Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The , the , the , the the er certain sections of the Communist Party of which Mao was a member and certain sections of the left wing of the Kuomintang were taking a very similar view on , on rural revolution . |
| 2 | The remedy is to take a juicy example and pull it to bits yourself . |
| 3 | An easy party-trick demonstration is to take a paragraph and replace all the occurrences of most , many , few , lots , several , hardly any etc. with percentages . |
| 4 | New research is taking a different tack . |
| 5 | This study is taken a stage further in Persian 3 . |
| 6 | An even more dangerous practice is to take a diuretic . |
| 7 | His intention is to take a complete break from the game for three years to concentrate on his business as a grain buyer . |
| 8 | British industry is taking a clear interest in the opportunities that exist in Vietnam , and I hope that others will follow our example . |
| 9 | An alternative is to take a short nap before the meeting , making sure there is at least one hour between the nap and meeting so that you can waken fully . |
| 10 | An alternative is to take a data feed electronically from an established computerised accounting database , such as Extel Financial 's MicroEXSTAT , allowing full company analysis within seconds and tables of main customers to be drawn up and monitored automatically . |
| 11 | Half of the patients are taking dummy capsules … the other half are taking a drug made from fish oil . |
| 12 | Mr Woodhead , 62 , announced he and the mayoress were taking a week off after he appeared before Teesside magistrates in Middlesbrough . |
| 13 | One sure sign that winter is taking a grip — the gritting lorries are out . |
| 14 | Granny 's taking a tiny one along to the kitchen . |
| 15 | Forty five percent of our work is taking a bit off when we do n't money gon na make any |
| 16 | One proposal is to take a 2-kg piece of tellurium and leave this for a year ; tellurium is chosen because it transmutes into xenon , which is unreactive and relatively easy to detect . |
| 17 | Another proposal is to take a double-decker bus to areas of greatest need , determined by consultation with local community visitors , health visitors and social workers . |
| 18 | GM 's plan is to take a 15 per cent stake in the Coventry-based car maker rising to 29.9 per cent immediately the golden share expires at the end of next year . |
| 19 | When the logic of the linguistic homology is taken a step further , the special status of language that literature is uniquely capable of revealing becomes apparent . |
| 20 | British Petroleum is taking a lead in advising Hungarian ( and Czech ) industry on what to do about large-scale redundancies in a country where unemployment has been limited by law to little more than 5 per cent . |
| 21 | Langbaurgh Council is to take a tougher line with tenants who harass their neighbours . |
| 22 | One 's sympathies are with the pragmatists , but it has to be admitted that if the markets do get the impression that the Chancellor is taking a soft line on inflation to promote growth , then the pound could come under pressure , and the next move in interest rates could then be up not down . |
| 23 | Anyone seeking political asylum is taking a major step . |
| 24 | My plan was to take a Bachelor of Music degree — for which , at that time one did not even have to go into residence . |
| 25 | Why , when the opposition goalie was taking a goal-kick , did he crouch forward and remain motionless like Johnny Fartpants ? was this some attempt to psyche out the opposition ? |
| 26 | Those hyacinths in the cauldron are taking a long time to come out are n't they ? |
| 27 | The band were taking a break from each other , but they 'd be working on some new material soon with a view to releasing a new song as a single to coincide with Reading . |
| 28 | ‘ The automatic reaction is to take a mobile service to the villages but if a Citizens Advice Bureau van appeared no one would use it because the neighbours would see . ’ |
| 29 | Mr Clinton 's nature is to take a cautious , collegial course . |
| 30 | ‘ The recovery is taking a little more time than I 'd hope for but I 'm rather impatient . |