Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] take [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even depressed Fort William takes on a magnificence from this height as it glitters and reflects the late evening sun . |
| 2 | In 1670 William Gauntlett took out a patent of arms at the Herald 's College and in 1687 made the manor a little larger . |
| 3 | So her waking hours took on a new format . |
| 4 | Ivan Lendl takes out a freshly strung Mizuno frame with Babolat VS Natural Gut at every ball change — he notices the difference after just nine games . |
| 5 | But the capacitors on DRAM chips take up a large amount of space ; the ceramic of an FRAM chip is capable of storing data in a much smaller space . |
| 6 | In effect governments take on a commitment to support a part of the costs of several hundred projects at any one time , such ‘ counterpart funding ’ in countries like Kenya or Tanzania frequently amounts to a nominal commitment of about $200 million per year . |
| 7 | But here is where even the everyday eating apple takes on a different meaning according to the context . |
| 8 | The highlight of the week on Lough Owel was the magnificent wild trout of 9lb 9ozs taken on a Mepps near Srudarra Island by Richard Malone , Portarlington . |
| 9 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 10 | In people with sickle cell anaemia , the molecule that carries oxygen in the blood , haemoglobin , is abnormal , and the red blood cells take on a sickle shape . |
| 11 | So lawyer C took on a notoriously troublesome client — and indeed , found a satisfactory way of handling the client himself , as well as his many debts and difficulties ! |
| 12 | Interestingly though , whereas physical abuse investigations took up a substantial amount of home visit time , the sexual abuse investigations were heavy on office interview time . |
| 13 | West Germany , in the event for the first time , bring four world champions to Hyde Park to take on a British team that has six silver and bronze medallists from the recent World Championships , as well as squads from Italy , the Soviet Union and France . |
| 14 | Such data management operations take up a lot of the computer 's operating time ; in a computer based on FRAMs they would be reduced to a minimum . |
| 15 | On Wednesday mornings the Piazza Garibaldi took on a completely different aspect : it was monopolized from an early hour by farmers who came to town to sell their livestock in the Mereato del Bestiame on the outskirts of the city . |
| 16 | Most lenders of money , e.g. banks and building societies , insist that a home owner takes out an insurance for the worth of the building , to protect it against being accidentally destroyed . |
| 17 | In that case the exercise of a statutory power to make rules concerning indemnity for losses arising from liability for professional negligence was held to empower the Law Society to take out a master insurance policy and to require solicitors to pay the premiums without having to account for commission received from the brokers . |
| 18 | The committee men took on a new authority . |
| 19 | Mambo Leo took on a new importance in the 1950s , when the Government hoped it would help stave off the march of nationalism . |
| 20 | Two more world champions are in action tonight ; Swindon 's Bob Anderson lines up with John Lowe at the Super Marine Club in South Marston to take on a handful of local challengers who make up the best in the west . |
| 21 | Said that in future he 'd be obliged if I kept careful note of when Mr Meredith took out a horse . |
| 22 | Some of these legendary figures may be dead , so , for instance , the Yorkshire Ripper took up a mantle laid down by the original Ripper in the last century . |
| 23 | Under water , the world of sound signalling takes on an additional significance since sound in water travels much further than light , moving a great deal faster than it does in air . |
| 24 | FREE-market economics took on a new meaning last week as schools received an invitation to shop around for the cheapest General Certificate of Secondary Education exams . |
| 25 | After his retirement Simpson took over a newsagent/tobacconists shop in West Croydon and he died in March 1974 aged 69 years . |
| 26 | THE ups and downs of the business world take on a whole new meaning for successful selfstarter Jonny Sims . |
| 27 | Mr Palumbo took out a private prosecution on his behalf and that of other residents after the sewage killed animals , fish and plants . |
| 28 | He gestured to Van Gelder to take up a listening phone . |
| 29 | COMEDIAN Jim Davidson has been banned from his own home after his fourth wife Tracie took out a court injunction against him . |
| 30 | But quickly she was allowed an even higher profile and last October was formally appointed party deputy chairman to take on a prominent role during the election campaign and to sell the party to the business community . |