Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Broadly , the declines in the concentration ratio have tended to occur during periods of market growth , while the rises have corresponded to recessions , suggesting that high levels of bond issues lead to a more even spread of issues between firms as well as new entry , while in slack periods the dominant houses tend to take a larger proportion of issues , smaller houses being squeezed out . |
| 2 | Any major player in this field has to take the imminent MPEG standard very seriously . |
| 3 | Rothschild and his successors tried to take a fresh look at issues too remote , politically inconvenient or otherwise ignored , and come up with clear , concise proposals for action , if possible on a single sheet of paper . |
| 4 | For instance , heads of department seemed to take an unselfconscious view of leadership and of their management style . |
| 5 | It may well be that the rise in UK candidates wanting to take the Foreign Languages for Industry and Commerce ( FLIC ) examination is a positive response to the challenge of an increasingly open Europe . |
| 6 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The fisheries council meeting in Brussels decided to take no immediate steps to curb imports and rejected a French demand for a 30 per cent increase on minimum import charges . |
| 9 | Even in periods of recession the opportunities exist to take a greater market share , to create a new market , to develop a new product or service to meet an unfulfilled need . |
| 10 | Up ahead , Bernice paused to take a deep breath . |
| 11 | Documentation must be as explicit as possible because staff and circumstance seem to take a rabbinical delight in producing difficult cases . |
| 12 | They should be informed when each consultant intends to take a main summer holiday , which would considerably help the planning of nursing rotas . |
| 13 | The Bar seeks to take a positive view on law reform and we try to fulfil this requirement by considering each year a number of particular issues . |
| 14 | His decision was taken , and the orders sent out for the triple muster , yet even after news from the northern border confirmed only too clearly that Scotland intended to take a full part in the harrying of his realm , he was slow to move . |
| 15 | It is generally around the age of 2½ years that the child begins to take an active interest in its peers — before that time it may play in their company but seldom plays with them . |
| 16 | Regulators tended to take an informal stance — particularly the Bank of England and the DTI . |
| 17 | Conservationists tend to take a liberal view of working elephants if only because their very existence depends on there being a healthy enough stock in the wild . |
| 18 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
| 19 | In the 1952 election campaign the Republicans promised to take a tough line with the Russians , and the appointment of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State seemed the first step in fulfilling that pledge . |
| 20 | To do all this , dealers needed to take an aggressive approach with clients , to wear them down . |
| 21 | On the whole , therefore , the author tends to take a cautious line with regard to protectors : ideally , they should not be resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | The Hungarians decided to take the shortest line to the German wash , totally ignoring the existence of most of the rest of the field who lay between them . |
| 23 | In front of the studio back cloth of a painted garden , each mother in turn sat for a portrait with her offspring , and when that was done Ernest offered to take an extra group of them all , as a free gift . |
| 24 | As a result , negation falls to take a central place in the ‘ thinking society ’ , and anchoring , as a cognitive process , is not contrasted by an equally important counter-process . |
| 25 | In fact , many Club guests choose to take the full trips package at the very start of their holiday , which means they know that certain nights out and meals are already catered for — and you 'll be amazed how much that can save you on the food and drinks bill . |
| 26 | Member governments continued to take a primary interest in the views of their own people , the EC was slow to make decisions and was not subject to proper democratic control , CAP was unreformed , and the Community lacked the political cohesion to act as a single ‘ force ’ in world affairs . |
| 27 | In the early part of 1990 there was a run of particularly low tides , one of which resulted in a boatyard in Sant'Elena , on the north-eastern edge of Venice , burning to a cinder because the fire boats had to take a roundabout route . |
| 28 | The housekeeper paused to take a spluttering espresso coffee-pot off the stove , then continued , ‘ That 's why Dr Russell was calling . |
| 29 | Man 's mind yearns for a rural existence — where 99.999% of his evolution occurred — but for many of us , mind and body have to take the daily buffets of urban , industrial civilization . |
| 30 | It is not self-evident that all clarifications or developments of the laws of war have to take the familiar form of multilateral conventions . |