Example sentences of "[noun pl] take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , many referees take the easy option and give a simultaneous score decision . |
| 2 | The danger of swallowing can be minimised if companies take the tender offer route — buying minority stakes which still enable them to exercise some control , and still share costs in areas such as research or marketing . |
| 3 | Power-planers take the hard work out of planing . |
| 4 | Mullicking Tyre : The Incomers Take the High Road |
| 5 | The High Elves take the Blighted Isle . |
| 6 | Certain lizards take the spiky defence trend a major step further , with long , sharp spines growing out of their scaly skins . |
| 7 | Circuit engineers take the mutual inductance invariably positive and denote the direction of the induced voltage by a dot in the circuit diagram . |
| 8 | The ants take the sweet honeydew and , in exchange , protect their ‘ herds ’ of aphids from predators , such as ladybirds and hoverfly larvae . |
| 9 | Of fungi , spores , hyphae and spore bodies are eaten by a wide range of invertebrates and fleshy spore bodies soon become infested with maggots ; snails rasp them ; beetles lay their eggs in them ; carrion-and dung flies take the foul-smelling slime of phalloids , while tortoises , rats , pigs , deer , macaques and probably other large mammals , in the Malay Peninsula at least , also eat them . |
| 10 | These tiny creatures take the very rocks and stones as their food , releasing the valuable minerals into the soil upon which plant life may flourish . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , not all health professionals take the objective standards of their medical training into their public and political comment . |
| 12 | Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath which lays down the obligations and proper conduct of their profession . |
| 13 | Even when women take paid employment , they still do the bulk of the domestic work and men take the important decisions . |
| 14 | It is impossible for any of us to monitor carefully every single thing we say — how boring and stilted our speech would be if we did — but it is as well to remember that young children take the spoken word very literally , and a great deal of harm can be caused by the use of thoughtless and insensitive phrases . |
| 15 | But it must also draw the distinction between the deviant and the normal , for otherwise the very reason why the ‘ institution ’ exists and why deviant cases take the special form they do remains inexplicable . |
| 16 | This is the moment when the contestants take the solemn oath at the altar of Zeus to abide by the result of the race ; only the altar is not shown — in its place stands the god himself . |
| 17 | TBS take the subtle approach and then stuff the songs full of sarcasm and humour , reminiscent of Madness in their downbeat joviality and sense of fun . |
| 18 | Note on a plan which internal walls take the structural load . |