Example sentences of "[vb infin] take [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Party leaders should consider taking the major drug companies into public ownership so that their products were developed on the basis of need rather than profit . |
| 2 | Or will governors consider taking the easy way out ( and the cheapest ) and appoint a local teacher , who has perhaps proved an adequate supply teacher in the recent past ? |
| 3 | ‘ If firms want to take it seriously , they 'll need to take a long hard look at what sort of performance objectives are being applied and whether they are actually appropriate . |
| 4 | Anywhere in between and you 'll need to take a long hard look or call in the professionals . |
| 5 | Even if you are hoping to work in a subordinate position for the very person who is interviewing you , you do not need to take a passive role in the interview . |
| 6 | you 'd need to take a good half inch . |
| 7 | If you fall into any of the above categories , you may need to take a daily multi-vitamin and mineral pill as your nutritional insurance policy ! |
| 8 | We shall return to this issue later in this chapter , but before we do we need to take a brief look at the way in which ideas of change have influenced other aspects of education , in particular curriculum development and innovation . |
| 9 | Akram said : ‘ I did n't need to take the new ball before tea because the old ball began to swing . |
| 10 | It does not appear to take a lofty clinical viewpoint , but partakes of the language of partnership and equality between experts and parents . |
| 11 | I did not dare take the whole brandy bottle , so I poured some into a smaller bottle to take away with me . |
| 12 | Porterfield , still seeking a replacement for out-of-favour Dave Beasant , said : ‘ We would like to take a close look at him training with us . ’ |
| 13 | The phone call came right out of the blue : would I like to take a small party up north to Spitsbergen ? |
| 14 | Erm I 'd re I 'd really like the the experience and the knowledge that I could learn at college , but I 'd like to take a short cut too . |
| 15 | This is n't the way that the current system reasons , and I would certainly like to take the current system and push it in this direction of being more expert in a human sense . |
| 16 | The first three sections will look take a broad approach to the subject : |
| 17 | the university has a new duty , we are told : there is a besieging host , everincreasing , of Indians , Africans , Commonwealth people in general , Levantines , who aspire to become university teachers of English literature , and must therefore have a PhD — preferably a Cambridge one ( though it is admitted that a large proportion of them could n't hope to take the English Tripos with much credit — even if they could pass ) . |
| 18 | Sometimes they 'd , they 'd try taking a good dose of Epsom Salts to see if that would start things you know but er there was very little , very little they could do . |
| 19 | It would have been impossible for the Falklands War to be prosecuted successfully with every decision coming to the full Cabinet of twenty-three members , a state of affairs that would have taken every other item off the agenda . |
| 20 | It would have taken no additional effort to assemble a selection representative of the period and presenting a new view of many leading artists ' activities and styles applied to this medium . |
| 21 | If the scientists succeed , they will have taken a small step toward improving the efficiency of nuclear fusion devices . |
| 22 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 23 | It must have taken a long time . |
| 24 | So it must have taken a long while ? |
| 25 | He did n't look the kind of guy who could have taken a long prison sentence . |
| 26 | As it is , Mr Major could think long and reappoint Mr Lamont , who has borne the enormous strain of knowing that , if the Tories had lost , he would have taken a substantial part of the blame . |
| 27 | You should n't have taken a final reading until you left . |
| 28 | BUDDY REYNOLDS ( Sound Off ) , October 27 ) it must have taken a real strike of genius to suggest that The Levellers ' manager bar their so called ‘ crusties ’ from their gigs . |
| 29 | BUDDY REYNOLDS ( Sound Off ) , October 27 ) it must have taken a real strike of genius to suggest that The Levellers ' manager bar their so called ‘ crusties ’ from their gigs . |
| 30 | He must have taken a short cut that she had n't noticed on her way down , as they arrived back at the house sooner than she was expecting and went straight to the veranda , where Faye still lay on the lounger , enjoying a long drink of iced water . |