Example sentences of "[noun sg] took a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pringle/Nick Faldo collection of clothing took a higher share of the U.K. market . |
| 2 | An engineer took a longer view : |
| 3 | In December 1987 this adjustment process took a further week and the final outcome is as recorded in Table 3.5 . |
| 4 | Despite the Royal Commission 's recommendations , their complete absorption by the National Health Service took a further twenty-six years . |
| 5 | In People v. Rosario ( 1961 ) 213 N.Y.S. 2d 448 four members of the Court of Appeals of New York , adopting the view of the United States Supreme Court in Jencks v. United States ( 1957 ) 353 U.S. 657 , ruled that the entire previous statements of prosecution witnesses ought to be shown to defence counsel after the direct examination with a view to his cross-examining those witnesses and attacking their credibility , saying that counsel were best able to decide what use could be made of the statements , whereas three members of the court took a narrower view and , following the line of authority which had hitherto prevailed in New York , held that defence counsel could examine and use only those portions of a statement which , according to the view of the trial judge , contained variances from a witness 's evidence . |
| 6 | TOP took a further step forward at Hunterston last month with the formulation for each manager of his own personal action plan for the programme . |
| 7 | After lengthy debates in each national parliament , ratification took a further year to complete . |
| 8 | Every now and then the launch took a larger wave on her starboard bow and she would shy away like a frightened colt . |
| 9 | The privatization of the state-owned economy took a further step on Feb. 17 with the start of the preliminary or " zero " round , under which investors were allowed to start placing their vouchers in any of the 437 officially sanctioned investment funds [ for details of privatization programme see pp. 38584-85 ; 38734 ] . |
| 10 | The Government 's stance took a further knock yesterday when the Conservative Bow Group published a survey showing senior British industrialists were not as vehemently opposed to the Charter as ministers . |
| 11 | Around the same time , Parliament took a further step towards excluding the dead from the inner cities by taking power to close churchyards . |
| 12 | The descent to Base Camp took a further two days . |
| 13 | The safety mattress took a shorter time to reach a lower maximum temperature — 84°C — and formed only 50–3 cubic metres of smoke . |
| 14 | Once again , the government took a stricter view . |
| 15 | Subsequent attempts to diversify the economy have foundered not only on corruption and inefficiency , though these have played a part , but because Zambia could not mobilize the funds for new investment , since the growing debt burden took a larger and larger share of the national cake . |
| 16 | Hot favourite : through the 1980s the Great British Breakfast took a larger and larger share of total main meals served . |
| 17 | But in Che soffre , speri his librettist took a bolder step for which he needed other composers , the younger Mazzocchi and Marazzoli . |
| 18 | The hat took a further turn in Frere 's hands . |