Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] takes a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from this risk to human health , aluminium foil takes a huge amount of energy to produce and is not an environmentally acceptable packaging . |
| 2 | SATURDAY Nick Hancock Hugely enjoyable blast-off comedian who , like some smirking , behind-the-sheds schoolboy takes a list of his pet hates out of his pocket , lays them out and talks you through them one by one . |
| 3 | The latest issue of the Microprocessor Report takes a deserved pot shot at Unix as still being insufficiently standardised that it may have missed its opportunity to make any credible dent on the desktop — Solaris and Destiny notwithstanding . |
| 4 | Roads campaign takes a step forward |
| 5 | The Breeders ' Kim Deal takes a very strong line on this . |
| 6 | Any model struck by a cannon ball takes a strength 10 hit resolved in the normal manner . |
| 7 | Any model struck by a cannon ball takes a strength 10 hit resolved in the normal manner . |
| 8 | The N tuple method takes a totally different approach as you will see . |
| 9 | The winter line takes a descending right traverse under an overlap from the stance above the upper crux . |
| 10 | These are quite legal to buy in the States , but the Highway Patrol takes a particularly dim view of their use . |
| 11 | While the Panama Band takes a well-earned break , the Belfast Set Dancers and their musicians , who received a tremendous welcome at the Girvan Festival in May , will dance some sets for us . |
| 12 | They 'd get off the bus from West London there because they were such big Faces fans and Malcolm 's shop was right next door to the home of the dandy fashion shop Granny Takes A Trip — a shop which had a Cadillac sticking out of its window — where The Faces and The Stones bought their clothes |
| 13 | Amazon team takes a walk on the wild side |
| 14 | It does n't necessarily mean it 's going to work at front of house , so the sound man takes a direct feed , just a regular Marshall , dry , up to the house . |
| 15 | Roy Castle takes a break from record-breaking and relaxes with a good read . |
| 16 | If the WC cistern takes a long time to fill , it is possible that a high-pressure type of ballvalve has been fitted instead of a low-pressure type ( page 38 ) or that there is dirt in the valve orifice . |
| 17 | ON SECOND THOUGHTS , PERHAPS YOU SHOULD WORK ALONE — TED 'S VODKA BILL TAKES A HEFTY CHUNK OUT OF OUR BUDGET |
| 18 | Replication Server takes a revolutionary approach to distributed database for those organizations who do n't need absolute data synchronization but the nee need the advantages of up to date data at ll of its points of most frequent use . |
| 19 | Elsewhere , specific literary confiscation legislation takes a number of forms . |
| 20 | While all sex therapists insist on the need for emotional involvement to sustain good sex , there are some couples whose sex life takes a hike because they have become too close . |
| 21 | Moreover , NT 's graphics performance takes a hit . |
| 22 | The VDU statement takes a list of numeric arguments ( constants or variables ) and sends their least significant bytes as characters to the screen . |
| 23 | Whereas the output of manufacturing production takes a discrete , material form , the output of service production is regarded as , in some sense , intangible , as a non-material product . |
| 24 | Top speed is 94 mph with standstill to 60 mph available in 13.4 seconds — figures which are more than respectable at this end of the market , though owners may find that the 20 mpg thirst takes a lot of getting used to compared with the 30-plus of Japanese rivals . |
| 25 | Capital finance takes a different form and the Government has overall control of it ( in the form of upper limits to the amount the organization can borrow — known as ‘ external financing limits ’ ) . |
| 26 | An accident may happen — such as when a sufferer form alcoholism takes a sip of a drink that he or she was not aware contained alcohol — and this would not even be termed as a sip . |
| 27 | Coping with hearing loss takes a great deal of energy . |
| 28 | I think to sum up , I would be wanting to say , that this County Council takes a view that it is about the provision of services . |
| 29 | Erm and I think the Labour motion actually ensures that the County Council takes a more active part in addressing these issues as soon as possible . |
| 30 | The role of the project leader takes a number of forms depending on his level of authority . |