be ready to pounce from close at hand . |
| 27 | There are some adults who seem to take a perverse pleasure in causing trouble . |
| 28 | Documentation must be as explicit as possible because staff and circumstance seem to take a rabbinical delight in producing difficult cases . |
| 29 | Even affable John , one of nature 's gentlemen , can only take so much and has now stopped being polite because when the police recognize him , as they do , they seem to take a particular delight in grilling someone famous . |
| 30 | So you 've got these problems of balance , and it may be that in these situations Local Authorities have got to take a higher role in providing for their own people , as it were . |