Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dock company in due course took a long lease of the area in question from the Secretary of State for Defence , although the ports authority insisted that the necessary planning consent be obtained before the lease was signed . |
| 2 | Each contestant took a fixed number of dross leads from a box . |
| 3 | Italy accepted that there would be economic disadvantages , though in the negotiations it successfully managed to gain some important concessions for its own steel industry : but the economic worries took a clear secondary position to the political factors which were the major motives for Italy 's participation . |
| 4 | A 24-year-old man was taken by one ambulance crew to Wrexham Maelor Hospital with cuts to the head , back and chest injuries , while another ambulance took a semi-conscious man from Holywell to Glan Clwyd hospital at Bodelwyddan . |
| 5 | While some customers took a long time to make decisions , other very complicated projects took longer than anticipated to organise . |
| 6 | The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs took a special interest in these issues and a series of intensively-researched reports in the 1970s led to the creation of a Commission on Transnational Corporations and a research centre . |
| 7 | The English FA took a draconian view of what was described as Gallacher 's ‘ improper conduct ’ and he was suspended without pay for two months . |
| 8 | In looking for significance some critics took a sociological line but perhaps psychology was a better guide . |
| 9 | Loretta 's occasional visits to the Cruise missile base had never involved her in getting arrested , but she was well aware that some police took a dim view of peace protesters . |
| 10 | But minutes later , this carjacking took a deadly new twist . |
| 11 | Hot favourite : through the 1980s the Great British Breakfast took a larger and larger share of total main meals served . |
| 12 | The German market took a mini dive of 12-points but the Paris Bourse was fairly firm . |
| 13 | Neither girl took a great deal of interest in me . |
| 14 | Some of the early researchers took a pessimistic view of what we would lose with the disappearance of native languages . |
| 15 | On the home front , the FT-SE 100 index took a 34½ point dive on Wednesday as the market reacted to the real threat of a Labour government after polls giving Labour a seven point lead . |
| 16 | Although the academic study of Roman law took a long time to have practical effect , by the 1170s and 1180s it was occasionally cited authoritatively in some at least of the courts of the south . |
| 17 | And as the all-too-solid original took a single step out from the doorway he dropped the loop of wire over its head and , like a man straining to start an outboard motor , suddenly hauled it tight for all he was worth . |
| 18 | Hurriedly she glanced round , assessing her chances of getting away if she made a run for it , then started nervously when the second man took a deliberate step sideways to effectively block her path . |
| 19 | Across the Atlantic , where only a tiny minority took a serious interest in global politics , there was little obvious response . |
| 20 | The 999 call took a maddening amount of time , but finally the ambulance and the police were on their way . |
| 21 | Later cases took a different approach : starting from the assumption that the Convention was or could be time-consuming and expensive , a number of courts held that the party wanting to ‘ impose ’ the use of those procedures must show good cause . |
| 22 | and their Parliamentary advisors took a long hard look at the powers which they held and decided that the 1902 Act as it stood , could not make a viable tramway system , even when grafted onto the existing Corporation system . |
| 23 | The long-running saga took a new twist this week in Spain . |
| 24 | According to the National Association of Pensions Funds ( NAPF ) , in 1992 53 per cent of larger schemes took a complete employer contribution holiday or paid reduced contributions . |
| 25 | Death and destruction were meted out by both sides , but there can be little doubt that the rebels carried a greater burden of responsibility than the Republicans , for their repressive actions took a higher human toll and they , not the Republicans , had acted against legality . |
| 26 | Chub the main feeders and legered meat took a few fish to 4 lb at Mardon , Lugg Mill , Longworth Mill and Mordiford . |
| 27 | In the March 1993 Budget , by freezing excise duty on spirits while raising duty on wine and beer , the then Chancellor took a small step towards levelling the playing field . |
| 28 | The great specimen took a big bunch of ragworm tipped off with squid on a size 6/0 hook and was eventually brought aboard on 18 lb line . |
| 29 | Over the next three decades , many theologians took a fresh look at the whole subject of human sexuality . |
| 30 | Christine de Pizan was born in 1365 and wrote The Book of the City of Ladies in 1405 ; the battle for women 's right to equal education took a long time to win . |