Example sentences of "[noun] take to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The delay has been due mainly to the need to be absolutely certain about the integrity of the flight control system software before the aircraft takes to the air . |
| 2 | David Walton , 40 , who received the aircraft today from Air Commodore David Hurrell , said : ‘ The likelihood of the aircraft taking to the sky again is fairly remote but it will be preserved in its current condition and who knows what the long term future holds . |
| 3 | It was natural , therefore , that when the ancestors of plaice and sole took to the sea bottom , they should have lain on one side rather than on the belly like the ancestors of skates and rays . |
| 4 | When he arrived in America , Weill did not automatically expect New York ears to take to the music of the Berlin avant-garde in which he had played so prominent a part : instead he set himself the task of learning to write music with an American accent . |
| 5 | I am sure they would see that queues of slow moving traffic soon build up and drivers take to the town to get through . |
| 6 | The following Sunday a group of pest control technicians took to the field , all kitted out ready to ‘ show Rank Hovis how to play football ’ . |
| 7 | Workers employed in the mills and factories of industrial areas took to the bicycle as a principal means of travel to work . |
| 8 | Still today virtually all insects at some stage of their lives take to the air . |
| 9 | On trial — Fast afloat boat prototype takes to the water |
| 10 | There 's no game for Oxford this weekend so the next time the team takes to the field they 'll be under new management … |
| 11 | With limbs beginning to tire only eight boats took to the water for the final two-lap race . |
| 12 | A ‘ FLYING squad ’ of experts takes to the road this month and early May to help East Anglian farmers tackle probably their most important office job for years . |
| 13 | G-Orgi takes to the air from the Dick Melton Aviation strip in Hampshire . |
| 14 | A WOMEN-ONLY bus service takes to the road on Monday . |
| 15 | Not surprisingly , the noise bellowing around Ibrox when the teams took to the pitch was an octave or two higher than normal . |
| 16 | Four wyverns from the Worlds Edge Mountains took to the air , swooping and marauding within the city while Goblin doom divers rained down causing panic and consternation . |
| 17 | So this is what he set out to do and , in 1986 , the Halifax Mystery Plays took to the road . |
| 18 | Proposals include both teams taking to the field together before kick-off and permitting three substitutes instead of the current two , with the third being a ‘ recognised goalkeeper ’ , as in the Premier League . |
| 19 | The riots continued for three days , climaxing on 7 June when it was finally quelled and the half-mad leader of the Protestant Association Lord George Gordon taken to the Tower . |
| 20 | If one postulates an honest customer taking goods from a shelf to put in his or her trolley to take to the checkpoint there to pay the proper price , I am unable to see that any of these actions involves any assumption by the shopper of the rights of the supermarket . |
| 21 | Charity worker extraordinaire takes to the water |
| 22 | £35m NORBANK TAKES TO THE WATER IN ROTTERDAM |
| 23 | When democracy took to the forest |
| 24 | It also commanded the route the crusaders took to the East . |
| 25 | THE new University of Teesside took to the air yesterday . |
| 26 | Just months after the P&O Golf Day , golf clubs were out in force again , as P&O people took to the green . |
| 27 | Hundreds of people took to the water over the weekend to recreate ancient and strange boat races . |
| 28 | The statistics issued by ICAO over the last three decades show beyond any doubt that , despite a vast increase in the number of people taking to the air each year , the likelihood of any public transport passenger being killed diminishes . |
| 29 | ‘ Some people take to the Cup more than others . |
| 30 | Local authorities took to the fashion of developing management and political processes , and institutional structures , which would make them more able to plan , control and review their activities , commensurate with their resources . |