Example sentences of "[adj] and take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should be grateful if you could look into the environmental health aspects of this and take appropriate action . |
| 2 | Please would you also look into this and take appropriate action . |
| 3 | Like her fellow-suf-ferers , Claire has had physiotherapy to keep the lungs clear and taken expensive drugs to help digest high-calorie foods . |
| 4 | It stood twenty-five spans high and took four horses to pull it . |
| 5 | Work on the Chiltern Line , linking London with Banbury , Bicester and Aylesbury , began in 1903 and took 3 years to complete . |
| 6 | 2:11 , 16 ) and positively that they should recognise that they belong to one another and take active steps to welcome and support one another ( Rom. 15:7 ) . |
| 7 | Changes in the number of national dailies from 1945 to 1989 were very few and took three forms : launch or closure , relaunch , and change of status . |
| 8 | But once I got to the hospital and after the operation the doctor reassured me it was a straightforward and took forty-five minutes . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's why they 're common in the fire service and the army , where people are doing something out of the ordinary and taking greater risks than others . |
| 10 | For the work of Sherman this show may only confirm the suspicions already held by many that , with the kind of success she now enjoys after the Saatchi purchase of her notorious nude self-portrait , her intention is less than subversive and takes shrewd advantage of the fruits of sensationalism Saddest of all however is that , within the context of this show , the nightmarish images of her latest offerings succeed better at making the female viewer feel the full impact of the implied degradation . |
| 11 | She spent more and more time off her eggs , parading about the yard , cackling as if demented and taking sudden rushes in whatever direction she happened to be facing when each fit of frenzy overcame her . |
| 12 | Keep your weight as near ideal as possible and take regular exercise that works on the upper body as well as your legs . |
| 13 | Get out of doors as much as possible and take some exercise — preferably fairly strenuous — every day . |
| 14 | Geoffrey Ferguson hit a not out 71 out of their 174 for two total and took two wickets for 31 . |
| 15 | Attendance at meetings of the Family Fellowships , such as Al Anon or Families Anonymous , brings one among people who have had similar experiences and feelings and been equally confused , hurt , angry or depressed and taken similar actions out of confusion or despair . |
| 16 | They continued to handle poorly and take wrong options , thereby permitting Cardiff to get into the game . |
| 17 | The hardwood forest trees in this picture were at least 100 feet tall and took 400 years to grow . |
| 18 | The cycle is repetitive : abandoned children of irresponsible fathers , women forced by circumstances to be strong and to take sole responsibility for their children . |
| 19 | You can become over-confident and take foolish risks . |
| 20 | When the Labour Cabinet , in August 1931 , failed to agree on an economy programme , Ramsay MacDonald , in his own words , ‘ strove hard and took great risks in being responsible for the delay , to keep the Government in , because no National Government of any kind is the sort of thing that I should support of my own free choice . ' |
| 21 | Feel less sluggish and taking 15 minutes exercise each day . |
| 22 | The jury retired on 11 February 1992 and took 16 hours to reach a verdict . |
| 23 | If girls discuss birth control with their mothers , they are more knowledgeable and take more control over this area of their lives . |
| 24 | Replacement of wet by dry cooling towers would cost £10 billion and take 10 years — and dry systems depend on refrigeration using ozone-damaging CFC 's . |
| 25 | The other four nights she stayed at home , studying , since she was a student at the same Polytechnic that was educating Sarah Fleming and Sergeant Jones 's son , but she knew neither of them as she was a year older and taking different subjects . |
| 26 | They adopt the traditions of individual tribes , like the Sioux and take great pains to ensure their regalia is authentic … |
| 27 | The wife also came from Yugoslavia to England in 1966 and took menial jobs in a hospital and as a waitress . |
| 28 | Anyway , these must not be dismissed with hasty suggestions ; it is extremely important to my mind not to discredit the zoophile cause by sounding idiotic and to take great notice of the knowledgeable people who are concerned with managing these creatures even if one does not like their attitudes . |
| 29 | But this only makes the headache seems worse and taking some form of exercise , like a walk , could see off the headache more quickly . |
| 30 | Draw the stripes lightly in pencil first and take great care to get them precise . |