Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] takes the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means of discrimination takes the place of visual examination of the area . |
| 2 | Moreover , his system has a reflex result upon the mind of the patient , and a general condition of buoyancy and freedom , and indeed of gaiety of spirit takes the place of the old jaded mental position . |
| 3 | This means that the aesthetic exploitation of language takes the form of surprising a reader into a fresh awareness of and sensitivity to , the linguistic medium which is normally taken for granted as an " automatized " background of communication . |
| 4 | Very often her ludic manipulation of language takes the form of intentional ‘ errors ’ . |
| 5 | The competition to determine the dominant College of Magic takes the form of a violent contest of magic in which gladiator wizards and their followers battle to defeat their rivals . |
| 6 | Lindblom argues that policy-making under incrementalism takes the form of ‘ partisan mutual adjustment ’ , referring to the practice of making choices among different alternatives not on the basis of a particularly rigourous evaluation of the ‘ best ’ means to achieve a desired ‘ goal ’ . |
| 7 | Well , we attempt to give the answers this week , albeit in the full knowledge that nothing will be done because no one in authority takes the matter seriously . |
| 8 | The horse 's response to being dragged to water takes the form of a typical pre-linguistic prototype of human choice . |
| 9 | Much of Oakeshott 's writing on politics takes the form of a critique of Rationalism in post-Renaissance political thought . |
| 10 | The essence of pristine Labour policy had of course , and largely through the influence of Tawney , found its way into the official Hadow Report of 1926 : ‘ Selection by differentiation takes the place of selection by elimination . ’ |