Example sentences of "[noun] to take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you wist to alter the car struturally , eg raise the roof to take a seated wheelchair passenger or change the doors to ramps , you would have to obtain a car through Car Chair , Gowrings or Widnes Car Centre Ltd , or buy the car on hire purchase . |
| 2 | It would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF . |
| 3 | In a paragraph entitled New Opportunities , Harley warns , ‘ The many Unix VAR 's and resellers should probably be more concerned with the loss of a stable , independent source for Unix than an imaginary NT monster ( and ) it would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF . ’ |
| 4 | In the Cup Winners ' Cup quarter-finals , Monaco 's hopes of becoming the first French league club to take a European title were boosted when drew 0–0 at Roma , who were booed off the pitch . |
| 5 | In late September the Council approved a list of 109 candidates , while requiring 60 other candidates to take a written test to establish their credentials as mujtahids ( those qualified to interpret the Koran and to issue judgements ) . |
| 6 | Whatever the structure , it will be increasingly important for the institution to take a strategic view of its information requirements and the supporting technological structure , as well as for the library to ensure that it plays a leading role in any new arrangement . |
| 7 | After graduating in 1972 Clare was encouraged by Monica Partridge to take a British Council scholarship to Yugoslavia . |
| 8 | Integration is still very much in its infancy and working examples of its practice need to be documented , not only for the school 's own evaluation purposes , but also to provide discussion documents to encourage other schools to take a careful and considered look at their own provision . |
| 9 | Other countries were looking to the United States to take a firm leadership role , said one official . |
| 10 | Soon after she had arrived here , this evening , he 'd been forced to go to his study to take a transatlantic telephone call . |
| 11 | There is no scholar in the English-speaking world better qualified than Professor Alexander to take a good look at illuminated manuscripts and to make enquiry as to the meaning of the pictures . |
| 12 | Any sort of stress such as moving house , illness or upset in the family may cause the child to take a temporary step backwards in behaviour . |
| 13 | Persuading a child to take a long course of medicine is usually a struggle , as children often dislike the taste . |
| 14 | In a significant move forward towards the establishment of a non-racial democracy , they agreed at the end of three days of talks in Cape Town to take a common stand on two important issues when multi-party constitutional talks resume : power sharing in a future democratic system and regional government . |
| 15 | In the 1840s the Montpellier Pleasure Gardens was a favourite place for visitors to take a constitutional stroll before breakfast . |
| 16 | She wanted someone outside Orkney to take a long , hard look at what was happening within the islands . |
| 17 | But , it is it seems from this report that is in front of us that it is now appropriate for the URC to take a new step with regard to the local ministry of elders . |
| 18 | The official aim is for all countries to take a critical look at their own communications policies and to help the developing nations improve theirs . |
| 19 | A NORTH-east farmer wants a few wise men from Scotland to take a behind-the-scenes look at farming in EC member states to see how counterparts are faring with the rules and regulations . |
| 20 | She picked up her handbag , and he rose from behind his desk to take a relieved and ceremonious farewell . |
| 21 | If your project standards allow , you may change the 6th parameter to TRUE to remove the requirement to take a hard copy of a module prior to module version deletion . |
| 22 | That , in turn , first led US regulators to take a close interest in this remarkable bank . |
| 23 | If we 'd been forced like myself I believe in a couple of years ' time , I will not be able to enjoy the pension fund that I 'm in at the moment we will have a problem , and we need to deal with that problem , and we need to raise the issue now and have a strategy , and I think it 's the G M B's to take a leading role in looking at this . |
| 24 | CNRS was host for the meeting partly because of its desire to take a leading role in Europe 's changing research landscape . |
| 25 | The general purpose of exploratory statistics , as the name suggests , is to help investigators to take a good look at patterns in data and to search around for ideas about the form these patterns take . |
| 26 | At the same time , if by a failure to take a decisive stand Kirkton should be defeated , it would be easy to describe that as a defeat for the Montrose interest to which Kirkton had long been attached . |
| 27 | Aethelbald was rebuked by Boniface for his failure to take a lawful wife and more especially for his violation of nuns and virgins . |
| 28 | He then instructed Wallis to take a herbal remedy of red sage leaves for twelve days after which time he would be cured . |
| 29 | In the evening , after a snack rather than a meal , I went up to the loft and used the telescope to take a distant look at the island , making sure that nothing had happened to it while I rested inside the house . |
| 30 | SOUTH AFRICA last night crushed India by eight wickets in Bloemfontein to take a winning 4-1 lead in the best-of-seven one-day international series . |