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

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1 The Kingdom of Sweden is a parliamentary democracy in which the monarch retains purely ceremonial functions as head of state and takes no active part in government .
2 Polygamy , the general term for this behaviour , is widespread in the bird world , and takes a bewildering variety of forms .
3 My survey departs from sociological tradition and takes a new approach to women 's domestic situation by looking at housework as a job and seeing it as work , analogous to any other kind of work in modern society .
4 There she suspends herself by her feet and takes a well-earned rest , having done her best to ensure that her single babe , in spite of everything , has received its proper milk-ration .
5 An exhibition at the British Museum marks the seventieth anniversary of the opening of the pharaoh 's tomb and takes a close look at its discoverer
6 Couples practises when he needs to and takes a complete break , normally three weeks , when he considers he has done sufficient to earn one .
7 IXI founder and chairman , Ray Anderson , who owns just less than half of all IXI shares coverts his holding to a ‘ significant ’ stake in SCO and takes a vice president post at the company , reporting directly to recently appointed SCO boss , Lars Turndal .
8 Wild rice has a very nutty flavour and takes a long time to cook .
9 But that 's the hard way and takes a long time .
10 He sits at ease in their sunny back garden and takes a carefree stroll with Jill along a country footpath .
11 As a link person , each member of the team is allocated two Major Project schools each year , and takes a particular interest in these schools , acting as the main mediator between the team and staff responsible for the project in each school .
12 Zelda Isaacson examines some of the ‘ facts ’ about differential achievement between girls and boys in mathematics and takes a considered look at the types and depth of some of the varied explanations put forward to account for them .
13 It allows a choice to be made of the tuples in a relation and takes a horizontal subset of an existing table .
14 Should the path fail then the system backtracks to the previous decision point and takes a different path .
15 At present the fiction that each MP acts on his own judgement and takes a discriminating part in legislation is preserved by insisting that members must be present and pass through the lobbies night after night , though in fact such activity makes no material difference , but seriously impedes MPs in their task of keeping up to date with their special interests and with their constituency work .
16 Each life decision is to some extent irrevocable , since even if one goes back to the fork in the road and takes the other turning , he can not eradicate the effects of the experience the first choice has brought him .
17 Lugh , who had listened to all this with tolerance ( because of being a good leader ) , thought that now was probably as good a time as any to slip away and take a real look at Tara .
18 The more entrenched feeding problems can be very difficult to treat and take a long time to show improvement .
19 Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up .
20 Wages for housework bypasses all those other struggles — well , I mean , with wages for housework , women would n't have to go out and take a second job .
21 I kept wanting to relax and take a good look at the garden but something is n't quite working .
22 It is time for certain philosophers to come and take a hard look at the data which we have collected before they dismiss our models and our philosophical assumptions so glibly .
23 ‘ It should be a warning to them that if they 're really serious about fighting drug abuse , they need to step in and take a leading role .
24 ‘ And I know that when the pressure is on , I can get up and take a 20-minute walk around the reserve and come back again .
25 Your heart would go out to her , Wilson , if you were to see how she struggles to be her old self but is exhausted after a mere ten minutes of conversation , and then she is obliged to fall back and take no more part in it though wishing to do so .
26 Throughout the development of the project I have had to step back and take an honest look at my way of working .
27 In spite of running a home in the country , and being the mother of four splendid children , including twins , and running her Kanga dress business not only in Beauchamp Place , but worldwide , Dale Tryon finds time to work and take an active interest in this good cause , for which Lord Mottistone is the Chairman .
28 We have suggested that a feature of leadership is the ability to stand back and take the wider perspective .
29 She hesitated and her fingers began pleating a paper serviette that lay on the table ; then , glancing briefly at Rachel and taking a deep breath , she continued , ‘ But I was heartbroken over something else as well , and it was n't David .
30 Brothers Peter and Dave Grundy from Willaston should rename their boat ‘ Mr Cool ’ after winning the first day and taking a major prize on the second day at Wexford Harbour .
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