Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | this would likely involve one of the main parties having " to co-operate with a party or parties taking a more central stance . " |
| 2 | Stephan Brüback of the German shop design specialist Hans Brüback Landenbau & Verkaufstechnik took a visual approach to the theme of customer recognition , suggesting that social differences be accepted and even adopted in the definition of a shop 's corporate identity . |
| 3 | Here , an individual or group takes a high-risk position to expose an injustice or inconsistency which produces a sense of moral outrage . |
| 4 | In the meantime , we are taken to inspect the treatment plant , where King takes a sample of the effluent . |
| 5 | Its amazing the number of computer users that pick up a pen or pencil to take a telephone message when they 're sitting in front of a working PC ! |
| 6 | If a bad decision on the law was made or the court or tribunal took a view of the evidence that no reasonable tribunal could take , which does not appear as an error of law on the face of the record , that is a matter for appeal rather than judicial review . |
| 7 | It was a clean , white , rather clinical-looking room , with its white wooden towel rail , its bowl and pitcher of water for those who did n't have the time or inclination to take a bath . |
| 8 | ‘ Many are newly retired professional women , or women taking a career break to look after a family . |
| 9 | The boats were never more than 36 seconds apart until the finish , where Conner took a flyer on the final run to end 2 min 8 sec behind . |
| 10 | Jim had had enough of being a passenger in his own car , so Patrick took a spell in the back seat . |
| 11 | Davies points out that Gorbachev took a conservative attitude to Soviet history for the first 18 months of his time in power . |
| 12 | There 's still the strong possibility you might find yourself in court over your actions this weekend , and I can tell you that judges take a poor view of women who imagine themselves potential victims . |
| 13 | In order to draw this out of him , he wrote a vastly elaborate commentary on the Lay , softening the blow of his harsher criticisms by inventing the personae of a whole group of scholarly editors who are debating the text in the way that scholars have disputed over Homer or Beowulf It would seem that Tolkien took a great deal of notice of Lewis 's invented editors , for he rewrote his Kay and incorporated a high proportion of their emendations . |
| 14 | It has been argued that diesel takes a much smaller amount of process heat to refine , and is therefore more environmentally considerate all round . |
| 15 | However , although agencies take a lot of the work out of finding an employee , and can be particularly useful if interviewer(s) are part of a voluntary committee which has limited time to devote to the task of appointing new staff , they have the disadvantage that you are limited in your choice by the number of people who have themselves registered with the agency . |
| 16 | The remaining £3000 was distributed among those other witnesses I have mentioned and whom Drury had coerced into bolstering the prosecution 's case : there is evidence that Drury took a whack of some of that money too . |
| 17 | But I fancy that England is content to get on with the war , and that things take a more practical turn at home . |
| 18 | But that only adds to the wonder of the story that God took a willing young woman and poured into her his grace and love . |
| 19 | It has few if any enemies in the open sea ( although sea-lions take a few near the shore ) . |
| 20 | It was the first , all the time , in the cubicle , the lavatory , that Parker took a backward step . |
| 21 | It recommends that France take a second look at following the policy that US President Jimmy Carter adopted of storing radioactive waste rather than reprocessing it . |
| 22 | The gizzard-stone treatment meant that food took a long time to digest . |
| 23 | She agrees with Gnome Pfeiffer ( coauthor of The Experience of Infertility , Virago ) that feminists took a long time to put infertility on the political agenda , and she suggests that this is partly due to attitudes toward motherhood . |
| 24 | A straw poll by The Bookseller last week revealed that Octopus , Bloomsbury and Macmillan were among publishers who closed for Christmas but reopened before New Year , and that publishers taking a 10 day break — closing on Christmas Eve and reopening on 4th January — included HarperCollins , Transworld , OUP , CUP , Orion and Dorling Kindersley . |
| 25 | It needs to be acknowledged that Hoyle takes a very wide view of what constitutes a school 's ‘ organisational character ’ or ‘ deep structure ’ . |
| 26 | The climatic extremes of the far north mean that forests take a long time to regenerate . |
| 27 | My friend told me that Haavikko took a drink of some kind . |
| 28 | As he leaped down the stair he was shouting for Farquhar Neas , and whisky to take a foul taste from his mouth . |
| 29 | In addition , a greater cohesion was resulting from Douglas , Cooke , and Cairns taking a greater part in the teaching of their more junior colleagues . |
| 30 | He was closer to her now , and Maria took a step backwards . |