Example sentences of "[noun sg] and take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experiments are not particularly relevant to anything , they 're just experiments for experiment 's sake , one experiment illustrating a particular bit of theory ; it does n't do anything particularly useful , you just look at an oscilloscope and take some readings and hence you can demonstrate this bit of theory . |
| 2 | Only with the retirement of Roberts did he get promotion to the new ball , whereupon he stepped up his speed and took 31 wickets against Australia in 1983–4 , although he then reduced it again . |
| 3 | Ken lost interest completely , For the moment he contented himself with pinning the notice to the inner door of the club and taking great delight in reading it to two young black guys who had arrived carrying saxophone cases . |
| 4 | The stabilization fund would be held in reserve to support rouble parity if Russia agreed to the IMF 's reform programme and took effective steps to apply it . |
| 5 | He had a deep contempt for the bureaucratic mind and took particular delight in circumventing bureaucratic obstruction . |
| 6 | Inseminators are trained in hygiene and take great care not to carry infection onto farms . |
| 7 | Death poured himself a mug of tea and took another slice of bread and butter . |
| 8 | She made herself some tea and took some aspirin and paced about the flat . |
| 9 | Rowse was at that time in London , or I might ( I said ) have asked him to tea and taken some soundings . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Cobalt and took another gulp . |
| 11 | In the final year , students complete the study of Housing Policy and Practice and take additional courses on Planning and Development , Building and Maintenance , Human Resource Management and another Social Policy option . |
| 12 | She did it by careful eating and taking more exercise and , whatever anyone else tries to tell you , that is the only way to be sure of losing weight . |
| 13 | Tabel has received too little credit in the standard literature — Hubbard dismisses him as some sort of shadowy figure and takes little trouble to describe the 1721 harpsichord . |
| 14 | Men teachers claim to understand what was required for the review slightly better than women , to experience slightly more preliminary discussion about the review and to take more part in staff questionnaires as a review strategy . |
| 15 | It does , however , try to record who entered information to allow LIFESPAN managers and other users to identify the culprit and take appropriate action . |
| 16 | The finding that those who more frcquently work under time limits are not more interested in their work and take less pride in their job … is arresting . |
| 17 | Yet Jake had negotiated it with skill and creativity , darting up side-roads to avoid the congestion and taking clever detours that saved both temper and time . |
| 18 | Only by a careful understanding of the market place can one be sure that one is thinking in the appropriate dimension and take full advantage of scale economies . |
| 19 | Forlornly , I shuffled over to the machine and took another number . |
| 20 | The duty is to provide the necessary plant and equipment and take reasonable care to maintain it in proper condition . |
| 21 | Daine killed his projection and took another similie , maybe several . |
| 22 | Prince Charles has been deer stalking since he was a child and takes great pride in a clean kill . |
| 23 | Section 47 imposes a positive duty on investigating authorities to see the child and to take legal action if access is denied . |
| 24 | Such efforts are , of course , eminently consistent with local knowledge in the open communication culture we have been describing , in terms of shared expertise and taking personal responsibility , and also in terms of managerial dependency . |
| 25 | Later , friends persuaded Constanze to leave the apartment and take temporary refuge with one of Mozart 's fellow-Masons . |
| 26 | In 1980 she was appointed Senior Research Fellow at the University of Calabar , Nigeria , is now a Fellow at London University and takes creative writing groups at Goldsmiths College . |
| 27 | Older retired people , they say , buy less food , spend less money on clothes , are not interested in modern electronics and take fewer holidays . |
| 28 | ‘ I climbed down the banking and took this photograph . |
| 29 | STEFANO ERANIO helped injury-hit AC Milan to maintain their 100 per cent European Cup record and take another step towards the final . |
| 30 | There he led a small group of men from the 22nd NZ Battalion to rescue an injured officer , in the process silencing five machine-guns and an anti-tank weapon and taking 130 prisoners . |