Example sentences of "[verb] take [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , within the variations and local conditions , if we are thinking in terms of a specifically televisual addition to the forms which the novelistic has taken since the Greek romance , the organization of narrative around the expectation of interruption seems to me to be central . |
| 2 | Starting off with paragraph thirty three of P P G three , , erm you 'll see in my statement that I 've actually in seeking to address point A dealt with each of the conditions that P P G three er refers to , for which a new settlement should be contemplated , and you will see that I 've reached a conclusion that having regarded the unique circumstances of York , the Greater York new settlement does represent an appropriate and justified policy response , you 'll se also see my statement , I 've taken some comfort from the fact that the good practice guide that has been published by the department of the environment , has endorsed the approach that North Yorkshire County Council has taken towards the special circumstances of the Greater York area . |
| 3 | One other group of insects has taken to the colonial life on a scale that is comparable to the termites ; those with narrow waists , two pairs of transparent wings and powerful stings , the wasps , bees and ants . |
| 4 | He has informed his doctors and begun the painful process to negate the effects of the hormones he has taken for the last nine months . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action he has taken in the last six months to protect hosiery and knitwear manufacturers from dumped third-world imports . |
| 6 | The basis of our decision before was my people work very closely say take with the national account people in right , and the main objective there is to get as much business from the corporate accounts as they 're responsible for like or whoever . |
| 7 | But it is certainly the object of quantum mechanical discourse and , for all the peculiarity of its collapse , its subtle essence may be the form that reality has to take on the atomic scale and below . |
| 8 | He tried to take in the surrounding countryside that was to be his home during the months that lay ahead — if he lived that long . |
| 9 | ( c ) Position conflicts : the position you take in one piece of litigation may be at odds with the position you want to take in a subsequent action ( for example , in advancing the cause of a plaintiff you may adopt a position that puts you in difficulty with some defence clients who are less than impressed with the vigour with which you espouse the plaintiff 's cause ) . |
| 10 | He had forgotten to take off the white coveralls . |
| 11 | She sat Nicandra down on her own chair , the chair that always smelt , in a hesitating way , of Nannie 's bottom , and knelt to take off the laced boots — Maman held to a rather Chinese theory on the suppression of growth ; the white kid boots were on the small side and not often replaced because they were French , very expensive , and not obtainable from Start-rite . |
| 12 | ‘ E asked me to describe yer , which I did , thinkin' maybe 'e was goin' to tell yer you 'd come into some money , but 'e said you 'd taken in a young woman , that the pair of you 'ad nicked 'is wallet an' made off with it . |
| 13 | A large suitcase lay on the bed , still full of the clothes he 'd taken from the other room . |
| 14 | That is where the power of the edge , the fringe , should n't be underestimated : artists have had to take on a self-sufficient approach which I applaud . |
| 15 | I 've got to take in a promotional drinks party first , and as the Press will be there they 'll focus on you like the leeches they are because you 'll be a new face . ’ |
| 16 | Joe Clark ( hitherto Secretary of State for External Affairs , and Prime Minister in 1979-80 ) , was persuaded to take on a key role in the ongoing constitutional debate concerning Canada 's future federal structure and the position of Quebec . |
| 17 | I 'm going to take off the two nine one seven , are n't I ? |
| 18 | Some 7,000 soundings and 3,250 sea bed samples wee taken during the 1880s , and 52 separate survey documents carried out in 1964–65 supplemented by information from further boreholes sunk in the 1970s , and studies carried out for Eurotunnel by the Bureau de Recherchés Géologiques et Minières and Mott Hay and Anderson . |
| 19 | That comment under-estimates the growing interest which shareholders are beginning to take in the wider responsibilities of the companies they invest in ( eg , support for arts , education , health , environment or indeed anything which contributes to an increase in the quality of life ) , and its cynicism can only alienate the executives whose involvement in their companies ' patronage we so badly need to encourage and applaud . |
| 20 | Many art books follow this plan , especially those aiming to take in a national culture or a whole civilisation . |
| 21 | Every chassemarée would have easily held 60 men and the landing would have taken about the same space of time … |
| 22 | Frightening a woman by looking into her bedsit at eleven at night causing her to fear violence was held to be immediate despite the fact that the victim could have escaped in the time it would have taken for the accused to get to her : Smith v Chief Superintendent , Woking Police Station ( 1983 ) 76 Cr App R 234 ( DC ) . |
| 23 | So ESA has recently had to consent to launch Exosat on one of NASA 's Delta rockets — an option it could have taken in the early 1970s which would have allowed a launch in 1977 . |
| 24 | A director of social work in another part of Scotland , consulted about the actions his authority would have taken in the same set of circumstances , said that before even considering removing children from home , he would have consulted family doctors . |
| 25 | When they returned , having taken in a fair part of Sutherland , they swore that their feet had never once left Ross-shire soil . |
| 26 | Once can , if required , return later , having taken in an overall view . |
| 27 | The final selection of which approach to take for the practical application of apply linguistic information is dependent on a number of factors . |
| 28 | First , society may wish to take from the rich in order to give to the poor . |
| 29 | It will be remembered that Dudley and Stephens was the case where three men and a cabin-boy were compelled to take to an open boat after the wreck of their yacht Mignonette . |
| 30 | I hope the Noble Earl will be able to give me an answer in perhaps in correspondence following this , also the date upon which at they were informed , because I am sure he will realise the implications as far as the rest of the British Police Service are concerned that as from April of this year they will have to take on a heavy burden of work which is now being carried out by the British Transport Police . |