Example sentences of "[noun sg] take for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People staying in Les Menuires are spoilt for choice when deciding which direction to take for the day 's skiing . |
| 2 | Whereas the time taken for a computer working randomly but with the constraint of cumulative selection to perform the same task is of the same order as humans ordinarily can understand , between 11 seconds and the time it takes to have lunch . |
| 3 | The time taken for a component to pass through the column is called its elution time . |
| 4 | By time-stamping a call-slip on its submission , and by recording on its second copy the time of its arrival , accompanied by the relevant book , in the Reading Room , it was possible to determine the time taken for a reader 's request to be satisfied . |
| 5 | B the mean peeking rate and T the time taken for the cat to complete its final dash . |
| 6 | As the time taken for secreted enzyme to pass into the duodenum is relatively small ( three to four minutes ) , the delay period may be used as a measure of the time taken for the synthesis of new enzymes by the acinar cell . |
| 7 | The difficulties associated with the introduction of the community charge were not caused by the time taken for the Bill to pass through the House , but by the fact that a large number of regulations relating to the charge were passed close to its introduction . |
| 8 | Interestingly , the larger the set of photos , then the longer the ‘ thinking ’ time taken for the animal 's response . |
| 9 | Experience has shown that the 1110st suitable basis for comparison in this detection scheme is the current rise time ( the time taken for the current to rise from the lower to the upper limit of the chopping excursion ) , because this time is relatively immune to the influence of motional voltage , as illustrated by the Example at the end of this Section . |
| 10 | The alternative infra-red system uses a beam which is emitted from the camcorder and reflected back off the subject , the time taken for the reflection to return being measured and converted to a distance setting . |
| 11 | The operating speed of the teletype is limited by the time taken for the system to settle to within the required accuracy at each letter position . |
| 12 | The flow time t , is the time taken for the solution meniscus to pass from x to y in bulb E. |
| 13 | The passage of time taken for the paint to thicken might also be discussed . |
| 14 | Rise time is the time taken for the motor to first reach the demanded step position , which is attained with maximum velocity . |
| 15 | ‘ My complaint is about the time taken for the ambulance to arrive . |
| 16 | The beams of light from this lighthouse turn round completely once every few second The time taken for the beam to turn a full circle is different for every lighthouse . |
| 17 | The transit time — the time taken for the food we put into our mouths to pass along the whole of the intestinal tract until the residue is excreted as stools — has also been found to differ enormously between us and them . |
| 18 | After Drew answered questions concisely on the time taken for the application and removal of make-up , a rather over-zealous coroner once more closed the proceedings . |
| 19 | At turnoff estimate the time taken for the phase current to fall to zero and the proportion of the stored inductive energy returned to the supply . |
| 20 | In addition the time taken for the phase current to decay becomes important at high speeds , because the phase current continues flowing ( through the freewheeling diode ) beyond the excitation interval dictated by the drive transistor switch . |
| 21 | The ‘ slow growth ’ fields include palaeontology , where the doubling rate ( the time taken for the number of papers to double ) is 35 years , whereas rapidly changing research areas such as marine geology and geophysics may double every five years . |
| 22 | On 13 September , at a house taken for the College near the Elephant & Castle tavern , close to St Pancras Church ( which became Old St Pancras Church when St Pancras New Church was built by the Inwood brothers in 1819–1822 ) the proposal from Messrs Kirkman and Hendy was approved . |