Example sentences of "[noun] to take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1973 the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society of London sponsored a comprehensive survey of the Asian elephant , one of the most important aspects of which was an attempt to take a census of the population still remaining in the wild . |
| 2 | The £113 million attempt to take the company private collapsed in December , when Mr Sugar failed to gain enough votes from independent shareholders . |
| 3 | In 1685 the bloody Battle of Sedgemoor marked the end of the Duke of Monmouth 's attempt to take the throne from James II . |
| 4 | The significance of the service lies in the attempt to take the process away from them and place it under the control of national and local welfare élites . |
| 5 | Bartocci made no attempt to take the paper . |
| 6 | After all , I , along with almost every other British journalist in Mexico , had confidently predicted that England would reach the World Cup final for the second consecutive time and stubbornly resist Brazil 's attempt to take the trophy from them . |
| 7 | Her father encouraged Edward to take the freedom- and country-loving Helen on one of his famous long walks in and around London and Surrey commons . |
| 8 | She gave Oliver sixpence to take a letter to Dickie . |
| 9 | There was even a tow-ball , for which we bought a carrier to take the bike . |
| 10 | It took over 10 months to take a case through the ABTA conciliation and arbitration scheme and over a year through the one run by the Glass and Glazing Federation ( GGF ) . |
| 11 | Claudio Notarbartolo beat three other national finalists to take the Masterchef 1991 title , sponsored by British Meat Catering Service and Dudson Brothers . |
| 12 | Now is the time for other labels to take a look at the rest of the treasures that MFS are hoarding . |
| 13 | In the garden , her sister drove ferociously at the root of a weed clump with her fork , allowing her aching back and legs to take the place of thought . |
| 14 | H. L. A. Hart , who has recently added his voice in support of this kind of analysis , provides the following explanation : ‘ The commander characteristically intends his hearer to take the commander 's will instead of his own as a guide to action and so to take it in place of any deliberation or reasoning of his own : the expression of the commander 's will … is intended to preclude or cut off any independent deliberation by the hearer of the merits pro and con of doing the act . ’ |
| 15 | A promised Mercedes to take the couple to All Saints in Deganwy was sold without Joanne and Maurice being told . |
| 16 | They found out other marvellous arts to take the place of tricks and old stories . |
| 17 | Making overtures towards another who mirrored our own disquieting and long-buried Chinese identity was both a fearful and exciting prospect , and neither of us quite got up the nerve to take the initiative . |
| 18 | Advocates of state ‘ collectivism ’ very rarely wished government action to take the place of self-help , philanthropy and the duty to work , but rather to supplement and reinforce these attributes . |
| 19 | I 'll fetch one of the ambulance lads to take a look at you soon as we get this bloke out . ’ |
| 20 | Yes , I believe that actually it should be the responsibility of the officers of an association to take the responsibility . |
| 21 | But his recent form has shown the Belgian-bred gelding to be back to his best , and he must be favourite to be the first horse to take the World Cup for a third time . |
| 22 | As our second day dawned with a cloudless sky I could n't wait to get back out and explore more of the Dorset countryside — this time with a horse to take the strain . |
| 23 | Up to the previous evening there had been questions bandied back and forth between Aggie and Ben as to whether , after all , it would be necessary for Millie to take the post she had been offered . |
| 24 | This easing of border controls appeared to be an attempt by officials on both sides of the frontier to take the heat out of demands , expressed since the December 1989 Romanian revolution most vociferously by radical supporters of the Moldavian Popular Front , for Soviet Moldavia 's reunification with Romania . |
| 25 | The tedium and discomfort of life which prevailed between moments of action and danger , and the feeling that they would never be strong enough in morale or matériel to take the offensive themselves , were dispelled when Montgomery took command of the Eighth Army later in the summer . |
| 26 | Krumhaar 's examination was completed by Wednesday and on the following day the court was adjourned once again , leaving only one more prosecution witness to take the stand . |
| 27 | He made it as easy as possible for his clergy to take the oath , and he acknowledged that his friends who did so acted in as good conscience as he had in refusing it . |
| 28 | Top pop quiz to take a break |
| 29 | We soon reached an Inn at a place called Hardraw , and descending from our vehicles , after warming ourselves by the cottage fire we walked up the brook side to take a view of a third waterfall … |
| 30 | Frank McAvennie was first after he twice refused to stand far enough back to allow Vrto to take a throw-in . |