Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] takes [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second technique is deconcentration — although functions may be departmentalised in a single central government department , it may nevertheless be desirable for administration to be dispersed from the geographical centre and into the regions and localities where it takes actual effect ‘ on the ground ’ . |
| 2 | I feel , however , that it takes insufficient account of the natural caution and pragmatism of the British people , which was admirably reflected in the negotiating approach of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and his colleagues in the Cabinet . |
| 3 | Chris Hook claims that it takes expert knowledge and a great deal of patience to hack into a computer system . |
| 4 | ‘ It teaches you to be patient and determined , and reminds you that it takes hard work and practice when things are n't going right . ’ |
| 5 | Remorseful Prober is like Naive Prober , except that it takes active steps to break out of runs of alternating recrimination . |
| 6 | Eligibility for such increases if somebody takes premature retirement and they 're actually below the age of fifty five the increases do n't apply until you attain you fifty fifth birthday . |
| 7 | And they takes lovely photos . |
| 8 | In addition to all this , Professor Learner has been involved at various times in university adult education , and he takes English Literature courses regularly for the Centre for Continuing Education students , usually , but not invariably , at Friends Centre in Brighton , and I am sure that like myself he is happy to see so many adults from outside the university with us tonight . |
| 9 | The points of choice have to be put to other people and it takes patient consultation before everyone can agree about the management plan for a school in which social , academic , moral and community developments all have their place . |
| 10 | In a ground loop there are very high inertia forces on the fin and it takes expert knowledge to detect quite serious damage in these areas , particularly with T-tailed types . |
| 11 | All these mistakes are only too easy to make , and it takes constant effort to keep oneself up to the mark . |
| 12 | He added : ‘ British Rail has put off its £0.75bn programme and even if it takes private money , the bigger the players the better . |
| 13 | The best rock attempts to make society better , even if it takes gross self-laceration to get to that point … |
| 14 | In his refreshing book Mr Veseth looks at Victorian Britain , which improved on Florence 's commercial ideas , particularly public debt , and also went into decline ; and at present-day America , which is deeply in debt but might , he argues , avoid decline if it takes brave decisions . |
| 15 | What seems to happen is that an individual , given his arrival in a situation , reviews it in the context of his own objectives and decides that if he takes certain actions , the situation will change in the direction of his objectives . |
| 16 | Anthony should be higher cos he takes free kicks . |
| 17 | However , her RSI could become a recurring problem unless she takes careful precautions . |
| 18 | She 's getting on now , but she takes good notice of whatever anyone says . |
| 19 | But it takes great courage for a politician to try and persuade voters of that fact . |
| 20 | Roses are naturally at their most beautiful in summer , but it takes year-long care to ensure they maintain their glory . |
| 21 | Any man can be unfaithful , but it takes special circumstances to write a letter like that . ’ |
| 22 | Probably most such birds possess more powerful navigational skills , such as those we shall discuss shortly for pigeons , but it takes special experiments to demonstrate the fact . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Mr Peter Sutherland will end a 20-year teaching career when he takes early retirement from Tilery Primary School in the summer , at the same time as Mr James Burton retires from Bishopsgarth School after ten years in the profession . |