Example sentences of "[adj] take the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen Chadwick 's ‘ One Flesh ’ ( 1985 takes the form and scale of the christian altarpiece but here the image of the Madonna is fused with the material fact of birth , the placenta and umbilical cord ; and the lactating breasts , those most locatable symbols of nurture are exposed above the female child . |
| 2 | Word for Windows 2 takes the hassle out of printing envelopes |
| 3 | oh this takes the piss man , I bet you there 's no one in school with a cigarette in his arm |
| 4 | Inevitably this takes the researcher beyond the press release , the statistical return , or the ‘ folk explanation ’ and into an interpretive framework , perhaps to seek how these presentations are used ( often unconsciously ) as part of a well-constructed formula to replicate positions of power and support the ideology and practices of the institution . |
| 5 | This takes the module programme of each student in turn , finds the best set for each module , and assigns the student to those sets . |
| 6 | It can be sub-divided into two distinct operations : Staging This takes the list of teaching items and arranges it into blocks of the right size for the various years , months , weeks , days and classes of the teaching course . |
| 7 | Often this takes the form of providing comforting words from the Bible and many Christian societies also publish tracts and pamphlets on the subject . |
| 8 | In regions I and II , this takes the form ( 15.1 ) and the step wave is given by . |
| 9 | This takes the form of a stripe , band or patch of dark colour that runs right through the eye and effectively makes it invisible . |
| 10 | This takes the form of an ‘ extra ’ section in WOW ! 1 . |
| 11 | This takes the form of an " academic literature search " and is often very time-consuming . |
| 12 | This takes the form of organ or instrumental music , or of a recording . |
| 13 | This takes the form of direct action by A on the person or property of B whereby B is disabled from performing his contract with C , as where A physically detains B or steals B's specialised tools without which B can not carry out his obligation . |
| 14 | This takes the form of a steep rock garden with some of the rocks the size of small cottages , making for some very interesting eddies . |
| 15 | This takes the form of obtaining feedback and evaluation . |
| 16 | At its crudest this takes the form of the assumption that writing is automatically made beautiful through the addition of certain standardized linguistic ornaments ( ornatus in Latin ) of which the best known are the various poetic ‘ figures ’ , metaphor , antithesis , hyperbole and the like . |
| 17 | To sum up what I have outlined so far , the view of Wimsatt and Brooks is that the essential property of poetry consists in the reconciliation of harmonization of opposites ; that this takes the form of an objective organization of the objective meanings of words ; and that although the same organization generally can not be found in other kinds of discourse , it nonetheless contributes to our knowledge and experience of ourselves and of the world . |
| 18 | The precedent is being established that Community law , whether this takes the form of Commission Directives or of judgments by the Court of Justice , overrides national law if the two are in conflict . |
| 19 | This takes the form shown schematically in Fig. 22.11 , with large temperature gradients close to the boundaries and a nearly isothermal region in the interior . |
| 20 | This takes the form of light therapy with daylight-simulating lightboxes and sometimes the use of non-sedative anti-depressants . |
| 21 | The primary kind of social organisation is based on kinship , and in many less-developed nations this takes the form of a very large extended family . |
| 22 | As Newcastle Gosforth had opted out of their match at Saracens , the fly half took the opportunity to take his points total over 400 when he appeared as a guest for his old club at Middlesbrough on Saturday . |
| 23 | with some taking the view that a disagreement must lead to an acquittal and that no rehearing is possible . |
| 24 | Very few took the position of Ada Nield Chew , who saw clearly how the position of working wives was complicated by their reproductive function , and who believed that women 's sole responsibility for home and children represented the chief impediment to self-fulfilment . |
| 25 | Chapter 2 TAKING THE BISCUIT |
| 26 | Some took the view that it was essential that English be made less " remote from the living interests of the average adolescent " , A few even attempted to move literary education in the direction of political " confrontation . " |
| 27 | It was after all from the Portuguese that the French took the hint about the rightness of fresh tomato sauce with eggs , fish and rice ; à la portugaise signifying , in French cookery , a dish in which the tomato figures . |
| 28 | Underwood then had a good day , making 31 and with Old taking the score to 250 , then taking 5 for 39 as West Indies were all out for 182 . |
| 29 | As the Americans hoped to obtain substantial rights in the Middle East , the British took the opportunity to use their influence in those countries and warn the governments about what wide American penetration of their air services would mean . |
| 30 | This took the approach that mother and baby health and welfare was what the women wanted , seeing the woman 's main role in society was as a breeder . |