Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was for this reason that his master-class in Spanish history took the form of a film , Raza ; and for the same reason that the frequency of his appearances in the state-produced cinema newsreels , No-Do , varied according to external circumstances and internal convenience , increasing when things were going well , decreasing when they were not . |
| 2 | Paper money and copper-nickel coins are used for making payments in most countries but readers will appreciate that most money in advanced economies takes the form of bank deposits which are transferred between parties by means of cheque , giro and other payment mechanisms or techniques . |
| 3 | I fetched a bag of ice and a bowl from the kitchen , swayed back to the bar and in due course took the bowl of ice ( on a tray ) to the saloon . |
| 4 | In the UK the boom in direct sales took the computer manufacturers by surprise . |
| 5 | The social hierarchy in English towns took the same shape as in the countryside , tapering from a broad base composed of those who lived on or below the poverty line to a few outstanding wealthy families . |
| 6 | Male scientists , both science students and mature , professional scientists , tend to be emotionally reticent , disliking overt emotional expression in others and themselves , and depending upon their partners in personal relationships to take the emotional initiatives . |
| 7 | The FT-SE 100 soared more than 25 points in early dealings taking the Index smoothly through 2,700 to 2713.4 , only 24 points below its record high . |
| 8 | They confer a right to the ‘ equity ’ in the company and , in so far as members can be said to own the company , the ordinary shareholders are its proprietors , It is they who bear the lion 's share of the risk and they who in good years take the lion 's share of the profits ( after the directors and managers have been remunerated ) . |
| 9 | Thus the laws of conservation of energy and momentum in curved space–time take the form where the subscript semicolon indicates a covariant derivative . |
| 10 | In the decade following the conclusion of the Second World War the Western powers , and in particular the United States under the Truman and Eisenhower administrations , negotiated a whole series of bilateral and multilateral security treaties with Asian states , which in certain cases took the form of formal alliances . |
| 11 | Tilly ( 1975 ) poses the important question of why political development in Western Europe took the course it did , when other options were still open ; and as we have seen , he singles out a number of specific circumstances which , in that time and place , favoured the creation of nation states . |
| 12 | You need to be reminded of key dates in sufficient time to take the appropriate action . |