Example sentences of "take [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But some weeks I would take eight every day and feel awful all the time . ’ |
| 2 | You 've got ta take that a day . |
| 3 | So if we can erm take that a bit further . |
| 4 | But it might take half a minute to combine this range from this relatively large file . |
| 5 | The descent took only a few minutes , but then the man had to make a laborious return journey with the empty sledge , which might take half an hour . |
| 6 | ‘ I went on down the corridor to see my grandfather , wondering what it was that would take half an hour . |
| 7 | It increases the pressure on volunteers and on the phone lines dramatically , because whereas any other sort of information call may take a minute or two , an AIDS call can take half an hour or more because the information may lead into a discussion of the caller 's lifestyle , moral attitudes and emotional needs . |
| 8 | There was a man here once , he could take half an hour to drink a bowl of soup , big as an ox . |
| 9 | It could take half an hour for a bomb disposal team to get to Royalbion House . |
| 10 | Where did you go and take half an hour over choosing your books ? |
| 11 | You 'll take half the skin off my forehead ! ’ |
| 12 | And as packing can take half the time of the total removal and even more in certain circumstances , most people opt for that . |
| 13 | One can take this a stage further : drawing . |
| 14 | Next , if I were wise only to my own ends , I would certainly take such a subject as of itself might catch a clause , whereas this ’ — he is of course writing about the vexed question of erm Church government and the possible disappearance of episcopy — ‘ whereas this hath all the disadvantages on the contrary , and such a subject as the publishing whereof might be delayed at pleasure and time enough to pencil it over with the curious touches of art , even to the perfection of a faultless picture , whereas in this argument the not deferring it is of great moment to the good speeding . |
| 15 | Any art critic may take such a position , but a historian almost never . |
| 16 | Probably there is no unique process for the origin of slugs in this range ; a large disturbance can take such a variety of forms . |
| 17 | I do n't think a respectable firm should take such a direction , however lucrative . |
| 18 | From our knowledge of Nietzsche 's earlier thinking on that subject , we would naturally take such a title to imply a central concern with tragedy and its demise , but it is certainly significant that the word " tragedy " is not itself part of the title . |
| 19 | She did not understand that he was mocking her , or that he would take such a revenge on her for the pleasure he found in her . |
| 20 | The court can , however , take such a breach into account where relevant . |
| 21 | Many reasons occur why it is improbable that they would take such a step which both students and professor would have cause to regret … ’ |
| 22 | But the Bank has always indicated that it would only take such a step in exceptional circumstances and continues to stress its awareness of the need to avoid actions which could be seen as capricious if it is to retain the confidence of market makers and investors in gilt-edged stock . |
| 23 | Her ‘ usual stuff ’ had built them both a fabulous reputation and in any case he was n't too sure how she would take such a phrase . |
| 24 | Even odder is a profession that would take such a motto . |
| 25 | That 's why I ca n't take such a risk . ’ |
| 26 | Accession should take such a form that although the United Kingdom did not forfeit the sovereignty of its Parliament , and could thus theoretically always assert it , it should , for the future , refrain from doing so . |
| 27 | A party who makes such an offer shall file a copy in a sealed envelope , but the offer shall not be brought to the attention of the court at the hearing until the question of costs falls to be decided and the court shall , in exercising its discretion as to costs , take into account any offer which has been brought to its attention : Provided that , except in a case to which paragraph ( 3 ) of the rule applies , the court shall not take such an offer into account if , at the time it is made , the party making it could have protected his position as to costs by means of a payment into court . |
| 28 | That the court can take such an initiative is well settled and indeed it has been done on several occasions in the past . |
| 29 | The Video Electronics Standards Association in San Jose is not too pleased with one of its members , Dell Computer Corp , which has suddenly jumped up to claim that some VL-Bus products to its standard infringe one of Dell 's patents : ‘ We are both surprised and saddened that one of the companies involved in ratifying the VL-Bus standard would take such an action , ’ said Association chairman Scott Vouri ; the patent appears to claim rights to a computer system receptive to a board that plugs into both a system input-output bus and a high speed expansion memory bus ; Dell has been a member for over a year , having joined the club in February 1992 , and voted to approve the standard ; the group also says that like all the other members , Dell signed a statement indicating no knowledge of any conflicts with its patents . |
| 30 | W does it matter if I do n't take three a day ? |