Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was done in 1972 by Black , Jensen and Scholes , 2 who took a random sample of shares quoted on the NYSE and calculated the betas from 60 consecutive monthly returns . |
| 2 | In 1876 he took a similar position at the Blaenavon ironworks in Monmouthshire under the management of Edward Martin . |
| 3 | On page 35 we take a detailed look at ways of describing to the teacher how to ‘ drive the program ’ and how to use it in the classroom . |
| 4 | In 1969 they took a hard line . |
| 5 | In 1859 he took a leading part in the promotion of the Boiler Insurance and Steam Power Company , becoming chairman in 1865 . |
| 6 | This is seen as an important means of getting away from the elitist concept and encouraging everyone to take a longer view , even if his or her immediate task involves short-term objectives . |
| 7 | It 's like I took a completed album of all kinds of different songs and threw it up in the air and it came crashing down . |
| 8 | I always make sure they take a long time to die . ’ |
| 9 | Did you find that so many it took a long time for change to take place |
| 10 | It was to be the last triumph Chapman was to see at Elland Road , for in the summer of 1916 he took a managerial job at a munitions factory at Barnbow , near Leeds . |
| 11 | Hence those who take a floating charge from a company which can not be proved to be solvent , and which does not survive for a further year , can not thereby obtain protection in respect to their existing debts , but only to the extent that they provide the company with new value and thus increase the assets available for other creditors . |
| 12 | What must seem stupid to non-gardeners , or those who take a rational view of the whole business , is that when you prepare the ground for sowing you first dig it over and make it loose , only to tread it firm again . |
| 13 | It would be inequitable to those who take a contrary view to that of the hon. Gentleman if I were to see him exceptionally , in addition to all the other representations that I have received from him , now that the consultation period is over and I am reaching a conclusion on the matter . |
| 14 | But can the verification principle give him the right to do this , when those who take a different view from him feel entitled to claim that they are abiding by that principle ? |
| 15 | Although the company made a net profit of $10.5 million in 1987 it took a hard-line response over the strike : out of the 5000 who went out , 2000 workers were estimated to have been sacked . |
| 16 | The present exhibition differs in that it takes a thematic approach , organising the material around six key subjects which are further examined in a series of essays in the accompanying catalogue . |
| 17 | In 792 he took a new wife , Aelfflaed ( ASC D , s.a. 792 ) , daughter of Offa , king of the Mercians , marrying her at Catterick where his own parents had been married . |
| 18 | In 1990 it took a major step forward with The Guinness Encyclopedia — a family reference book for the nineties . |
| 19 | In 1846–7 he took a leading part in the foundation of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers , and in 1848 he was elected a member of council . |
| 20 | In 1545 he was one of those appointed to devise new means of tackling the problem and in the 1550s he took a leading part in drawing up constitutions for the city 's new or refounded hospitals . |
| 21 | Together with Aymer de Valence , Earl of Pembroke [ q.v. ] ( often his partner in these years ) , he led an expedition to the north in 1315 ; in 1316 he took a major role in the suppression of the Welsh rising of Llywelyn ab Rhys ( Llewelyn Bren ) [ q.v. ] and of the revolt at Bristol ; and in the same year he was among the committee of bishops and magnates appointed to reform the royal household . |