Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] takes the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note , however , that if the slack only takes the form of paying out some of the monopoly rents as higher remuneration to factors of production , then there is no efficiency loss implied . |
| 2 | A typical training programme usually takes the form of a series of workshops , sometimes in a residential setting , lasting around three days with perhaps a follow-up day a few months later . |
| 3 | On the other hand , from the point of view of sociological knowledge , even the most certain adequacy on the level of meaning signifies an acceptable causal proposition only to the extent that evidence can be produced that there is a probability … that the action in question really takes the course held to be meaningfully adequate . |
| 4 | Whether ‘ the action in question really takes the course held to be meaningfully adequate ’ depends on assigning a high probability , which in turn depends on appealing to a well-established generalization . |
| 5 | A majority of the Committee now takes the view that the exemption should no longer apply where the couple are living separately but should be retained where they are cohabiting . |
| 6 | Unit provision usually takes the form of providing a home base in a separate room for visually handicapped pupils with the mainstream school . |
| 7 | The consultation process usually takes the form of a letter describing the application and inviting you to come and look at a copy of the application and any drawings submitted with it . |
| 8 | This charge automatically takes the case to a higher court , which can impose the highest penalties . |
| 9 | He also argues that the increasing fragmentation and differentiation of the rationalized lifeworld of modernity both takes the place of ideology and at the same time makes it difficult to sustain : |
| 10 | The control portion of our micro-instruction now takes the form of a number of short encoded fields , each specifying one of a mutually exclusive set of control signals ( such as the function to be performed by the arithmetic unit ) or one of a mutually exclusive set of processor registers as the source or destination of a transfer . |
| 11 | The surety often takes the position from motives of friendship to the debtor , and generally not as a result of any direct bargaining between him and the creditor , or in consideration of any remuneration passing to him from the creditor . |
| 12 | The prominent patch of red on the flank of Scott 's Wrasse immediately takes the eye , but the entire body and fins of this species is beautifully coloured . |
| 13 | With demagogic slogans , such as ‘ A German platform for German citizens ’ , the ultra-right simply takes the logic of the Bonn establishment one step further . |
| 14 | Of course , it is not uncommon for alterations to be made to a side from the time it is announced until the team actually takes the field . |
| 15 | That same rule applies to community councils , but at meetings of county , district , parish and English town councils , the vice-chairman in the absence of the chairman automatically takes the chair . |
| 16 | Cos what he does , he puts a tea bag in a cup pours about that much water on takes the tea bag out and tops it right up with water so he can see bottom of cup . |
| 17 | Gravel , spar , etc. tends to compact down and , because water always takes the line of least resistance , ‘ tracking ’ may occur : instead of an even spread through the media , channels will form . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman also takes the view that only local government should be allowed to run schools . |
| 19 | Electrolyte disturbance typically takes the form of a hypokalaemic , hypochloraemic , metabolic alkalosis . |
| 20 | His comedy invariably takes the form of a stream of reminiscence and creative confession which centres on his traumatic Catholic upbringing , his bruised adolescence , his pitiful sexual failures and the mysterious configurations of his adult life . |
| 21 | They 're saying that after all IBM Corp has been through , hiring a guy from RJR Nabisco Corp really takes the biscuit , and Reuter sums up the new round of IBM woes succinctly : the headline on Tuesday night read 24MAR93 USA : IBM TUMBLES ON MAINFRAME CONCERN , GERSTNER . |
| 22 | A good djinn often takes the form of a lovely woman , while a bad one appears as a monster with the head of a hyena and hind-quarters of a wolf . |
| 23 | The argument sometimes takes the form of a diagnosis — that much of the perplexity of our modern age is due to the severance of science from the religious values that once shaped it . |
| 24 | The tour also takes the visitor to the Dudik memorial park , where there is an extraordinary mausoleum like a sunken city by the Yugoslavia 's best known architect Bogdan Bogdanovic . |
| 25 | The government also takes the view that the duty applies to U K accountants acting as agents of the appointed foreign auditors . |
| 26 | The whole burden of competition now takes the form of rivalry for military and economic superiority and — with some exceptions — political domination short of expropriation . |
| 27 | In Germany , this spirit often takes the form of a ‘ bergmonck ’ or huge , pale monk who wards off travellers venturing too close to a mine rich with lodes of gold . |
| 28 | If the items are available , the computer then takes the order , processes it through the warehouse , transfers the information to the accounts department and prepares all the despatch documents . |
| 29 | The reciprocity usually takes the form of direct equivalence : an eye for an eye , a glass of beer for a glass of beer . |
| 30 | The explanatory statement often takes the form of a letter from the financial advisers of the target and the bidder jointly . |