Example sentences of "[adv] took the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last weekend , however , after rioters looted and burned and smashed , and the army was compelled to escort Banda 's heir apparent , John Tembo , to safety , the Malawi News not only took the extraordinary step of giving a graphic account of the riots , complete with quarter-page photographs , but also accorded Chihana 's court case detailed front-page coverage . |
| 2 | Newcastle won six of the 12 relay races and easily took the top club trophy with 220 points . |
| 3 | I reckon he just took the easy way out . ’ |
| 4 | The reality was that provincial reformers generally took the ideological initiative away from London on this important point . |
| 5 | Rob Andrew had a quiet game , which is meant as a compliment because whatever he did was done efficiently and without fuss , whilst he always took the right option . |
| 6 | Apple Computer Inc yesterday took the new PowerCD CD-ROM product , announced at Hannover last week , to the US market , saying that it expects to sell 1.5m of the things by the end of this year ; it also said it has shipped more than 1m copies of its QuickTime multimedia software since its launch in January 1992 , and has formed a new unit , New Media to increase market access to multimedia technologies , expand multimedia content and develop new markets for Mac technology ; the PowerCD comes with AppleDesign Powered Speakers claimed to deliver high-quality sound at half the price of similar stereo speakers . |
| 7 | Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson yesterday took the unusual step of revealing the exact cause of Sharpe 's problem to try to end months of speculation about the one-time wonder boy . |
| 8 | THE Government yesterday took the unprecedented step of releasing more confidential correspondence between Lord Young and British Aerospace , revealing new details of secret tax breaks and private concessions given by ministers over the Rover deal . |
| 9 | Lindsey quickly took the other woman 's hand in hers . |
| 10 | The British also took the small sugar islands of Tobago , Granada , Dominica , and St. Vincent in the Windward Islands at the southern end of the chain of the Lesser Antilles . |
| 11 | TI also took the unusual decision to try a one-shot approach over a short timetable , rather than the more conventional series of increasing offers . |
| 12 | Mr Kinnock also took the unusual step of appealing to all electors , whatever their political persuasion , to turn out and vote . |
| 13 | He also took the unusual step of appealing to all electors whatever their political persuasion to turn out and vote , a move that reflected unease among the party leadership that , with the polls showing a narrow Labour lead , its supporters might take victory for granted . |
| 14 | The International Chamber of Commerce also took the unusual step of allowing the FBL to use the ICC logo . |
| 15 | Sabally also took the National Defence and Women 's Affairs portfolios previously held by Jawara . |
| 16 | Manuel also took the free kick that led to Gayle 's goal , while Blissett 's 15th goal of the season was a 67th-minute header . |
| 17 | Manuel also took the free kick which led to Brentford 's second in the 18th minute , Gayle sending in a cracker from 18 yards . |
| 18 | It reorganised itself in 1854 , and took an office in Regent Street , and a year later took the important step of appointing as lay-missioner a Samuel Smith , a teacher at the Yorkshire Institution for the Deaf and Dumb . |
| 19 | MacLean later took the unusual step of amending his original statement to parliament , describing BNFL 's failure to inform Cunningham of the leak as " a rather extraordinary discourtesy " . |
| 20 | With the help of Fred ( later Sir Frederick ) White , Bowen managed to keep the project out of the clutches of the Australian National University ( at one stage he nearly took the whole setup to the United States ) , and he used friends in high places to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations . |
| 21 | The events at Stony Stratford clearly took the political community by surprise , and their reaction makes it likely that the seizure of the prince was a pre-emptive strike by Gloucester rather than ( as Mancini 's scenario would suggest ) a retaliation for his exclusion from power . |
| 22 | The events at Stony Stratford clearly took the political community by surprise , and their reaction makes it likely that the seizure of the prince was a pre-emptive strike by Gloucester rather than ( as Mancini 's scenario would suggest ) a retaliation for his exclusion from power . |
| 23 | Miss Blagden duly took the wretched gun and it was she who was kind enough to write on delivering it : — I found your husband very well , Wilson , and as expected by you much agitated over the rumours that another concerted effort is to be made to free and unite his country which subject I may say engages the minds and hearts of his employers hardly less . |
| 24 | Vico and Rousseau simply took the biblical imagery one step further back to a pre-Adamite , non-rational , world of peace and innocence . |
| 25 | Lord John was hurrying round the edge of the room , making for a back entrance , but Sharpe simply took the direct route which meant jumping from table to table straight across the room . |
| 26 | ‘ The acceptance of our presence throughout the Caribbean was going to be the most vital thing , because the people here took the anti-apartheid struggle very seriously . |
| 27 | The acceptance of our presence throughout the Caribbean was going to be the most vital thing , because the people here took the anti-apartheid struggle very seriously . |
| 28 | Their third goal was a disgrace , Speed fouled some bloke outside the center circle and Newell immediately took the free kick as the ball was still moving at least 10 yards form the correct place . |
| 29 | ‘ My Lords , it seems to me clear that the law plainly took the wrong turning in Sheridan 's case [ 1937 ] 1 K.B . |
| 30 | In 1980 the protesters even took the daring step of erecting a scaffolding tower across the path of the train carrying waste barrels on their way to the docks . |