Example sentences of "but take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The good head gains credibility by never pointing the finger at others to explain failure but takes personal responsibility when things do n't go well . |
| 2 | Her husband is having an on-off fling which he does not openly admit , but takes little trouble to disguise |
| 3 | Jessica not only leaves the house unguarded but takes some money as well , saying in line 34 of Act two scene six ‘ Here , catch this casket ’ and then in line 50 ‘ with some more ducats ’ . |
| 4 | The capacity to manage risk within available resources usually develops with experience , but takes considerable skill ( Crosbie , 1983 ) . |
| 5 | In the 1656–8 Parliament , as a member for Surrey , he was active in committees but took little part in the debates . |
| 6 | Benjamin heard the faint crackling in the undergrowth but took one look at me and gave up any idea of pursuit . |
| 7 | Seth had been defeated by Horus but took legal action to establish his claim to the throne of Osiris by bringing his case before the nine gods of Heliopolis . |
| 8 | Sally Gie , also a member of the Rover Tennis Initiative and the top seed , was surprised by the powerful hitting of Susie Durham in the second round , but took full advantage of her second chance with gutsy performances against Rebecca Foster , Jheni Osman and Claire Lyte in a ruthless performance in the final . |
| 9 | This was true , but took some time to become clear . |
| 10 | Separate age-participation indices for universities only are not calculated , nor are separate indices for England and Wales ; but taking higher education as a whole , provisional data for the 1990-91 academic year show that 19.3 per cent . |
| 11 | But taking this stand was not easy , particularly for the women . |
| 12 | When he can walk outside confidently , the patient can plan to increase the distance he walks , or to go on the same route , but taking less time to complete his walk . |
| 13 | Wilson had little choice but to take legal action to recover his union 's funds and property from both Southampton and Glasgow , though without success . |
| 14 | In our opinion , the duty is not simply one to take reasonable care in the abstract , but to take reasonable care not to injure a person whom it should reasonably have been foreseen may be injured by the act or neglect if such care is not taken . |
| 15 | The duty is not simply to take reasonable care to refrain from the act or neglect , but to take reasonable care not to injure such a person by the act or neglect . |
| 16 | Already the atmosphere is such that companies such as Chubb Insurance Company of Europe is advising client directors to make concerted efforts not only to be familiar with all aspects of their companies ' activities but to take prudent action at the boardroom table : right down to ensuring all documents are prepared ‘ with the expectation that they will be scrutinised at a later date by others who are looking for evidence of wrongdoings ’ , that detailed minutes are taken , and that they should vote against any proposal rather than abstain because abstention could be construed as approval . |
| 17 | But the results are strongly contrasted. and perhaps the best way for the critic — as for the listener — is not to stretch comparisons , but to take each piece on its own , very different merits . |
| 18 | But to take this line is to attribute to bilinguals special linguistic powers not shared by monolinguals . |
| 19 | The funeral liturgy included a mass for the dead , but to take full advantage of the memorial rite , masses had also to be sung on the third , seventh and thirtieth days following burial and , to complete the calendar of commemoration , the ‘ obit ’ : a mass sung on the first anniversary of the death . |
| 20 | For them the task of the critic was not to ignore literature 's connections with the external world , but to take full account of its internal , poetic properties in his analysis . |
| 21 | But to take some fact that a novelist has written of and to add it to the mishmash at the back of your mind and then to reproduce it as part of the web you eventually weave : this is the process of creation . |
| 22 | Multiplication of decimals needs no new rules , but take extra care with place values . |
| 23 | I would prefer it if er we looked at the criteria and the policy itself , but take useful information from this if if need be . |
| 24 | I can never really be sure as to whether Binnian or Slievelamagan is my favourite top , but take endless delight in going back to them time and time again in the hope of solving this important question . |
| 25 | But take great care lighting stoves — tents are highly flammable . |
| 26 | If necessary half-time your exercises to the music beat — slow exercises not only minimise the risk of incorrect positioning but take more effort to sustain ! |
| 27 | But take Old Shallot 's advice : if you are in a boat or barge which has been holed , particularly one where the damage is malicious , stop rowing and block that hole for any further movement of the barge simply helps the water rush in . |
| 28 | This image of the financially independent woman is repugnant to Leapor who would rather remain poor , but take some enjoyment from her life : |
| 29 | Erm , but take this team , there was somebody feeding information into the slowest person , |