Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun] take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The provisions relating to Economic and Monetary Union take the form of amendments to the EEC Treaty and therefore form an integral part of Community law ( even if one might have doubts as to the likelihood of the factual events which would trigger the final stage ) ; on the other hand , in the context of the provisions relating to political Union , a distinction was made between those matters which constituted amendments to the existing Community treaties , and those which fell outside the scope of the Communities , notably the provisions on a Common foreign and Security policy and those on co-operation in the fields of Justice and Home Affairs . |
| 2 | Above the scarred boots he wore French cavalry overalls that had been reinforced with leather where the crutch and inside legs took the saddle 's chafing . |
| 3 | While the fashion press continues to use a bourgeoise equation for good clothing — ‘ tasteful ’ , expensive fabric — the new designers ' use of ‘ cheap and nasty ’ fabrics and unorthodox technique takes the wearer even further away from the slick chic of the ‘ establishment ’ designers . |
| 4 | A waiting gowned and masked midwife took the baby , and Dr Jones hitched up his mask and followed her into the incubator nursery . |
| 5 | Their superb brains and vulnerable hearts took the four in wildly differing , and finally conflicting , directions . |
| 6 | However , Croft , who has slimmed down considerably since her last days on the women 's tour , showed greater physical and mental stamina to take the match after more than two hours of sometimes unendurable tennis . |
| 7 | As with the reign of Charlemagne some 300 years earlier , we find that the death of a powerful and talented emperor takes the empire into the shadows also . |
| 8 | In the few short years since AIDS came to dominate our lives , we have created a network of caring , service-providing charities , pioneered imaginative public health campaigns and pushed the government and medical profession to take the threat of AIDS seriously . |
| 9 | She thought of the days when art was a rich man 's pastime and voluptuous whores took the back stairs to Burne-Jones ' studio to be recreated in the image of Cleopatra for tuppence ha'penny an hour . |
| 10 | If you read the correspondence columns of the papers , you will find a remarkable range of people with diplomatic and military experience taking the same sort of view as I do . |
| 11 | The continued flood of repossessed properties on to the market is depressing prices , which in turn is making it difficult for the building societies and other lenders to take the normal escape route for those who are unable to keep up their payments — the sale of the house . |
| 12 | He realized , as he never realized before , how Asian and African Christianity took the lead in the world-wide Church . |
| 13 | Your co–operation would also be appreciated in encouraging parents and local industrialists to take the opportunity of visiting WISE VI , thus giving positive support to the next generation of technologists . |