Example sentences of "is to take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A typical decision for planning a survey is to take a century , or the reign of some sovereign to delimit a period ; this is a device with no relationship to the artistic activity of the time .
2 So the next logical step is to take a look at how to install , run and remove applications from Windows .
3 Sort of on the , on the horizon for the end of the year and er I , I er do n't know how we 're going to do but erm I think the answer probably is to take a chunk at a time on the basis that erm one is n't going to be able to charge around as violently , actively as some people will .
4 Another method is to take a sample of titles or subject areas and follow the progress of the sample over a number of years .
5 To tour Sri Lanka is to take a voyage of discovery through a land of endless variety .
6 The objective here is to take a turn on a transaction that is subject only to a low rate of taxation .
7 In both cases the best way to ensure a good , long-lasting image is to take a photocopy .
8 The next step is to take a pen and put a tick against any item that you feel is absolutely fine , could not be improved upon and should continue as a major part of any healthy diet .
9 The only other low-cost option is to take a colour photograph of the screen and whilst this might suffice for business charts it certainly wo n't be accurate enough for a designer or architect .
10 The other is to take a spur from the socket outlet circuit , via a switched fused connection unit , fitted with a 3amp fuse , and use this to feed the light — the switch will then turn the light on and off .
11 Ariana 's mission is to take a lot of the risk and expense out of setting up in Europe by establishing the American firm 's subsidiaries itself .
12 You will need to gauge the distances covered so the best way is to take a car ride around your proposed route and use the odometer to measure the distance between familiar landmarks .
13 Very few court orders , whereby the husband is to take a charge over the former matrimonial home , contain details of the specific provisions to be contained in such charge .
14 By far the best way to see the city is to take a canal cruise .
15 The novel opens like a thriller — a husband reads in the local paper that a woman 's body has been dragged from the canal — but its real purpose is to take a biopsy on the corpse of Camden ; to establish whether , beneath the litter and kitsch of its decadent streets , there still weakly beats the pulse of a community .
16 An easy party-trick demonstration is to take a paragraph and replace all the occurrences of most , many , few , lots , several , hardly any etc. with percentages .
17 An even more dangerous practice is to take a diuretic .
18 To claim priority over an idea in these circumstances is to take a risk indeed .
19 Your commission is to take a photograph of a young lady — in bed . ’
20 Okay well I 've got one other thing to do and that is to take a photograph .
21 One strategy is to take a statement from them and tender it under the Civil Evidence Act to see if the other side serve a counter notice requiring them to be called .
22 One is to take a supply from an existing loop-in ceiling rose or junction box to a new junction box , and then wire to the light switch and light fitting .
23 To arrive somewhere in it is to take a shortcut to celebrity ; park it , and you create an instant tourist attraction .
24 One way of doing this is to take a piece of paper and mark the position of the mounting holes and matching them against the motherboard .
25 A fourth option — only to be used as a desperate measure — is to take a loan usually as a second charge on the family home .
26 If the husband is to take a mortgage over the former matrimonial home , then , following usual conveyancing practice , his solicitors should draft and submit this to the wife 's solicitors .
27 Simply to describe the agricultural labourer 's experience is to take a stance within a system of value which generally favours those who own the land over those work on it .
28 The point of it is to take the church celebrations outside to the people .
29 A simple test of any sport kite bridle is to take the connector rings in each hand and lift the assembled kite off a level surface .
30 The only answer to this , that I can think of , is to take the engine number of your intended purchase and check with Land Rover that this was never a petrol engine .
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