Example sentences of "[adj] take to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , the heavens opened as it seems they only can when the British take to the outdoors in mid-summer . |
| 2 | If tens of thousands of people are prepared to take to the streets and to camp outside obscure air-force bases for months on end , what will they do when cruise becomes a reality ? |
| 3 | AMERICA 'S FIRST five-jet aerobatic team look set to take to the skies in time for the 1993 airshow season , reports Bill Jesse . |
| 4 | Well the Multiple Sclerosis Society has made it easy to take to the air whether it be by parachute , glider or plane . |
| 5 | Indeed , they demonstrate little interest in or carry any vim into their academic work ; certainly nothing to compare with the avid desire for technique and expertise many take to the sports field . |
| 6 | In the meantime , he 's happy taking to the road , Chinese style . |
| 7 | Nor does such staggered hatching cause any difficulties for such birds as eagles which build inaccessible nests in the tops of trees where their young can remain in safety until they are able to take to the air themselves . |
| 8 | Or be able to take to the floor for the last waltz ? |
| 9 | Unfortunately , most payers are too responsible to take to the streets . |
| 10 | The XP–59A first took to the air on October 1 , 1942 . |
| 11 | For a time , when she first took to the seclusion of the Lodge , days had been wasted in a sort of restless grief , but it had passed , resentment fell away , and gradually he found his way back into his own strength . |
| 12 | This meant that when some ancient sharks first took to the sea bottom , there was an easy smooth progression to the skate shape , with each intermediate being a slight improvement , given bottom conditions , over its slightly less flattened predecessor . |
| 13 | Central News South first took to the air for the first time on January 9th 1989 . |
| 14 | It 's now forty years since the Oxford Gang Show first took to the stage . |
| 15 | The part of Joy Davidman is very well played by Kay Gallie though it is difficult to take to the character in the first act of the play . |
| 16 | Eve had n't known that Mr Burns in the hardware shop was inclined to take to the drink or that Dr Johnson had a very bad temper and was heard shouting about God never putting a mouth into the world that he did n't feed . |
| 17 | He seems to have pleased certain customers ; he was once , as he told me , presented over the grille with some game , which , before accepting , he was naturally obliged to take to the manager 's office . |
| 18 | The end of the year saw thousands take to the streets in order to demonstrate their anger and resentment , ostensibly with the African students in China but more indirectly with the party 's failure to tackle the problems of reform . |
| 19 | Tens of thousands took to the streets in Baku alone , up to sixty people ( mostly Armenians ) lost their lives in pogroms , and there were further fatalities when a state of emergency was declared by the USSR Presidium and troops were used to restore order on 19–20 January . |
| 20 | A flight of alarmed mallards rose and I counted 25 before a second similar flock and then a third took to the air . |
| 21 | Assuming for now that the cause of death is known and that there is no need for an inquest or autopsy then the death certificate is next taken to the Registrar for Births , Deaths and Marriages . |
| 22 | But that was a year ago and I was ready to take to the air again . |
| 23 | The students of el Azhar , the great Moslem university of Cairo , were only too ready to take to the streets in defence of religion or , indeed , anything at all , and once they were participating it would be very difficult to keep the matter localized . |