Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] take [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Morning , Afternoon and evening activities were scheduled , with the opportunity to take a large lunch , in the hope that you would survive and still be alert after 10pm !
2 One of the most valuable outcomes of this initially prescriptive and limiting legislation is the opportunity to take a whole school view of curriculum planning and delivery .
3 So you will eventually get the opportunity to take as Mike has maybe already told you , get eventually get the opportunity to take the audio tour yourself , so you can see where things are .
4 This afternoon you have the opportunity to take an optional tour to Universal Studios where you can see the film sets of your favourite TV shows and famous movies .
5 In 1355 Edward III appointed the Black Prince his Lieutenant in Aquitaine , and the prince took a small force there in the autumn of that year .
6 The fast disappearing figures of the two girls waved back then disappeared as the bike took a left hand bend .
7 The manufacturer could impose full-line forcing , obliging the retailer to take a whole range of its products if it takes one , or tie-in sales , no X sold without Y. It could impose exclusive purchasing ( no products of a certain description to be bought from anywhere but itself ) , and may offer selective and exclusive distribution agreements ( suppliers have to meet certain criteria in order to be selected to distribute a product , and may be offered an exclusive territory or even absolute territorial protection ) .
8 Lack of any firm action by the police even led the Board to take the whole issue to the High Court .
9 The pastry took a terrible pounding at times , and Bessie kneaded the dough with a vengeance as she talked of Kate Kerrigan , one of her sworn enemies .
10 And this week the case took a dramatic twist with the high-seas arrest of Roderick , the dead couple 's 26-year-old son .
11 By March 1990 the case took an unexpected twist when Jan Parsons , backed by her brother Paul and her divorced father , publicly opposed Jan 's mum 's attempts to sue Lowe .
12 The clerk took a deep breath and hid his smile .
13 The decision to take a firm stand comes after local councillors revealed the misery suffered by many of their constituents .
14 Sharpe was riding across the grassy waves and the mare took the hard , uneven ground heavily , jarring him with every step .
15 He said : ‘ It 's frightening to see the eye of the storm taking a direct aim at you . ’
16 Learn from them the strength to risk to say no to the disease : refuse to cover up , tidy up or pay up but allow the sufferer to take the full consequences of the addiction .
17 By learning to let the sufferer take the full consequences of the use of addictive substances or behaviour .
18 To a certain extent it does not matter how well a product performs if the user takes a strong dislike to it then it will not succeed in the long run .
19 At least a third of the route takes the steep open wall to the left of the corner and the climb as a whole demands a wide range of climbing technique .
20 The route takes an impressive line on the over-handing lower section of the East Buttress and is a worthy addition to Berzins ' growing collection of hard routes on Lakeland mountain crags over the past 18 months .
21 But at this point the story takes an abrupt turn , and takes us into territory that at first seems quite strange , beyond even our imagining , let alone our experience .
22 The driver took the little engine and the two men looked at it silently , not speaking for several minutes .
23 and that , I said go to the Tavern I said does n't matter whether you see the cottage take the little puppy for a walk .
24 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 .
25 The following day the shepherd took the golden cask foot to a goldsmith , who confirmed that it was genuine gold and bought it immediately .
26 She stood transfixed , with one hand out , but her fingers failed to obey the command to take the proffered bag .
27 It would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF .
28 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 . ’
29 Similarly the debate at the circumcision feast was an affair particularly religious in nature , and at it the Mufti took the chief seat , even over such a distinguished , but more " temporal " , colleague as the kadi of the newly conquered city of Istanbul , Hizir Bey .
30 It seems that , with the hint of campaigns in unspecified areas , with no details of the number of applications , the Department took the unusual step that we are discussing — an unusual one on its own admission .
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