Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Up ahead , Bernice paused to take a deep breath . |
| 5 | Documentation must be as explicit as possible because staff and circumstance seem to take a rabbinical delight in producing difficult cases . |
| 6 | They should be informed when each consultant intends to take a main summer holiday , which would considerably help the planning of nursing rotas . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The housekeeper paused to take a spluttering espresso coffee-pot off the stove , then continued , ‘ That 's why Dr Russell was calling . |
| 17 | Can you hang on just a minute got to take a quick break do n't go away just a minute . |
| 18 | Russia under Peter the Great and Catherine began to take a major part in the affairs of Europe . |
| 19 | However , things began to take a downward turn in 1923/4 ; and Young Buffalo was taking to the firewater . |
| 20 | Dauntless decided to take a firm stand in the matter . |
| 21 | STV propaganda appears to take a curious pride in emphasizing this equalization , failing to notice that in so doing it is merely emphasizing the artificiality of the system . |
| 22 | To get to their proposed operational area the convoy had to take a difficult route . |
| 23 | Sounds had to take a different tack in order to push Oi ( and boost its circulation ) . |
| 24 | At an away game in Venice , Law and Baker decided to take a late night stroll along the banks of the Grand Canal . |
| 25 | Because I think there has been a trend , has there not , in recent years where people tend to take a main holiday perhaps on the continent and then have a second holiday in this country . |
| 26 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 27 | Given the economic climate , can architects who may be reluctant to embrace the entertainment mode afford to take a negative attitude ? |
| 28 | With the proclamation of the principle of conservation of energy by Helmholtz in Berlin from 1847 and then in a public lecture delivered at Königsberg on 7 February 1854 , the whole range of physical sciences began to take a new shape . |
| 29 | Their ambition increased by the movement , until all forty-one were in violent motion , so violent that the Bowl began to move across the table , and Oscar had to take a firm hold of it to keep it from turning over . |
| 30 | People reluctant to learn new music tend to take a similar attitude to new forms of service or variations within it . |