Example sentences of "[to-vb] take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his paper ‘ Analysis Terminable and Interminable ’ ( 1937 ) , which belongs to the same period of Freud 's life as Moses and Monotheism , Freud writes about the way in which nearly all women patients show signs of wishing to be men , and men seek to avoid taking a passive attitude towards other men , including a male therapist . |
| 2 | Tunnard ( 1989 ) makes some excellent suggestions about ways this can be achieved , including : improving ways of providing emergency protection for children at times of crisis by drawing upon the support of the extended family and local community ; involving parents in decision making , providing parents ' representatives and encouraging the development of local support groups ; improving what happens after separation by offering children and families choices about what can be done , and ensuring contact is promoted and maintained ; dealing with sexual abuse cases in ways that help non-abusing parents to avoid taking a defensive position and that give them the resources and support they need to be able to protect their children . |
| 3 | Not that I have ever believed we should meekly accept unnecessary cruelty to animals , but having an agricultural background I have wanted to avoid taking a sentimental stance . |
| 4 | The existence of our own imprint , Merchiston Publishing , permits students to experience taking an actual publishing project from inception through every stage of research and development , editing , design , production and marketing . |
| 5 | All the artistes were in England , but the staff were in New York , and to get money and to get certain things that we needed to do took a long time . |
| 6 | Obviously , the market must be prepared to consider taking a high proportion of their future holidays in the Lake District . |
| 7 | By then it was too late to try and change her policy , for the overseer seemed to have taken a real dislike to her , watching for any slip she made , so that he could punish her for being high and mighty as he called it . |
| 8 | Taxation appears to have taken a higher fraction of profits in the United States than in some other countries ( around one-half in the USA in 1960 as against about one-third in Japan ) . |
| 9 | Cannon J. , who delivered his judgment in French , seems to have taken a wider view since he reached the same conclusion without reliance on the maxims of the civil law or the Quebec civil code : ‘ On peut dire que son droit est né en même temps qu'elle . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The truth is men like gadgets , they like to control their environment , ’ points out Dr Margaret Shotton , author of Computer Addiction ? and one of the few academics to have taken a serious look at video game culture . |
| 11 | When the idea of a Royal Commission was in circulation , lawyers within the ranks of the Government , notably Sam Silkin , the Attorney General and one of the few front-benchers on either side to have taken a close interest in penal reform , and Alex Lyon , a Minister of State at the Home Office , pressed for the opportunity to be grasped to make an authoritative assessment of the arguments for a public prosecution service independent of the police . |
| 12 | He was angry with the Colonel , who seemed to have taken a great deal upon himself . |
| 13 | Men , those working full-time and those with fixed-term contracts , are more likely to have taken a temporary job because they had been unable to find a permanent job and thus can be thought of as " involuntary " temporary workers . |
| 14 | Women ( particularly married women ) , those with part-time and those with seasonal , temporary or casual jobs , are more likely to have taken a temporary job because they did not want a permanent job and thus can be thought of as " voluntary " temporary workers . |
| 15 | Spanish industry and finance seemed to have taken a new lease of life , and the official propaganda machine lost no opportunity to attribute this trend to the sagacity of the Caudillo . |
| 16 | ‘ Because it was written by someone who seems to have taken a particular dislike to you . ’ |
| 17 | What is more , the Roman plebs seems to have taken a special interest in Greek religious and moral notions . |
| 18 | Orleton once again seems to have taken a leading part , delivering a harsh and bitter address to the king . |
| 19 | ‘ Are we going soon , Mummy ? ’ demanded young Rebecca , who seemed to have taken an instant dislike to me . |
| 20 | There were some who could never bring themselves to attempt to take a dispassionate look at the reasons why American policy-makers ( and above all Eisenhower ) should have acted as they did . |