Example sentences of "[conj] we take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or Natural Selection ? , but is introduced in the next short chapter where we take a brief diversion to present something of the vast integrated cycles by which life is maintained upon our planet . |
| 2 | Lewis 's manager Frank Maloney said : ‘ It is very important that we take a top-ranked American to establish credibility over there . |
| 3 | on this , and I 'll reiterate this , is the process that we go through as I understand it for introducing procedures , is that we take a diagonal slice through the organization er in other words there 's a draft procedure produced . |
| 4 | The House will recall that we took a strong lead in the international effort to help the Kurds in Iraq . |
| 5 | Although there 's a trail , walking up in the sunshine would be quite unpleasant , so we took a short ride on the incline railway to a more acceptable horizontal trail . |
| 6 | And we take a long range view if you 're heading on the motorways this afternoon . |
| 7 | Our heart pumps faster , and we take a firm grip on the large , green-and-white golf umbrella by which Denice has been told to recognize us . |
| 8 | Evidently I did not see fighters go down that day but I know they did but this was a first realization as if there was somebody up there to kill me and I guess this is the point at which you realize that you are going to kill them before they kill you and all of a sudden we are in combat all our lives and we take a complete change in outlook from everything because up to now everything had been practise and training just for this except we did not have that realization that they are there to kill us , who 's gon na be killed first ? |
| 9 | He said : ‘ The conditions were difficult for everyone and we took a good decision to wait until the last half-hour before doing our 12 laps . |
| 10 | When he did show signs of depression I could usually shake him out of it , and we took a schoolboyish delight in finding ways to disconcert Ralph 's snooty man , Talbot , who brought morning coffee and afternoon tea up to the library , and evidently disapproved or both us and our enterprise . |
| 11 | We can thus put our study on a firmer basis of observation and evidence than if we took a broader domain . |
| 12 | This analysis of the differentiation of legal systems is also borne out if we take a comparative perspective . |
| 13 | If we take a 10-year view , we see that manufacturing investment is up by a third in comparison with a similar part of the same cycle . |
| 14 | In some cases down to nil if we take a five year contract . |
| 15 | If we take a narrow interpretation at least for the moment of strategic means it helps decide where it should go . |
| 16 | If we take a large firm to be one employing more than 1000 and a small one less than 100 , the latter in 1985 employed 15 times as many people in the private sector as a whole and five times as many in manufacturing . |
| 17 | The argument only turns into an argument about understanding if we take a special view about understanding , as mentioned earlier . |
| 18 | If we take a quick snapshot look at each of the main groups ( phyla ) we find in the aquarium , there are commonly representatives of the Coelenterates , principally corals , anemones and sea fans ; Crustacea in the form of crabs and shrimps ; starfish , sea cucumbers and sea urchins represented Echinodermata and various Molluscs such as cowries , sea slugs and clams . |
| 19 | If we take a dramatic example , erm that of China , here is a country which has managed to develop along a particular line . |
| 20 | If we take a social view of language , and accept that it is the possession of the community as well as internal to speakers ' minds , we must be prepared to accept that reversal of merger can take place in this way , so long as speakers know that meat is an alternating class . |
| 21 | However , the difference in performance between foreign- and UK-owned plants disappears if we take a longer time-span . |
| 22 | He presented the mali and myself with a hookah and while we took a preliminary suck , we were introduced to the other guests . |
| 23 | We found the nest with two brown spotted eggs , and the pair hovered overhead as we took a quick look , giving me a chance to photograph them against the blue Arctic sky . |
| 24 | It dawned on me last season , as we took a first-minute lead over Carlton Town West Saxons , that perhaps it was Fate that plucked pink , 544 , from the hat . |
| 25 | We will see some instances of this fascinating phenomenon in the following sections , as we take a brief look at applications of mathematics and computing to the study of museum collections and the wider spheres of archaeology and prehistory . |