Example sentences of "take [art] risk " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Peter Brook 's Endgame-inspired King Lear in the Sixties , this Macbeth takes the risk of narrowing the play 's potential dramatic range in order to create a particular emphasis . |
| 2 | Who takes the risk , for example , when a nominated subcontractor fails to perform diligently and delays completion of the main contract ? |
| 3 | Insurer takes the risk out of Russian empires |
| 4 | He therefore only makes a judgement when a profit-decision has to be made , and in doing so takes the risk that he could be wrong . |
| 5 | Potentially more poignant and serious is the rhyme lef/gref , " desired , loved " / " grief " ; a linkage of glee , licence and distress that we find again shortly afterwards , with a different but phonetically similar word , " " leve " " , " leave " , " licence " , and the verb " " greve " " , " grieve " , where Wilekin takes the risk of declaring himself : ( " Now that I have won leave for me to cause myself grief would be wrong . " ) |
| 6 | Despite his pride and his knowledge of her prejudice against him , he takes the risk of declaring his affection and allows Eliza to pour scorn on him and on any idea of love between them . |
| 7 | He takes the risks others might not be willing to take . |
| 8 | When he commits to a budget he takes a risk . |
| 9 | When he initiates a new advertising campaign he takes a risk . |
| 10 | When he hires a new sales person he takes a risk . |
| 11 | A good pilot never takes a risk . ’ |
| 12 | To some extent , the conveyancer takes a risk in providing a fixed quotation , because it is impossible to predict how much work will be necessary in order to complete the transaction . |
| 13 | Emmerdale ( ITV , 7.00pm ) : Lyn lays down the law with Turner … and Pollard takes a risk to break it . |
| 14 | The bankers will take the risk of getting stung again , of course , because that is the way of the banking world . |
| 15 | A Service department may take the risk of including an important project in its list , not because it believes it has a low priority , but because it knows it would be politically awkward for the party in power to consider cutting it . |
| 16 | You must understand that , upon discovery of such an unsavoury correspondence , your master and mistress could not possibly take the risk of leaving their young children in your hands . |
| 17 | At other times you may knowingly take the risk . |
| 18 | I remembered so painfully the anguish of estrangement , and I felt I could not take the risk of spoiling our amity , nor of living with memories of discord , should he be killed . |
| 19 | Why should they take the risk ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll take the risk . ’ |
| 21 | And all the rime you knew that you would never take the risk of getting shot which this involved or have the necessary patience to carry it out . |
| 22 | ‘ We could n't take the risk of blowing so much money on someone we are unsure of , ’ said Toulon 's manager Roland Courbiss , ‘ I wanted Charlie in the team but we had to be sure because of his reputation . ’ |
| 23 | SINGLE WHITE FEMALE Films entirely devoted to murderous women are not exactly common but , when anyone does take the risk , the results can be rewarding , as Barbet Schroeder 's white-knuckle thriller proves . |
| 24 | If you have already pressed and arranged the flowers on a mount , the recipient will be able to assemble their own picture rather than take the risk of a glass frame smashing during its journey through the post and damaging the picture . |
| 25 | It is impossible to tell whether or not your partner has HIV from his or her appearance — so why take the risk with one another 's lives ? |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't take the risk … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I believe we should take the risk seriously , ’ he pronounced . |
| 28 | The dismissal of Haig would have been much more serious , but with Law 's advice Lloyd George did not take the risk . |
| 29 | Then someone else can take the risk and carry the blame if things go wrong . |
| 30 | Why take the risk of decentralizing the accounting office ? |