Example sentences of "take [noun sg] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transition from one to the other takes place after a few seconds of observation , is discontinous and can not be stopped at in an intermediate position . |
| 2 | Why do not the Government set up — as the Labour party will when it takes office in a few months — a national crime prevention council to co-ordinate the work of all the Departments of state in crime prevention ? |
| 3 | Learning by imitation can take place in a few minutes , whereas the reproduction of a whole new adult animal can take many years . |
| 4 | ‘ The presentation of the prizes will take place in a few minutes … ’ |
| 5 | During the trip to India — which , British elections permitting , should take place within a few months — Baker will emphasise government support for any satellite deals that India makes with private industry , for example , the state could provide loans to pay for the work . |
| 6 | That does not take account of the many closures and redundancies announced since the end of 1989-90 which have halved again the number of jobs in the north-west . |
| 7 | Evergreen are taking advantage of the many tons of rubbish , until recently just dumped , that come from spinning and knitting factories , jumble sales and charity shops . |
| 8 | Hubel and Wiesel showed that the properties of the neurons in the visual cortex were drastically changed by restricting the visual experience of an animal , provided that these restrictions took place during a few months early in life called the sensitive period . |
| 9 | An extreme instance is provided by Godden and Baddeley ( 1975 , 1980 ) , who found that the ability of divers to recall a list of words learned either under water or on the beach was much better when the test took place in the same conditions as had prevailed during original learning . |
| 10 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |
| 11 | With the relaxed detachment of a man who has an implicit trust in his technology , Vologsky cast his eyes over the bewildering array of instruments which made up the control panel , taking note of the few facts he actually needed to know . |
| 12 | Mrs Grogan had wisely taken note of the many warnings issued to householders , especially the elderly living on their own , to examine carefully the credentials of all callers before admitting them . |
| 13 | Apart from LCpl Smith , and my driver ( I have my own Land-Rover ) , the Adjutant is really the one I work most closely with ; we always seem to take part in the same parades , but we usually get back to barracks first , leaving the officers and men on guard . |
| 14 | Although Liphook strove hard for the equaliser , they were unable to take advantage of the many opportunities created . |
| 15 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
| 16 | So , too , are the increasing number of so-called closing down sales which often take place for a few days or weeks at the end of a shop lease . |