Example sentences of "[that] takes a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You may be happiest asking a professional to cut out your mount unless you are confident that you will do it properly , as it is a skill that takes a long time to perfect , and a badly cut mount is as off-putting as a badly made frame .
2 It 's more a case of conceptual comedy that takes a topical theme like the travellers and tackles it in a right-on way , trying to draw the humour from it .
3 Amies 's bank has its own subsidiary that takes a financial stake in new enterprises .
4 What is more , there is a great deal of empirical evidence ( amassed over many years ) suggesting that human perception is the result of a non-introspectible process of construction , a process that takes a measurable amount of time and that can be interfered with in specific ways .
5 On a summer 's day , the sun glitters on Loch Quoich , back-lighting the lonely bridge that takes a single track road to the remote Kinloch Hourn .
6 Choose one that takes a thick nylon line rather than the thinner type that will break more easily .
7 A second-league cast of Faye Dunaway , Jerry Lewis and Johnny Depp stumble through a meaningless directorial mish-mash that takes an American context and tries to make a European art film .
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