Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] take [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Bullock 's description being comprehensive , the writer has taken the liberty of adapting this to include details from the French National Archives . |
| 2 | Davies ' description provides additional information and the writer has taken the liberty to amalgamate those which concern the 6th Work : |
| 3 | The Board has taken no decisions about the timing of the reprocessing of subsequent arisings of AGR fuel or of PWR fuel . |
| 4 | The young men in the parliament have taken an oath of allegiance to the Lithuanian state , swearing to defend it to the death . |
| 5 | No doubt the infant would have followed the adults down the well , too , had not the Padre offered to take the risk of burying it . |
| 6 | Accordingly , the Buyer agrees to take the goods in their current state , after having satisfied himself by inspection , as to their quality and fitness for the purpose for which the Buyer requires them . |
| 7 | The buyer opted to take the car as it was . |
| 8 | For instance , a student who entered the University intending to take the Honours MA in Sociology , and did Sociology 1 , Social Policy 1 and Politics 1 in first year , might then proceed to Honours in Sociology , Social Policy and Politics , or Politics , or to a BSc(SocSci) curriculum with one of these three providing the ‘ treble ’ subject . |
| 9 | The axiom which the creed creates takes the believer back millions of years beyond the period of controversial claims of ‘ revelation ’ by a ‘ god ’ who created all the universe . |
| 10 | By and large , Parliament and the judiciary have taken the view that free speech is a very good thing so long as it does not cause trouble . |
| 11 | The Egyptian had taken a chance , and it had paid off . |
| 12 | When he looked back , the Punk had taken the woman 's straw hat off and looked as if he might be about to eat it . |
| 13 | If the trustees have power to pay or do in fact pay capital transfer tax due on assets which the settlor puts into the settlement the Revenue have taken the view that the settlor has thereby an interest in the income or property of the settlement , and that the income of the settlement should be treated as his for income tax purposes under [ TA 1988 Part XV ] . |
| 14 | Three years later the TUC attitude to black workers , and more specifically black women workers , was shown by its lack of action on such simple and bland recommendations ( from the Camden Council for Community Relations ) as that the trade union movement should press for compulsory language training at work ( ie. in the employer 's time , not after hours ) or co-operate ‘ more positively ’ in agreeing to English classes where the management has taken the initiative , or that there should be ‘ more positive participation in supporting any industrial action taken by minority group workers in their fight to achieve equal opportunity ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm hopeful I 'll make it and it is 70-30 in my favour — that 's if the boss wants to take the risk on me . ’ |
| 16 | Mr Malcolm Watson , head of revenue and computer services , said the council had taken every measure it could to recover the money . |
| 17 | Following earlier attention to the economic implications of increased environmental awareness at the 1989 International Forum , the Council continued to take an interest in changes in regulatory conditions for industry and commerce . |
| 18 | . I hardly dare say this in this context , but if we well now the Council has taken a decision to close this elderly person 's home , there is actually a logic to it , which I 'd like to talk about . |
| 19 | The following lists other areas in which the Council has taken a lead and , to varying degrees , also involves local authority land . |
| 20 | Clementina Black became editor of its journal , the Women 's Industrial News , in 1895 and later president of the WIC , resigning in 1909 when the Council decided to take no action on wages boards . |
| 21 | The Council decided to take the initiative . |
| 22 | The judge had to take the decision at the conclusion of the voir dire , and the judge had erred in taking the view that section 78 was concerned exclusively with misconduct by the police . |
| 23 | The judge had taken the view that , because of the absence of any improper conduct causative of B making his admission and because his psychotic state was not known to the police , section 76(2) had no part to play . |
| 24 | I am pleased to see that the Chancellor has taken a step in this direction in his Budget , though it is nowhere near enough . |
| 25 | The child had to take the card home and get different fabric cuttings from her or his Mum . |
| 26 | The court heard that the child had taken a bottle of Phenol , also known as carbolic acid , while unsupervised , and sipped some . |
| 27 | The Institute has taken a leaf out of CIMA 's book and joined Opportunity 2000 , the business-led initiative launched by John Major , which aims to put more women into top management jobs by the beginning of the next century ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1991 , p 15 ) . |
| 28 | The intervention has taken the form of more or less open ministerial arm-twisting rather than the invoking of statutory powers . |
| 29 | Above all , the teacher needs to take the work seriously — which means that whenever possible we ensure that drama time is not interrupted . |
| 30 | But there is no escaping authenticity when the author has taken the photos himself . |