Example sentences of "[noun] to take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you wist to alter the car struturally , eg raise the roof to take a seated wheelchair passenger or change the doors to ramps , you would have to obtain a car through Car Chair , Gowrings or Widnes Car Centre Ltd , or buy the car on hire purchase . |
| 2 | It would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF . |
| 3 | In a paragraph entitled New Opportunities , Harley warns , ‘ The many Unix VAR 's and resellers should probably be more concerned with the loss of a stable , independent source for Unix than an imaginary NT monster ( and ) it would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF . ’ |
| 4 | In the Cup Winners ' Cup quarter-finals , Monaco 's hopes of becoming the first French league club to take a European title were boosted when drew 0–0 at Roma , who were booed off the pitch . |
| 5 | In late September the Council approved a list of 109 candidates , while requiring 60 other candidates to take a written test to establish their credentials as mujtahids ( those qualified to interpret the Koran and to issue judgements ) . |
| 6 | She clambered up into the car to take a closer look at them , careful though to remain at what she considered to be a safe distance . |
| 7 | The Agent has , therefore , decided to encourage Great Indian Peninsula railwaymen to take a greater interest in such matters by the institution of a competition under the rules of which first , second and third prizes of Rs. 150 , Rs. 100 and Rs. 50 respectively will be awarded annually for the best station platform gardens and premises . |
| 8 | Whatever the structure , it will be increasingly important for the institution to take a strategic view of its information requirements and the supporting technological structure , as well as for the library to ensure that it plays a leading role in any new arrangement . |
| 9 | " Where did you get this ? " she asked one evening , lifting Jennifer 's silver medallion to take a closer look . |
| 10 | Here he urges Scots to wake up and fight to protect a fragile yet valuable asset Telling Scots to take a stronger line : Chapman Pincher is incensed by English-based drift-netting . |
| 11 | After graduating in 1972 Clare was encouraged by Monica Partridge to take a British Council scholarship to Yugoslavia . |
| 12 | Other countries were looking to the United States to take a firm leadership role , said one official . |
| 13 | Soon after she had arrived here , this evening , he 'd been forced to go to his study to take a transatlantic telephone call . |
| 14 | There is no scholar in the English-speaking world better qualified than Professor Alexander to take a good look at illuminated manuscripts and to make enquiry as to the meaning of the pictures . |
| 15 | Any sort of stress such as moving house , illness or upset in the family may cause the child to take a temporary step backwards in behaviour . |
| 16 | Persuading a child to take a long course of medicine is usually a struggle , as children often dislike the taste . |
| 17 | Leaving Nada firmly in the wind vane 's control , and taking the binoculars with me , I climbed the ratlines to the lower spreaders to take a closer look . |
| 18 | The government wants parents to take a one year training course which would enable them to teach in primary schools . |
| 19 | In a significant move forward towards the establishment of a non-racial democracy , they agreed at the end of three days of talks in Cape Town to take a common stand on two important issues when multi-party constitutional talks resume : power sharing in a future democratic system and regional government . |
| 20 | In the 1840s the Montpellier Pleasure Gardens was a favourite place for visitors to take a constitutional stroll before breakfast . |
| 21 | But , it is it seems from this report that is in front of us that it is now appropriate for the URC to take a new step with regard to the local ministry of elders . |
| 22 | The official aim is for all countries to take a critical look at their own communications policies and to help the developing nations improve theirs . |
| 23 | A NORTH-east farmer wants a few wise men from Scotland to take a behind-the-scenes look at farming in EC member states to see how counterparts are faring with the rules and regulations . |
| 24 | If your project standards allow , you may change the 6th parameter to TRUE to remove the requirement to take a hard copy of a module prior to module version deletion . |
| 25 | Then I switched off the music centre and strolled over to the window to take a last look at the night outside . |
| 26 | That , in turn , first led US regulators to take a close interest in this remarkable bank . |
| 27 | If we 'd been forced like myself I believe in a couple of years ' time , I will not be able to enjoy the pension fund that I 'm in at the moment we will have a problem , and we need to deal with that problem , and we need to raise the issue now and have a strategy , and I think it 's the G M B's to take a leading role in looking at this . |
| 28 | CNRS was host for the meeting partly because of its desire to take a leading role in Europe 's changing research landscape . |
| 29 | The general purpose of exploratory statistics , as the name suggests , is to help investigators to take a good look at patterns in data and to search around for ideas about the form these patterns take . |
| 30 | Her book asked Christians to take a deeper look at some of their religious beliefs . |