Example sentences of "[vb base] take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most laboratory and field studies of human behaviour involve taking a situational snap-shot at a given time in a given place . |
| 2 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not satisfied with my works to date , and from now on I want to take a new path ’ , so Beethoven allegedly confessed not long before embarking on the three sonatas of Op. 31 , here introduced into the CD catalogue as a set played on a fortepiano ( by Derek Adlam after Anton Walter , Vienna ; Nannette Streicher , Vienna 1815 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ But there are special circumstances in some cases and we want to take a reasoned judgment on resolving the issue . |
| 5 | I think the Labour Party 's heart is in the right place , they want to take a positive approach and do what they can to help industry , to train , to put more money into training youngsters for industry then we have a skill work force , not a cheap , not a cheap unskilled labour force , er , you know , which is what we , what 's happening now , because we 've just not been trained , they 're cutting the training , but it 's all the same , anyway you know , I , I , I do n't know , you say what can I do for ya , well er in the short run not much except to help the , the people who are on lower income and the children through the budget er which will be introduced , it 'll be that why er through er child benefits and through er high , high benefits and through er , er lower taxes for the , everybody up to er twenty odd , twenty five thousand year or something , so , erm I mean that 's in the short run and little that can be done , it 's not as much as anybody would like , you put more and more into , into er , into training , er more money into industry to help them to invest , er you know you can have a sort of regional development banks to help industry to invest these in , in each of the regions , but I mean the , these are the positive plans and not like this one who 's just letting things go . |
| 6 | For instance , suppose we want to take a random sample of ten students from a class of 50 . |
| 7 | On the other hand , the idea of having to use the same ball that went into touch if you want to take a quick throw-in is a red herring . |
| 8 | Ian Donohue who helped to design the tour t-shirt said : ‘ We will be the first intake of graduates into industry in the 1993 and want to take a first-hand look at what 's happening with the single market . ’ |
| 9 | Given the economic climate , can architects who may be reluctant to embrace the entertainment mode afford to take a negative attitude ? |
| 10 | Consider taking a cheap base in the area before term starts from which you can study the area and the vacancies , and be ready to pounce from close at hand . |
| 11 | Many of them struggle on bravely and still manage to take a limited amount of daily exercise , but sometimes a point is reached when they are no longer able to go out alone at all to enjoy any kind of social life . |
| 12 | In 1993 , the year that brings an open market to Europe , the European nations seem to take a similar view of Britain , regarding it as a strange and ultimately negligible country . |
| 13 | There are some adults who seem to take a perverse pleasure in causing trouble . |
| 14 | Documentation must be as explicit as possible because staff and circumstance seem to take a rabbinical delight in producing difficult cases . |
| 15 | Even affable John , one of nature 's gentlemen , can only take so much and has now stopped being polite because when the police recognize him , as they do , they seem to take a particular delight in grilling someone famous . |
| 16 | Hardly surprising that meetings at the DoH have been know to take a different turn from that envisaged by civil servants . |
| 17 | Many women find , over a period of time , that they like to take a regular supplement of evening primrose oil . |
| 18 | Travel between Praslin and the other islands is by Air Seychelles ; the baggage allowance on these flights is only 5kg , so remember to take a small bag for use when island hopping . |
| 19 | Review Taking a fresh look . |
| 20 | If a horse sees something frightening when being ridden , he may either refuse to go pasts it , try to take a wide berth round it , or whip round suddenly . |
| 21 | " Go take a flying Jesus , " I said , " I 'm beginning to see just how sick you really are . " |
| 22 | Tell Vernon Ward Go take a Flying Duck . |
| 23 | In fact I 've known people to go right in , so it , it , it 's not a simple job , you know , and they do take a great deal of risk with this , and I do , I mean it 's much more serious than I think than the government find , it should really work hard to try , to try to find something else . |
| 24 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
| 25 | You do take a long time to come out has not reached the non strikers and er , some said he had a little reading from who . |
| 26 | On the back er table there there 's a brochure called Women at the Wheel , it 's a Vauxhall er application please do take a good copy , very good application . |
| 27 | If you do take a paid job , bear in mind that although you can earn up to a certain amount per week without affecting your state pension your wages will also be subject to income tax . |
| 28 | Banks are important and often do take a leading role , but they are not the spider . |
| 29 | The effects on the body do take a little while to show themselves and sometimes there will be periods when you seem to take three steps forward and two backward . |
| 30 | There might be occasions when we feel that we 'd like MPs to take a particular line , in fact there are occasions when I 'd like to see MPs take a particular line , but we can only ask them , we can not in fact insist that they do take a particular line . |