Example sentences of "a [noun sg] take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This did not originally have the plunging action of today 's routers , and was really only a fixed motor with a collet to take a limited number of cutters . |
2 | Each character in a font takes a precise amount of space on the page when it is printed . |
3 | Erm , it 's only a trapper taking a short cut . |
4 | But no Gytrash appeared she says , just a trapper taking a short cut . |
5 | In the spring of 1926 , Lewis 's own secret career as a poet took a great stride forward as he completed his long narrative poem Dymer . |
6 | Even if a child took a whole bottle full of remedies it would not be harmed ! |
7 | Persuading a child to take a long course of medicine is usually a struggle , as children often dislike the taste . |
8 | Spike is an amateur gynaecologist who has broken the code and does not deserve a delicacy like Little Liz , a Soho Bunny if ever there was one , all ankle-boots and skin-tight black ; it 's enough to make a judge take a dim view of things . |
9 | At the same time , if by a failure to take a decisive stand Kirkton should be defeated , it would be easy to describe that as a defeat for the Montrose interest to which Kirkton had long been attached . |
10 | There is a need to take a proactive stance to develop social work with elderly people and their families , as the welfare state contracts , and a mixed economy of welfare emerges . |
11 | In that routine , the ordered manipulation of facts and opinions presented in a lecture takes a high place . |
12 | To take an example , a person taking a lien on subfreights is not affected by the register since this is not a registrable charge but a person taking a floating charge would be . |
13 | When they are given a chance to take a big decision about reform they tend to make the right — meaning the most reformist — decision . |
14 | It 's an organisation I have always recognised provides a facility to commerce and industry which I think is highly desirable — that is a facility to take a long-term view . |
15 | Yes but you know I mean a tr a tree takes a long time to mature does n't it ? |
16 | Some MA(Honours) degrees require a student to take a secondary subject for two years , and virtually all of them require one or two ‘ outside ’ subjects , in addition to the main field of study . |
17 | Unlike some of his neighbours , President Mugabe is in a position to take a relaxed attitude to dissent . |
18 | The third section , ‘ Switch ’ , has a socket to take a double footswitch for turning the internal or any external effects on and off , and there are two more of those push-push buttons , this time for assigning effects to channel 1 and channel 2 . |
19 | First , s/he must do so if the pupil is to be excluded for an aggregate period of more than five days in any term , or if the pupil 's exclusion will mean that s/he misses an opportunity to take a public examination which s/he was going to take . |
20 | If the pupil has not been excluded permanently , but his been excluded for an indefinite period , the governors can only order the head teacher to reinstate him/her if the aggregate period of exclusion would be more than five days in any term or if the pupil would miss an opportunity to take a public examination . |
21 | It was shortly before ten o clock this mornng that an inmate took a civiliam employee hostage at Woodhill jail in Milton Keynes.Unconfirmed reports say the prisoner was on remand on a robbery charge , but was unarmned when the hostage was taken . |
22 | The opportunity this gives an incumbent to take a broad view is useful if he or she has the resources to know what is going on . |
23 | Dr Chris Tydeman , Senior Conservation Officer UK for WWF , says this means there are no plans for an organisation taking a total view of Great Britain 's needs ( Northern Ireland has always been treated separately and has no NCC ) . |
24 | These deals usually start when a banker persuades an investor to take a certain punt , a gamble on the oil market , for example . |
25 | If an amateur took a temporary job as a shop assistant , he could be paid without infringing the rules , provided he did not play for prize-money , be paid for lessons , or play golf with anyone for a fee . |
26 | ‘ I am very disappointed that they wrote when the committee had made an agreement to take a non-confrontational approach with the health authority , ’ said Coun Scott . |