Example sentences of "the [noun sg] take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Morning , Afternoon and evening activities were scheduled , with the opportunity to take a large lunch , in the hope that you would survive and still be alert after 10pm ! |
2 | One of the most valuable outcomes of this initially prescriptive and limiting legislation is the opportunity to take a whole school view of curriculum planning and delivery . |
3 | In 1355 Edward III appointed the Black Prince his Lieutenant in Aquitaine , and the prince took a small force there in the autumn of that year . |
4 | The fast disappearing figures of the two girls waved back then disappeared as the bike took a left hand bend . |
5 | The manufacturer could impose full-line forcing , obliging the retailer to take a whole range of its products if it takes one , or tie-in sales , no X sold without Y. It could impose exclusive purchasing ( no products of a certain description to be bought from anywhere but itself ) , and may offer selective and exclusive distribution agreements ( suppliers have to meet certain criteria in order to be selected to distribute a product , and may be offered an exclusive territory or even absolute territorial protection ) . |
6 | The pastry took a terrible pounding at times , and Bessie kneaded the dough with a vengeance as she talked of Kate Kerrigan , one of her sworn enemies . |
7 | And this week the case took a dramatic twist with the high-seas arrest of Roderick , the dead couple 's 26-year-old son . |
8 | The clerk took a deep breath and hid his smile . |
9 | The decision to take a firm stand comes after local councillors revealed the misery suffered by many of their constituents . |
10 | He said : ‘ It 's frightening to see the eye of the storm taking a direct aim at you . ’ |
11 | To a certain extent it does not matter how well a product performs if the user takes a strong dislike to it then it will not succeed in the long run . |
12 | If you wist to alter the car struturally , eg raise the roof to take a seated wheelchair passenger or change the doors to ramps , you would have to obtain a car through Car Chair , Gowrings or Widnes Car Centre Ltd , or buy the car on hire purchase . |
13 | It would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF . |
14 | In a paragraph entitled New Opportunities , Harley warns , ‘ The many Unix VAR 's and resellers should probably be more concerned with the loss of a stable , independent source for Unix than an imaginary NT monster ( and ) it would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF . ’ |
15 | The electorate took a dim view of this practice when the government used it to get the consumption tax through in December . |
16 | On Jan. 30 the violence took a new turn with a report of a direct confrontation between Albanians and Serbs in the village of Kosovska Vitina . |
17 | THE POUND took a new battering yesterday . |
18 | Whatever the structure , it will be increasingly important for the institution to take a strategic view of its information requirements and the supporting technological structure , as well as for the library to ensure that it plays a leading role in any new arrangement . |
19 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
20 | The horseman took a great pride in his horses , as we have seen ; and when he turned out on the highway he was careful to see they were braided up , the brasses highly polished , and the bounces — the ‘ lovely coloured worsted ’ , as one horseman called them — properly displayed . |
21 | Left at the side of the rutted washboard that has claimed so many victims , it was a poignant reminder that the desert takes a dim view of those who treat it with such disdain . |
22 | But , it is it seems from this report that is in front of us that it is now appropriate for the URC to take a new step with regard to the local ministry of elders . |
23 | DESPERATE Chancellor Norman Lamont 's hopes that shoppers will spend their way out of the slump took a triple bashing yesterday . |
24 | The judge took a dim view of all this and told Howard , ‘ You are a man who drinks vast quantities every night . |
25 | Then the act took a new turn . |
26 | Later , if the child takes a definite stand as a Christian , there will also be a deeper challenge to struggle to change at heart ; tackling inward dispositions as well as facing the difficult questions of faith . |
27 | After passing the stage of infancy the education of the child takes a different shape , the child is taught how to sit and walk properly to avoid having bow legs , for a straight figure is admired by Gikuyu , especially amongst the warriors it is one of the qualities of handsomeness . |
28 | Any sort of stress such as moving house , illness or upset in the family may cause the child to take a temporary step backwards in behaviour . |
29 | If your project standards allow , you may change the 6th parameter to TRUE to remove the requirement to take a hard copy of a module prior to module version deletion . |
30 | ( Using a Supermon min-assembler , for example , the copy ( transfer ) command is simply ‘ T 2000 27FF 9000 ’ and the process takes a mere fraction of a second . ) |