Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my studies go on , Music GCSE is just one of the nine exams I take next May ( 1994 ) , then I would like to do ‘ A ’ -level music , and hopefully , Music at University . |
| 2 | Phased out by 1980 , they used to bridge the gap between the maintained and independent sectors , being grammar schools which took fee-paying pupils but also provided free places for able children from poorer homes who were financed by a direct grant from the government . |
| 3 | In October we launched our new Subscribers ' Club for the many thousands of readers who take Ideal Home on subscription . |
| 4 | Although elite theorists have agreed upon the importance of empirically tested research , and their ability to carry it out in a value-free way , in fact this stream of analysis has always been associated with authors who take strong value positions . |
| 5 | In drawing up their lists they take great care to achieve a balance that reflects the diversity of the electorate 's concerns . |
| 6 | Right , so you fix them just as quickly as you can fix them , but if that takes nine months it takes nine months , that 's one of the views you can take on it . |
| 7 | Consequently they underinvest in long-term projects which take many years before they yield a positive return . |
| 8 | ON August 25 , 1992 , in a report about the large amount of divorce legal costs , we inadvertently stated , due to a typographical error , that average costs of cases which take some time amounted to £250,000 , when the correct figure should be £25,000 . |
| 9 | It seems to be more difficult for human beings to apprehend the gravity of harms which take several years to manifest themselves . |
| 10 | The loco went down the embankment taking some of the tanks with it , and the wreckage together with trees standing in the field were enveloped in flames which took several hours to extinguish . |
| 11 | In the past 200 years , America has accomplished feats which took other countries years to achieve . |
| 12 | This project aims to develop models which take these factors into account , and so to understand how they affect investment decisions . |
| 13 | Dark ages ; but there are a few performers who take these pieces seriously , and their beacons light the path for others to follow . |
| 14 | However , being unwilling to contradict her parents ' wishes she took three science A-levels rather than the arts subjects she preferred . |
| 15 | Right , when I went to Turkey , I had three jabs before I went away and every two days I took two tablets . |
| 16 | These will only appear after the final moult , except in damsel flies which take two moults , one very soon after the other , to bring their wings to perfection . |
| 17 | He 's been rattling on about people bemoaning the passing of Trevino and Palmer , saying there are no characters left , merely machine-like robots who take five minutes to select a club , 10 minutes to line up a putt , and five-and-a-half hours to complete a round . |
| 18 | That should go to the rescue workers who took great risks to bring out survivors , the skill of the medical teams and the love expressed by those who cared for the injured and bereaved . |
| 19 | The object of the Act was to protect the minority of unwary consumers from possible exploitation by the minority of unscrupulous lenders who took unfair advantage for their own gain of their ‘ victims ’ ignorance . |
| 20 | For example , it is not just private organisations and individuals who take legal action against auditors . |
| 21 | The expectations hypothesis may be a good starting point , but it assumes that individuals who take unhedged positions in futures markets ( i.e. speculators ) expect on average to earn only the risk-free rate . |
| 22 | ‘ These days it takes two people 's wages to keep one household going , ’ observed Bernard . |
| 23 | His friends had stopped coming and the workshops he took these days were in colleges far afield . |
| 24 | Against the backdrop of all this we have Sir Roger Elliot stating in his BA Conference address that ‘ in the last resort a trade association has limited sanctions that it can apply , and if necessary it is for booksellers themselves to take appropriate action ’ . |
| 25 | But in the last resort a trade association has limited sanctions that it can apply , and if necessary it is for booksellers themselves to take appropriate action . |
| 26 | For the H-bomb , carried in long-range bombers which took several hours to fly from base to target , was already outdated by the end of the Fifties . |
| 27 | There have been earlier references to the changing and elastic notion of priorities which takes some time to come to terms with . |
| 28 | Can I just finally say that the whole import of the orders is to ensure that they look at the criteria of authorisation , they are concerned with the authorisation of firms which take public deposits and investments and when that is brought into question , when there is evidence to suggest that those criteria are not being adequately med it must be right to impose a non costly duty on the auditors to bring that about , that is what these orders do tonight , I think they 're an extremely welcome addition to the stable of measures of regulation and they will improve materially depositor protection . |
| 29 | In 1860 the foreign secretary urged British diplomats not to use unnecessarily " this very costly channel of communication " , and until at least the end of the nineteenth century the ministers in China and Japan , to save money , were still guided , except in serious emergencies , by despatches which took five weeks to reach them via the Suez Canal , or four if they were sent across Canada . |
| 30 | The new procedures were well received by the delegates who took full advantage of the opportunity to clarify the administrative details relating to the Pilot Courses . |