Example sentences of "and take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polygamy , the general term for this behaviour , is widespread in the bird world , and takes a bewildering variety of forms . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Couples practises when he needs to and takes a complete break , normally three weeks , when he considers he has done sufficient to earn one . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Wild rice has a very nutty flavour and takes a long time to cook . |
| 8 | But that 's the hard way and takes a long time . |
| 9 | He sits at ease in their sunny back garden and takes a carefree stroll with Jill along a country footpath . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It allows a choice to be made of the tuples in a relation and takes a horizontal subset of an existing table . |
| 13 | Should the path fail then the system backtracks to the previous decision point and takes a different path . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The more entrenched feeding problems can be very difficult to treat and take a long time to show improvement . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I kept wanting to relax and take a good look at the garden but something is n't quite working . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ Of course , Burleigh is the dregs , ’ agreed Glenda , elegantly ingesting ( rather than eating ) the last scrap of food from her plate , and taking a goodly swig of white wine . |
| 25 | This sketch of a student 's intellectual development has followed the student through the stages of assimilating encountered knowledge ; deep understanding ; recognition of its provisionality and contested character ; exercising critical judgement ; being sensitive to other knowledge forms , and relativizing one 's own experience ; and taking a personal stand . |
| 26 | Diarrhoea , kidney disease and taking a diuretic drug may lead to potassium deficiency which can result in depression , weak muscles and mental confusion . |
| 27 | ‘ You might fall asleep again , ’ he said , picking up a mug from the table beside him and taking a long swallow . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not surprised , ’ Ven replied , and taking a long pull of breath , ‘ I do n't seem to be doing this very well , ’ he stated , ‘ but at least we 're talking — which makes it less difficult than I thought it was going to be . ’ |
| 29 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 30 | Our next move was to co-operate with anglers by meeting the National Federation of Anglers and taking a joint initiative to remove the use of lead in anglers ' tackle . |