Example sentences of "[vb -s] take the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This thought has taken the occasional jaunt through my mind , ’ Ed agreed . |
| 2 | In today 's issue of Nature , a team of scientists at the University of Bath and the Natural History Museum has taken the first step to explain why their shapes can be as diverse and striking as those of snowflakes . |
| 3 | With 100 $500 grants already on their way to scientists working in Russia , the International Science Foundation ( ISF ) has taken the first step towards meeting its goal of helping to preserve research in the former Soviet Union . |
| 4 | LOTHIAN REGIONAL Council has taken the first step towards a total ban on smoking from 1 January next year . |
| 5 | A county council has taken the first step towards a total ban on all fox hunting on council land . |
| 6 | The Princess of Wales has taken the rare step of issuing a statement on recent newspaper reports about her relationship with the Queen . |
| 7 | KOP legend Ray Kennedy has taken the heartbreaking decision to sell his prized collection of soccer memorabilia . |
| 8 | Without doubt the most successful of the new Frers 44s on the Solent CHS circuit , culminating in a resounding win in the Round the Island Race — the first time a Swan has taken the coveted Gold Roman Bowl . |
| 9 | One , the British gay director Richard Kwietniowski , has taken the simple reading a stage further by making the prize-winning short film , Flames of Passion ( 1990 ) , which is both pastiche of and homage to the Coward original , reworking its iconography into an updated story of gay romance that begins with hurried glances on a station platform and , times having changed , ends with intertwined consummation on the train . |
| 10 | Unaided by technology ( but possibly assisted by an abundance of cheap labour and a convenient absence of red tape ) the Mark II establishment was up and running in a quarter of the time it has taken the current version to proceed from the stage of the second catastrophic fire in 1980 to opening its doors . |
| 11 | Erm Ryedale District , as can be seen from the table supplied by Greater York , has taken the largest proportion of the Greater York housing element over the past ten years , as regards the proposed level of future housing growth suggested for the Greater York area , the District Council supports the figure in the structure plan , the Greater York study identified a number of sites around the Greater York area which could accommodate further development without compromising greenbelt objectives or adversely affecting the character of the settlements surrounding York , and within that part of Southern Ryedale within the Greater York area the identified sites were , by and large , incorporated into the Southern Ryedale local plan , which has recently been through the public enquiry , the District Council does not believe that a larger amount of land could be identified within Southern Ryedale , without compromising greenbelt objectives . |
| 12 | As regards the distribution of lands between the districts , erm if I can refer to Mr Curtis 's comments first , the Greater York study never anticipated that the distribution of housing around the Greater York the districts would be based around the percentage of population within those districts , but purely on capacity of sites within those districts to accommodate future housing growth without compromising greenbelt objectives , Ryedale , as I 've said before , has taken the largest proportion of recent housing in the Greater York area , and has identified a substantial amount of new land for housing within its Southern Ryedale local plan , what the District Council is concerned about is that within the local , Southern Ryedale local plans , this is taking a large proportion of its district wide total plans , yet the District Council from the structure plan figure given is unable to calculate the remainder of housing that should be allocated in the remainder of its district . |
| 13 | But it has taken the extraordinary campaign of the Natural Law Party to bring home the sheer size and wealth of the movement , 25 years after it first made headlines . |
| 14 | The FA has taken the extraordinary step of bringing the clubs to book because of the tightrope football is walking between the laws of the game and the law of the land . |
| 15 | As in Australia , where Strictly Ballroom has taken the astounding sum ( for Australia ) of £4 million , British ballroom dancing is booming with new dancing schools ( tel. 071 609 1386 for details of lessons ) . |
| 16 | It has taken the combined expertise of ferreting economists and inquisitive academics , people like Professor Jeffery and Colin Sweet-an energy economist who has pursued the issue through every nuclear public inquiry since 1977 — to tease out the truth from the statistics . |
| 17 | But the snake- and lizard-eating species Trigona hypogea has taken the carrion-eating habit to the extreme , depending on it totally for protein . |
| 18 | A buyer who has taken the formal step of signing a document will therefore find it difficult to show that it was not a contractual document . |
| 19 | The clinic has taken the unusual step of hiring a dentist to look after those patients who simply ca n't afford to pay for private treatment . |
| 20 | ‘ But he has taken the unusual step of giving the declaration before the reasons because the tribunal ordered the reinstatement by next Monday . |
| 21 | Strangely , it has taken the nursing education establishment in Britain until now to recognise the value of debate , and the need to educate nurses for their own sake , as well as in the interests of patient care . |
| 22 | Nissan has taken the whole thing one step further with its series of weird and cute limited production models . |
| 23 | But in his absence no-one was capable of providing it and that must be hugely worrying for Wilkinson , who has taken the biggest gamble of his successful career by selling the striker . |
| 24 | This tour has taken the National Railway Museum to new places as well as new audiences , and should encourage people to take a trip to York and see the rest of our excellent national collection . ’ |
| 25 | Not only has he been prepared to forgive , but he has taken the brave step , for a unionist , of accepting a seat in the Irish Senate , as token of his Irish identity . |
| 26 | Realising that an individually tailored , quality service at a competitive cost could no longer be fully satisfied by a traditional branch network , Midland has taken the unique step of establishing 13 District Service Centres ( DSCs ) to process cheques centrally . |
| 27 | He has taken the well-established record of annual changes in the average temperature of the northern hemisphere since 1881 , and obtained the best possible fit to this pattern by combining the three external influences : the greenhouse , volcanic and solar effects . |
| 28 | Though the oil company regards it as a fixed installation for which a safety case will have to be prepared under the new regulations administered by the Health and Safety Executive , it has taken the added precaution of having the hull constructed in compliance with rules issued by Lloyds Register of Shipping . |
| 29 | SUNDERLAND Stadium has taken the unprecedented step of offering free beer for punters attending tomorrow 's Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service meeting . |
| 30 | However the Doctor has taken the directional unit from the Monk 's TARDIS and with it they get back to Kembel , knowing that only by returning there have they any chance of thwarting the Daleks . |