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 . |