Example sentences of "[noun sg] take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the nuclear industry takes a cautious view . |
| 2 | This programme takes a scientific approach to the story by looking at the advancements in science , like the discovery of electricity , that inspired her to pen it . |
| 3 | This setting takes a simple theme of pressed and cut glass and white linen — and then embellishes it with flowers , fruit and candles . |
| 4 | Sites ' demonstration takes a simple piece of Mandlebrot-plotting code written for the Intel machine and runs it in variety of ways on the Alpha machine . |
| 5 | Sites ' demonstration takes a simple piece of Mandelbrot-plotting code written for the Intel machine and runs it in a variety of ways on the Alpha machine . |
| 6 | IntelliDraw takes a fresh look at the way people work with images . |
| 7 | Each character in a font takes a precise amount of space on the page when it is printed . |
| 8 | Each department takes a different number of outlooks and takes them from different sources . |
| 9 | The University Women 's Club takes a special interest in overseas students ' wives and families . |
| 10 | This trend will be most prevalent among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 11 | This trend will be most prevelant among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 12 | The new album takes a humorous view of rock 'n' roll lifestyles in Los Angeles . |
| 13 | Aluminium takes a huge amount of energy to produce and is an expensive means of packaging . |
| 14 | Coping with hearing loss takes a great deal of energy . |
| 15 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 16 | On the economy , on Europe and on support for the new leadership , Labour took a giant step towards becoming the Party the people will trust to govern Britain . |
| 17 | The home side took a sensational lead after only four minutes . |
| 18 | Fear took a firm grip on Rose 's stomach . |
| 19 | It was shortly before ten o clock this mornng that an inmate took a civiliam employee hostage at Woodhill jail in Milton Keynes.Unconfirmed reports say the prisoner was on remand on a robbery charge , but was unarmned when the hostage was taken . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | THE POUND took a new battering yesterday . |
| 22 | Bonanza took a heavy silver cigar-case from his pocket and removed a fat Havana . |
| 23 | Hygiene took a new acquisition under its wing at the beginning of August . |
| 24 | The young horse took a horrified plunge away from the crazy little object . |
| 25 | The electorate took a dim view of this practice when the government used it to get the consumption tax through in December . |
| 26 | The pro-choice organisation NARAL took a full-page advertisement in the New York Times . |
| 27 | The horseman took a great pride in his horses , as we have seen ; and when he turned out on the highway he was careful to see they were braided up , the brasses highly polished , and the bounces — the ‘ lovely coloured worsted ’ , as one horseman called them — properly displayed . |
| 28 | Our boat took a short stop-over at one of the unlikely floating islands of Uros . |
| 29 | Erm , it 's only a trapper taking a short cut . |
| 30 | But no Gytrash appeared she says , just a trapper taking a short cut . |