Example sentences of "we [verb] take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall return to this issue later in this chapter , but before we do we need to take a brief look at the way in which ideas of change have influenced other aspects of education , in particular curriculum development and innovation . |
| 2 | ‘ But there are special circumstances in some cases and we want to take a reasoned judgment on resolving the issue . |
| 3 | For instance , suppose we want to take a random sample of ten students from a class of 50 . |
| 4 | We 'd taken a small local boat — built for four people but with 15 on board not to mention some pigs and chickens — out to an island . |
| 5 | We 'd taken a small local boat — built for four people but with 15 on board not to mention some pigs and chickens — out to an island . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 7 | OH HOW WE DANCED takes a nostalgic look at what was an important phase in our social history . |
| 8 | ‘ Obviously we 've taken a close look at Oddbins , ’ says Ann Tonk , standing in Victoria Wine 's smartly re-fitted ‘ Family Group 1 ’ store in London 's Hampstead High Street . |
| 9 | We 've taken a selected range of apartments in and around Malia , where you 'll be welcome to mix with the crowd and enjoy all of the facilities and club activities . |
| 10 | But now we 've taken a short cut through the getting-to-know-you games . |
| 11 | We continued to take a keen interest in protecting and improving the quality of Welsh rivers , lakes and coastal waters . |
| 12 | Our shares plummeted because the City felt we had taken a great risk . |
| 13 | One of them gesticulated to us and , using harsh , staccato Russian ( which neither of us understood ) and rather violent stabs into the air , made it very clear that we had taken a dangerous route over the ice and that we were very stupid indeed . |
| 14 | The ministers claim we have to take a different approach from the Poles or Hungarians but they do not say in what way different . |
| 15 | However , the Select Committee report is based on clean coal technology , on which we have taken a great deal of evidence from expert witnesses . |
| 16 | A North Korean Foreign Ministry statement on Sept. 17 said : " In the situation in which the attempt to perpetuate and legalize the nation 's and people 's division by taking advantage of international leverage on entry into the UN has recently become clear , we have taken a decisive step to enter the UN in order to prevent such grave consequences arising , " adding that North Korea had not changed its policy on reunification . |
| 17 | We have taken a new initiative , brand new initiative , we 've set up a whole new scheme doing this that and the other da da da , and in a sort of a tail end , |
| 18 | We have taken a considerable number of far-reaching measures in association with the Confederation of British Industry to encourage precisely that course . |
| 19 | I feel only that we have taken a wrong direction somewhere , and are blindly stumbling on because our leaders blindfold us . |
| 20 | On the basis that a lot of the big houses that were doing holiday accommodation and so on , er have have already been converted and this is our experience , so on that basis we have taken a reduced figure for conversions and that is basically the reasoning behind it . |
| 21 | We have taken a careful look at this application and feel that we must now draw it to your attention . |
| 22 | It is easy to assume that the law about planning new developments , or changing the environment around us , only affects us when we need to take a positive step — such as applying for permission to extend our own property . |
| 23 | I reckon we need to take a sideways step — see things from a different point of view . |