Example sentences of "[adj] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , we have seen ( Chapter 22 ) that this takes a variety of forms . |
| 2 | This takes a bit of practice and does not work well if you hands tend to be on the clammy side ! |
| 3 | This takes a look at where the game has been in the Eighties and where it might be going in future . |
| 4 | Some owners manage by helping each other , but this takes a lot of organisation and a failsafe mechanism if something goes wrong . |
| 5 | This takes a lot of skill . |
| 6 | This takes a lot of time out of Question Time . |
| 7 | This takes a lot of time . |
| 8 | Er all this takes a lot of effort on a lot of people 's parts and we 're very fortunate today to have three of the professional men who are doing the bulk of the work present with us and their wives . |
| 9 | This takes a copy of vital boot sector and hard disk partition information during installation , and checks both disk areas during boot-up to ensure they have n't changed . |
| 10 | A royal smashed past a few feet to my left , then another took a dive down by sheltering bank , his hooves carving into the ground just a yard from my toes and spraying my legs with black peat . |
| 11 | A spearman tried to bring him down with a lance thrust under the cuirass whilst another took a swing with a sword at the joints in the greaves on his legs . |
| 12 | Some took a pride in their work and explained that by using the override they could get a better product . |
| 13 | She worked at the same time for her own degree and in 1881 took a B.Sc . |
| 14 | This took a couple of minutes , during which striped shirt and pink tie sat back , long legs crossed and polite smiles of amusement or possibly incredulity on their lips . |
| 15 | This planning diary should show , for example , weeks in which certain lecture courses begin or in which certain work assignments are due for presentation ; weeks in which there are social or sporting events ; weeks in which you are free to take a break or to go away for a few days . |
| 16 | Old Eugene had never worked in his life due to what he said was a bad heart , but he never lacked in daring and was never afraid to take a gamble . |
| 17 | ‘ His age is not a problem because I 've never been afraid to take a gamble on players and he could give us another option . ’ |
| 18 | Or that it is wrong to take an excerpt from a programme and look at it in isolation . |
| 19 | When using this table you may find it easier to take a sheet of A4 paper , place it alongside the column of Characteristics and mark the symptoms of your patient on the edge of the sheet using the above symbols . |
| 20 | ‘ Some take a month to complete and some only take about a week , but it 's very difficult to put a time on paintings . ’ |
| 21 | On the other hand you 'd be very odd people if you did n't take an interest in something in particular , some people take an interest in the w wooden frames , some take an interest in the textiles or some piece of furniture . |
| 22 | Thus , if one wants to get to London , it is irrational to take a train which one should have known not to be going to London or which one wrongly calculated to be quicker than the bus . |
| 23 | Scenes like these have lead schools in the Malvern area to invite a group of orphans aged from 10 to 12 to take a break in the English countryside . |
| 24 | But if the person involved were prepared to take a chance , he would be even less so at six o'clock . ’ |
| 25 | If Luke Hunter was prepared to take a chance then so was she . |
| 26 | ‘ It would be unwise , I suppose , to have too high hopes of you … but I 'm prepared to take a chance . |
| 27 | There 's too much running on these last end-of-season races for me to be prepared to take a chance on you ! ’ |
| 28 | However , in view of their long-standing relationship the bank was prepared to take a chance and said that it would lend Tack 40% of the purchase price . |
| 29 | It follows that both domestic producers and importers will be prepared to take a reduction in their profit margins in order to retain their market share . |
| 30 | But I imagine the authorities were grateful to anybody who was prepared to take a couple of refugees off their hands and assume responsibility for them . |