Example sentences of "[noun sg] can take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Adjudication Committee can take a broad range of actions in relation to complaints : it can : |
| 2 | Being a super-duper well-'ard off-road jobbie , your machine can take a fair amount of punishment before falling to bits . |
| 3 | More than two negative reasons for accepting a job can take a heavy toll on your resources of enthusiasm , particularly if you had the added disappointment of being turned down for the post you 'd really hoped for at the time . |
| 4 | This part of the meeting can take a large proportion of the time available . |
| 5 | It is a question of whether the size of the room can take the increased proportions . |
| 6 | At present a person can take a few driving lessons and pass a driving test and he is then free to purchase any type of car they can afford , regardless of how powerful that car is . |
| 7 | It may be that , over time , education can take a long term view of itself through the medium of the successful business . |
| 8 | Senior managers in an organisation can take a wider view of problems and consequences . |
| 9 | Like a wound in your own flesh , a clean cut heals quickly , but a jagged , ragged , bruised gash can take a long time to heel and is open to infection all that time . |
| 10 | Defending a petition can take a long time and be expensive . |
| 11 | Within the legal container of marriage , the idealization and illusion so characteristic or the in-love state can take a nasty knock . |
| 12 | Be warned though : commercial music can take a long time to clear and can also be expensive . |
| 13 | And the finest part of the arrangement is this , that the members of this money aristocracy can take the shortest road through the middle of all the labouring districts to their places of business without ever seeing that they are in the midst of the grimy misery that lurks to the right and the left . |
| 14 | Cuffs and hem are knitted , and though this does n't suit everyone — the knitting can take a long time to dry out if it gets wet — I do n't find it unacceptable . |
| 15 | Reconciling yourself to making the final decision can take a long time and be very painful . |
| 16 | Alternatively the other detector can take a lower-resolution spectrum of objects up to a 10 000 times fainter . |