Example sentences of "take its [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes its inspiration from the Eastern idea of nirvana , ‘ a few drops of serenity ’ . |
| 2 | The ‘ Jay Yang ’ range takes its inspiration from the Far East with traditional floral designs with striking background colours creating the drama of the Eastern world . |
| 3 | THE scheme takes its inspiration from the new street furniture and public spaces in Barcelona and , more generally , from the Deconstructionist look fashionable in schools of architecture and design in recent years . |
| 4 | The Country Club of Mount Dora takes its name from the quaint local town in which it is situated . |
| 5 | The valley takes its name from the Entlen torrent , a tributary of the Little Emme , which races down to join it from the slopes of the Glaubenberg mount which separates this valley from the parallel valley in which lie the Lungern and Sarnen Lakes ( and the road from Brunig Pass . ) |
| 6 | Originally a Roman colony , legend has it that it takes its name from the first lord of its castle Rufus , Marquis of Obertenghi , who had thick red hair , or , perhaps more romantically , that it is named after the sunset hues which turn the mountain here from a gentle rose to red each evening . |
| 7 | Butts Lane takes its name from the medieval archers who practised their skills close by . |
| 8 | The Lakeside new station takes its name from the nearby lake , where a by-pass road scheme is under construction . |
| 9 | The Old Forge Mews development in Arundel , Sussex takes its name from the old Grade 11 listed forge building on the original site . |
| 10 | Takes its name from the Persian word for crab , but is probably based on either a floral or animal form . |
| 11 | The Wilder Kaiser is very comfortable gasthof , which takes its name from the magnificent mountain range that rises behind Scheffau . |
| 12 | This programme , given by the prize-winning Georgian Company , takes its framework from the incidental music to two popular Restoration comedies , interspersing instrumental dances with both popular ballads and ornate songs . |
| 13 | The National Trust stand at the Chelsea Flower Show between 20 and 24 May will take its inspiration from the Chinese Garden at Biddulph Grange and there will be the usual display of gifts , publications and an information point dispensing up-to-date brochures and events lists . |
| 14 | Offering the richest purse on the Tour — with a $50,000 first prize — this is a mobile contest that can take its pick among the numerous world-class waves of the North Shore . |
| 15 | Forfeiting an extra hour in bed to get up and muck out while it is still pitch dark or traipsing through muddy fields on bitterly cold days to break the ice on the water trough can take its toll on the keenest of owners . |
| 16 | In my opinion , this empty disputation will eventually take its place with the many other myths of human evolution . |
| 17 | If they do , then there is no reason why this breed should not take its place among the other pedigree types . |
| 18 | Taking its way along the high sad wall confining the stableyard , it crossed , by a minute stone-walled bridge ( gateposts in exact relation to its height and arch were built into the walls tight as ingrowing toe-nails ) , the same stream that hurried down the garden hill . |
| 19 | This line reached a crossing of the Mid Wales Line , of the Cambrian Railway , at Builth Road in April 1867 , then known as Llechryd but taking its name from the high level station which still survives . |
| 20 | Taking its impetus from the alleged crash of a flying saucer at Roswell in 1947 and the supposed recovery of alien bodies , this is the theory that the US government has been in contact with aliens for years , but has kept it secret . |
| 21 | Liber was already a major schoolbook publisher and its acquisition of Almqvist & Wiksell Läromedel as part of the Esselte deal took its share of the Swedish textbook market to nearly 65% . |
| 22 | Customers of the rival Lambeth Water Company , which took its water from the upriver source of Thames Ditton and which served houses in the same London streets , suffered only a sixth of their risk . |
| 23 | The shadow cabinet therefore took its decision in the clear knowledge that it would have a fight on its hands , but it did so with the support of Lansdowne and Law . |
| 24 | The offence took its title from the French ‘ effrayer , ’ to frighten , and its essence was that the defendant deliberately took part in fighting or other acts of violence of such a character as to cause alarm to the public . |
| 25 | These terraces grew into the village we know today as Middleton St George , which took its name from the ancient parish in which it was situated . |
| 26 | The village took its name from the Roman road or straet known as the Gartree Road which passes close to the little limestone church of St Giles that now stands all alone on the skyline . |
| 27 | Slateford village took its name from the predominating rock of the area and the ford which was a major crossing point of the river . |
| 28 | During his seventeen years as Chairman the BDDA progressed not only inside the United Kingdom , but , as the representative organisation of the deaf community of Great Britain , it also took its place within the international deaf community . |
| 29 | The winged creature had finished with the boy now and Nuadu thought it had taken its fill of the strange silvery liquid . |
| 30 | Andrew Kalman 's Crane in Sloane Street has taken its cue from the Royal Academy and has accumulated a collection of works by Alexander Calder ( to 1 May ) . |