Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | There was even a tow-ball , for which we bought a carrier to take the bike . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Yes , I believe that actually it should be the responsibility of the officers of an association to take the responsibility . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Top pop quiz to take a break |
| 18 | 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 … |
| 19 | Frank McAvennie was first after he twice refused to stand far enough back to allow Vrto to take a throw-in . |
| 20 | He — in his little bit , sitting on a different spindly chair — had the presence of mind to take the opportunity of delivering an onslaught on the Snow school of criticism , the stranglehold they have , their implication that there are worthwhile characters who ‘ matter ’ and others that can not have any importance . |
| 21 | But if the death of Hastings was a sign that Gloucester had made up his mind to take the throne , this was not yet something which could be admitted . |
| 22 | But if the death of Hastings was a sign that Gloucester had made up his mind to take the throne , this was not yet something which could be admitted . |
| 23 | President Gorbachev will now be able to push through some of the most unpalatable parts of a programme to take the country into a new era governed by market forces . |
| 24 | But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties . |
| 25 | Where a person is injured it is normal practice to take a statement to the effect that ‘ the following injuries were sustained ’ . |
| 26 | She had put her key in the front door and he had engaged a gear to take the car round to the garage when his instinct reasserted itself . |
| 27 | I suspect that the Secretary of State 's inability to press that policy on the industry , and the industry 's failure to adopt it voluntarily before now , has done much to heighten public awareness of the reticence of the Secretary of State and of the industry to take the issue as seriously as they might . |
| 28 | Sir Adrian believes it is very much the responsibility of a captain of industry to take the lead in such matters and to define the sort of company you want to become . |
| 29 | I realized then that the lamp had been put behind me so that it would light her entrance ; and it was an entrance to take the breath away . |
| 30 | Then she thought of her original intention to take a taxi home . |