Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] take to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some people take to the Cup more than others . |
| 2 | Some women took to the loom , further diluting the labour supply in that branch , and others were able to enter the factories , but for many , especially in the de-industrialising South , the loss of home spinning was a real and much commented-on aggravator of female unemployment and depresser of living standards , especially marked around the turn of the century . |
| 3 | We all share the same sky and the same passion , which is to see our joint projects take to the air . |
| 4 | With limbs beginning to tire only eight boats took to the water for the final two-lap race . |
| 5 | But her little brother took to the instrument himself at the age of four , and soon learnt some of Nannerl 's pieces . |
| 6 | Cloudbase Paragliding are offering you a great opportunity to take to the air and raise money for the charity Barnardos . |
| 7 | YOUNGSTERS at Four Marks Primary School took to the cat walk last week to raise £208 for new playground equipment . |
| 8 | Workers employed in the mills and factories of industrial areas took to the bicycle as a principal means of travel to work . |
| 9 | Also , how has the irish press taken to the rave reviews for Kelly — with WC94 in mind ? |
| 10 | He then went back to Prague to recruit the first Kindertransport to take to the air . |
| 11 | Tullamore Musical Society take to the stage on Friday April 2 with the stirring account of a Jewish family on ‘ Fiddler on the Roof ’ and the Festival comes to an end with the Carlow-based Dolmen Musical Theatre with Peter Kennedy 's hit of last year 's Festival ‘ Clown ’ on Saturday night . |
| 12 | Here is an example of the Regency Gothic style taken to the limit . |
| 13 | The desire to be alone with nature , which Karajan 's elder brother took to the point of eccentricity , was there in Karajan too ; an impulse , at once delighted and dispassionate , to slough off mundane things . |
| 14 | Local authorities took to the fashion of developing management and political processes , and institutional structures , which would make them more able to plan , control and review their activities , commensurate with their resources . |
| 15 | But all that had to change when the smart set took to the air . |