Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun sg] take [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The risk of catching the infection will obviously increase with the number of times intercourse takes place and will also depend on other factors , such as the sites that are infected and whether barrier contraceptives such as the condom are used .
2 Wartime expansion of milk consumption took place for a third reason that related more to specific practical problems than to a new attitude on the part of policy-makers : simply , the disruptions of wartime made it virtually impossible to implement the pre-war means test criteria , such as the definition of a ‘ necessitous ’ child eligible for free milk , or the distinguishing of those children receiving cheap milk for the under-fives under section 2 of the 1939 Milk Industry Act .
3 The threat of invasion too continued into more modern times , for the occupants of the Hall fled to York in great panic in 1779 when the battle of Flamborough Head took place and the Americans under John Paul Jones won a decisive victory .
4 The printing of De revolutionibus took place during a tense period when the freedom of Protestants and the independence of Nuremberg were being threatened by Catholic authorities .
5 Before it met Eve and became a star , the apple was a humble fruit , a gift from the holy Tree of Life , which accumulated meaning in many cultures long before the Garden of Eden myth took shape .
6 In November 1959 the first expropriation of US property took place , an event signalling that the Cubans were no longer willing to accept the need for negotiations on Washington 's terms .
7 Concealed within the figures for employment change within the service industries , there is another kind of employment change taking place .
8 The planning of information production takes place at monthly meetings where priorities are determined according to the extent and nature of the impending changes and the date they will take place .
9 However , through the 1960s the results of radio astronomy took root and oceanic Venus died .
10 The Ulster final of the Rose of Tralee festival takes place there next month , promising an economic boom for the area and a place in Rose folklore .
11 c ) Several phases of dyke emplacement took place : 1 ) an early group which were intruded between the Scourie and Laxfordian events and which comprise mainly basic types , particularly metadolerites .
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