Example sentences of "[noun sg] take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boxing : Stretch takes the short cut to victory |
| 2 | One reaction to this rather clichéd allegation took the extreme form of the new classical macroeconomics which jettisoned Keynesian ideas lock , stock and barrel , and which reinstated a modified , rather more mathematical version of the old classical system . |
| 3 | Lowes did in fact trace many of the images unerringly to their source ; and what was even more interesting was how Coleridge 's mind took the raw material of some explorer , and twisted it and mixed it with many other ideas to produce the incomparable poetry of The Ancient Mariner and Xanadu . |
| 4 | WHEN the Royal Bank 's general arts sponsorship programme took the premier award at the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts ' annual prizegiving . |
| 5 | A respondent from a large practice took the pragmatic view that it was only a matter of time before a computer fraud took place on a scale which made the current level of claims pale into insignificance , making the introduction of a cap imperative . |
| 6 | Realizing that they had a fight for Naval survival on their hands , the Admiralty took the unprecedented step of ‘ going public ’ to win support of opinion-makers , politicians , industrialists , and Commonwealth representatives in London . |
| 7 | Charlie Swan , rider of Montelado , completed a first-day double when Fissure Seal took the American Express Gold Card Handicap Hurdle Final . |
| 8 | The following day the shepherd took the golden cask foot to a goldsmith , who confirmed that it was genuine gold and bought it immediately . |
| 9 | It seems that , with the hint of campaigns in unspecified areas , with no details of the number of applications , the Department took the unusual step that we are discussing — an unusual one on its own admission . |
| 10 | Similarly the debate at the circumcision feast was an affair particularly religious in nature , and at it the Mufti took the chief seat , even over such a distinguished , but more " temporal " , colleague as the kadi of the newly conquered city of Istanbul , Hizir Bey . |
| 11 | Early stage shows saw them recreating the famous Iwo Jima flag-erecting ceremony , while the cover of their great ‘ One Nation Under A Groove ’ album took the American flag to new psychedelic heights , the red , white and blue coloured in all manner of drug-crazed hues . |
| 12 | Still not satisfied with the delicious idea of a soldier taking the doubtful reading matter away in a wheelbarrow , Dostoevsky adds , in Stepan 's reportage , ‘ and covered it with an apron ; oui , c'est cela , an apron ’ — as if in the eyes of Stepan there was something specially affronting or sinister , anyhow notable , about the apron . |
| 13 | She made no attempt to take the proffered tickets . |
| 14 | The overriding benefit , however , is its readiness to take the long view . |
| 15 | Revised interest factor tables used as ready reckoners by tax offices to calculate repayment supplement and interest on overdue tax have been published by the Inland Revenue to take the revised interest rate into account . |
| 16 | Such counter-examples have led some philosophers attracted to the logico-linguistic conception to take the audacious course which involves , in part , simply ignoring the very large part of consciousness which does not fall under the conception . |
| 17 | The Cabinet Reshuffle : An ambition to take the hot seat |
| 18 | good mind to take the bloody thing back . |
| 19 | I mean , let's face it , I 'm in a no-win Situation , and quite honestly , I 'm so stuffed up to here with the whole Stupid mess that , I can tell you , I 've just Got a good mind to take the quick way out . |
| 20 | She stood transfixed , with one hand out , but her fingers failed to obey the command to take the proffered bag . |
| 21 | PC Chandler ‘ phoned his station in Valpy Street , and called for an ambulance to take the wounded man to the Royal Berkshire Hospital . |
| 22 | It may therefore be questioned whether English law takes the right approach in confining its most serious sexual offence , rape , so narrowly . |
| 23 | When the child takes the occasional mouthful she can smile and praise but otherwise no attention should be given to the food refusal . |
| 24 | And it 's no use giving out with the ‘ Try a little tenderness ’ technique , you know , ‘ Let Granny take the little fellow for the afternoon — draw the shades , chill the wine , slip into a backless silk negligee , and remind yourselves how much fun it was making the little fellow in the first place . ’ |
| 25 | While her boss took the unsuspecting Carolyn out to lunch , workers hoisted her H-reg Volkswagen Polo 20ft into the air with a borrowed crane and parked it neatly on the roof . |
| 26 | It follows , therefore , that this contingency insurance will , subject to its terms and conditions , indemnify the bank/organisation in the event of a claim arising from an insured peril in respect of such properties where the original policy is found for some reason not to be sufficient to protect the bank's/organisation 's interest and so long as the bank/organisation took the initial step , inter alia , reasonably to satisfy itself that adequate insurance arrangements had been made by the mortgagor . |
| 27 | But let us suppose the reductivist took the epistemological option . |
| 28 | To understand the significance of their involvement , however , and the direction in which republican influence took the civil rights movement , it is necessary to examine carefully the political strategy of the republicans in the mid-1960s . |
| 29 | The sand took the glittery morning light and threw it back into his eyes like a mirror . |
| 30 | " How did he and the Lab take the new appointment ? " |