Example sentences of "take [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pulls over on to the hard shoulder , gets out , opens the boot , gets out the spare tyre and the jack , jacks up the car , takes off the old wheel , puts on the new one , lets the jack down , puts it and the wheel back in the boot , closes it , gets back in the car and drives on , knowing that she will be fifteen minutes late . |
| 2 | It takes about the same time to do a simple drawing on a 2D machine as on a drawing board . |
| 3 | And the salad stuff and fresh fruit and all that sort of thing , takes about the full length of our bar up you know , you , you could n't think of a salad that is n't there . |
| 4 | The graph below shows how long it takes for the present value of £1,000 per year to reach £15,000 . |
| 5 | The basic idea can be captured in minutes and the total concept fully realised in , at most , a couple of hours , which is a lot faster than it takes for the same degree of finish to be achieved in any other medium . |
| 6 | He looks first at purpose , which he takes as the basic means by which the subject abstracts itself from , and imposes itself upon , nature . |
| 7 | Then , years later — and she takes after the tall side of the family — she said , ‘ Now I am creature great , and you are creature small . ’ |
| 8 | Whatever view one takes of the electoral fortunes of the Liberal and Labour Parties before 1914 , the Conservative party was clearly losing — three general election defeats in a row and no significant signs of an electoral revival . |
| 9 | Although I do not wholeheartedly agree with the view the author takes of the mechanical world of the train being somehow better than that of nature , I can still find it interesting and thought inducing from a philosophical angle . |
| 10 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account he takes of the national interest in terms of the viability of businesses and the retention of jobs in deciding on the exercise of the functions of his Department in respect of Inland Revenue responsibilities . |
| 11 | If one asks the further question , were the King 's actions wise ? , one 's answer is likely to be all too heavily conditioned by hindsight , by the views one takes of the later politics of the 1930s , of the restoration of a two-party system , and of the decline of the Liberal Party . |
| 12 | The present map ( figure 3.1 ) shows an axis of high density extending broadly south-eastwards from the southern Pennines , where it takes in the industrial conurbations of Lancashire , Merseyside , and South Yorkshire , through the Midlands to the London conurbation . |
| 13 | As a final point it is worth reiterating that , although it takes a lot of time and intellectual effort to derive an acceptable information model using the MINSE approach , the model is independent of the actual form that the information takes in the real situation , and will remain valid until such time as the role of the organisation undergoes a fundamental change . |
| 14 | Greater Manchester 's area extends from Tameside in the east to Wigan in the west , and here it borders on Merseyside , which takes in the metropolitan districts of Knowsley , Liverpool , St Helens , Sefton and Wirral . |
| 15 | An extended programme takes in the British Professional Road Race Championship on Sunday , June 27 , over 115 miles . |
| 16 | Nead 's text takes in the conventional notions of feminine beauty , pornography and the tabloid press , the fine line between sexuality and the obscene and the recent reclamation of the nude by female artists . |
| 17 | Lavishly illustrated , it takes in the full history of Sally B , the Great Warbirds Air Display and the personalities that have kept the UK 's largest privately-operated warbird going . |
| 18 | A circular walk based on Drewsteignton takes in the dramatic gorge and passes close to one of the most notable curiosities of the area — Castle Drogo . |
| 19 | On the south side of the River Mersey the extension takes in the commercial heart of Birkenhead with a mixed housing/industrial dock hinterland and also housing and leisure areas in New Brighton . |
| 20 | A two-hour bus tour takes in the main sites and ends at a peak overlooking the city . |
| 21 | " Next week I shall be writing about moorland walks and suggesting an itinerary that takes in the ever-attractive Tower Foin . " |
| 22 | Sacked three times from the county football manager post , McEniff can be forgiven the odd pinch of himself as he takes in the widespread adulation accorded to him now everywhere he goes . |
| 23 | It is impossible to creep up on the duck , because its 360 degree vision takes in the slightest movement anywhere around it . |
| 24 | This walk not only takes in the lovely moorland around the Doone Valley it also runs along the shady woodland paths on the banks of the East Lyn river . |
| 25 | We can not expect Britain to influence the direction the Community takes in the next decade unless it is a full and enthusiastic member . |
| 26 | A camera with a wide-angle lens is fixed high up on the wall at a point where it takes in the widest angle of the room . |
| 27 | The pupil also takes to the prospective employer or the university admissions tutor the raw scores of exam results . |
| 28 | In Leicestershire , the man who wishes to forget income-tax , hydrogen bombs and the relentless onward march of science walks the field-paths , to which special maps and guides are provided ; in Devon he takes to the deep lanes between the farms . |
| 29 | However , their opponents warn that other Asian countries are bound to protest if the Japanese navy once again takes to the high seas , whatever its reasons . |
| 30 | Jane Fowler appreciates her own failings as she takes to the open road with an advanced driving instructor |