Example sentences of "this [vb mod] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may take a few iterations to achieve a good balance , but should eventually make the zero crossings correspond to more or less zero field . |
| 2 | The main rule is ‘ be nosey ’ — and this may take a little practice if you 're looking at secondhand ( ie other people 's ) homes . |
| 3 | This may take a little longer than leaping straight up , but it does put less strain on the entire body . |
| 4 | For a complicated shape this may take a few minutes but it is much more controlled than some of the automatic methods . |
| 5 | Since this may take a considerable time , speakers typically begin to speak before they have completed all the necessary planning for a particular speech cycle . |
| 6 | This may take a number of different forms : |
| 7 | This may take the form of requirements for reports , returns and information or the holding of enquiries , or in a few cases the issuing of directions , e.g. by the Secretary of State for Education to a local education authority . |
| 8 | This may take the form of acid etching in highly acid soils , root marks and corrosion produced by plant roots , corrosion caused by organic acids , and a form of corrosion apparently associated with high humidity in soils and caves . |
| 9 | Where practical skills are involved , this may take the form of observing someone perform the task ( a competent nurse in this case ) and recording in detail what she actually does . |
| 10 | ‘ But , sadly , this may take the pressure off the ICC and the TCCB and many of their officials who seem embarrassed — as though they would have preferred Lamb not to have rocked the boat . ’ |
| 11 | This may take the form of a genealogy which enables the present generation to see its own experience prefigured in the struggles of its ancestors , or to trace an unbroken line of descent to certain common codes and practices which define its ‘ roots ’ . |
| 12 | This may take the form of supporting evidence , additional explanation or illustrative details and examples . |
| 13 | This may take the form of administration ( Maxwell Communication Corporation ) , receivership ( Turiff Corporation ) , capital reconstruction ( Strong & Fisher ) , rescue rights issue ( Budgens ) , acquisition ( Beazer ) or major disposals to repay creditors ( Ferranti ) . |
| 14 | This may take the form of individual optimism or pessimism about likely future events within the territory . |
| 15 | This may take the form of economic growth as a whole over long periods . |
| 16 | This may take the form of recent passes at Higher grade in three subjects or at A-level in two subjects . |
| 17 | This may take the form of an agreement to purchase a minimum percentage of the forecast , or to compensate the seller for excess work in progress or inventories . |
| 18 | This may take the form of pressure from third parties affected by disruption , aimed at influencing the outcome of management-union negotiations ( Thomson and Beaumont 1978 : 132–5 ) . |
| 19 | This should take a further 5–8 minutes . |
| 20 | This should take the form of : – |
| 21 | This 'll take a while to brown anyway . |
| 22 | This 'll take an hour to cook . ’ |
| 23 | This might take a year or so for planks an inch or two thick and seven years for large oak ship 's timbers . |
| 24 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 25 | You can work on those and you can build them up in two or three or four year 's time job changes this might take a bit more of a a higher priority . |
| 26 | This might take the form of health promotion/ education displays and activities in which information on careers and employment can be included . |
| 27 | In local government this might take the form of computer , services ; |
| 28 | This might take the form of the archiving of certain types of communication between certain types of people , an extension of the retention and disposal schedules beloved of records managers and archivists ( Barry 1993 : 119 ) . |
| 29 | This could take a while . |
| 30 | ‘ Just tell it the way it happened and try not to get sidetracked , ’ said Melissa , thinking that this could take a long time . |