Example sentences of "takes [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inquiries must continue , however , to discover if Trevor Graham , a chartered surveyor , takes rural walks . |
| 2 | We told them how our oldest member , 91-year-old Mr. Hunt , takes unfailing care of our security , and sits at the hub of the affair providing a whole intelligence service for us as well . |
| 3 | Does he agree that it is time we had a real clampdown on the possession of firearms throughout society , remembering that the problem will not be cured unless the Home Office takes strenuous action in relation to the legal as well as the illegal holding of firearms ? |
| 4 | The council says it would welcome the chance to expand on the submission when the inquiry takes oral evidence . |
| 5 | This does not worry him , since he takes political Realism to be a limiting case whose usefulness has less to do with describing the actual conduct of foreign policy than with providing a way of explaining it . |
| 6 | Mr Keith cited three examples of information on the map , prepared for the association , which he disputes : that it takes four-and-a-half hours to travel from his home town of Durness , in Sutherland , to Inverness ; that from Dunvegan , on Skye , to Inverness , via Portree , takes four hours 45 minutes , and that Inverness to Dalwhinnie takes one hour 25 minutes . |
| 7 | The Profitboss takes broad and positive view about audit . |
| 8 | Yeah , but he said he 'd tell us he takes eleven tablets a day |
| 9 | It now looks a big mistake to have joined the ERM at all , at any exchange rate , without first having created political institutions capable of running monetary policy in a way that takes due consideration of the needs of all members of the European Community . |
| 10 | If the average golf swing takes 1.5 seconds , then a score of 80 means that 120 seconds were spent on the physical act of swinging . |
| 11 | The college takes 500 pupils from across the world and decided to call in debt collectors as a last resort . |
| 12 | The Unit has 26 academic staff and takes full-time PhD students . |
| 13 | In the steepest , wettest areas , stock-rearing takes complete precedence , and little , if any , arable farming is undertaken . |
| 14 | The defendant in a personal injuries action is likely to be represented by an insurance company , which takes complete control of and financial responsibility for the claim . |
| 15 | Acceleration to 60mph takes 9.2 seconds for the turbo and 11.3 seconds for the non-turbo , which has a top speed of 111mph . |
| 16 | To deal with this , a steady traffic of lorries takes solid waste from the plant to the nearby Drigg dump . |
| 17 | In light of this , anybody who takes strange tablets should observe certain basic precautions . |
| 18 | Objectification describes the inevitable process by which all expression , conscious or unconscious , social or individual , takes specific form . |
| 19 | It takes specific cultural processes and relationships to , as it were , spark off these latent tendencies . |
| 20 | It takes little imagination to foretell the likely consequences of just one peg disintegrating and flinging its spring or its free arm into the cutter gap during a pass ; or the possible knock-on effect(s) on the rest of the makeshift assembly and the astonished operator if this should happen . |
| 21 | Peter takes little comfort from the fact that the exploration is now centred in an area north of the Doolough Valley , so that any future mining is likely to leave his own watershed unaffected . |
| 22 | Finally Big Bear takes Little Bear out to show that the darkness is n't as black as it seems — and he falls asleep in it , in Big Bear 's arms . |
| 23 | The Common Law takes little interest in the goods , which are of far less importance , and especially of far less public importance , than the land . |
| 24 | She takes little exercise , does not even walk much , and prefers to use the car or public transport . |
| 25 | He takes little interest in me apart from how I look and what my exam results are like . |
| 26 | A stable , or resilient world , at another extreme , takes little notice of our presence . |
| 27 | It takes little thought to see that someone who is physically crippled and confined to a wheelchair may still lead a very full life if his mental and higher faculties are in good order whereas a physically fit but totally demented person has little left to give and little capacity to receive except for physical care and a little love . |
| 28 | However , this idealized picture takes little account of reality . |
| 29 | It takes little to get me on the right lines . |
| 30 | Man takes little account of such greater cycles . |