Example sentences of "[noun] took the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Habsburgs took the Turkish threat more seriously than Matthias had done .
2 One reaction to this rather clichéd allegation took the extreme form of the new classical macroeconomics which jettisoned Keynesian ideas lock , stock and barrel , and which reinstated a modified , rather more mathematical version of the old classical system .
3 Lowes did in fact trace many of the images unerringly to their source ; and what was even more interesting was how Coleridge 's mind took the raw material of some explorer , and twisted it and mixed it with many other ideas to produce the incomparable poetry of The Ancient Mariner and Xanadu .
4 Near it , Scott took the British flag from under his clothes , and put it up .
5 WHEN the Royal Bank 's general arts sponsorship programme took the premier award at the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts ' annual prizegiving .
6 A respondent from a large practice took the pragmatic view that it was only a matter of time before a computer fraud took place on a scale which made the current level of claims pale into insignificance , making the introduction of a cap imperative .
7 Blending the bizarre with the familiar , Butlin took the established model of the British Holiday Camp by the scruff of the neck .
8 Rebecca took the Japanese-made VHF radio , weighing no more than a bag of sugar , on her summit assault .
9 Realizing that they had a fight for Naval survival on their hands , the Admiralty took the unprecedented step of ‘ going public ’ to win support of opinion-makers , politicians , industrialists , and Commonwealth representatives in London .
10 Charlie Swan , rider of Montelado , completed a first-day double when Fissure Seal took the American Express Gold Card Handicap Hurdle Final .
11 The following day the shepherd took the golden cask foot to a goldsmith , who confirmed that it was genuine gold and bought it immediately .
12 The Vauxhall HPC Seven is so powerful that Caterham took the unusual step of offering a high performance driving course in the price of the car ( between £18,200 and £23,000 ) , compulsory for the under 25s .
13 Vanne took the first boat trip across Lake Tanganyika to Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve with Jane in 1960 , when the authorities refused to give a 20-year-old girl permission to set up camp on her own .
14 Eddery took the Listed Prix Massine on Matador , trained at Marlborough by Roger Charlton .
15 They were glad to rest briefly , the sun warm on their backs , while Mister Johnny took the old horse 's head and led the cart a little farther along .
16 The department took the largest slice of the Government 's budget and each year the Treasury demanded economies .
17 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 .
18 Richard took the offered mug of coffee and sat .
19 All four heads took the unprompted view that there was a desperate need for professional library staff in secondary schools .
20 Shiona took the long way back to Loch Lomond , via Perth and Comrie and Loch Earn , stopping for a meal at a wayside hotel , then heading south via Glen Dochart just after nine o'clock .
21 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 .
22 At times the broadcasters themselves did not really understand the significance of what they were broadcasting , so it was hardly surprising that their listeners took the same view : enthusiasm , and the lack of it , are equally infectious .
23 Corbett took the faded leather dog 's collar out of his wallet .
24 Early stage shows saw them recreating the famous Iwo Jima flag-erecting ceremony , while the cover of their great ‘ One Nation Under A Groove ’ album took the American flag to new psychedelic heights , the red , white and blue coloured in all manner of drug-crazed hues .
25 Dundalk clinched the double with victory over Derry in the 1988 FAI Cup Final and the following season the Brandywell club took the first step towards a unique treble with a stunning 4–0 win in the League Cup final at Oriel Park .
26 Rolling to a new position , Manville took the other headlight .
27 Paul Nicholson and Enda Layng took the joint Captaincy of Sligo/Mullingar .
28 As a teenager , in a little place called Townsville , Carol took the local Theatre Royal by storm .
29 While Carl Fogarty took the big race of the day the Superbike , young Dunlop scooped up the smaller classes by landing both 250cc races as well as the 125cc , thus making up for his disappointment of last year when he scored only one win against Phillip McCallen 's five .
30 It follows , therefore , that this contingency insurance will , subject to its terms and conditions , indemnify the bank/organisation in the event of a claim arising from an insured peril in respect of such properties where the original policy is found for some reason not to be sufficient to protect the bank's/organisation 's interest and so long as the bank/organisation took the initial step , inter alia , reasonably to satisfy itself that adequate insurance arrangements had been made by the mortgagor .
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