Example sentences of "take [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brown ( 1980 ) takes this as evidence that there is a range of language contexts and that these may be influenced rather differently by these aspects of motivation . |
| 2 | That takes more than management expertise : it takes a sort of vision , too . |
| 3 | It gained terrific publicity , but it takes more than column inches to sell records , and I am sure that Elvis 's continuing success has more to do with talent . |
| 4 | It takes more than design flair and understanding to produce a leisure complex . |
| 5 | ‘ Coppers , aye , but it takes more than coppers to cart them there ; they wo n't come and pick 'em up . ’ |
| 6 | It is long since past the time when Her Majesty 's Government should take political and security decisions that would deny success to terrorists . |
| 7 | ‘ And I could teach them drawing , and Gay could come and take English and history , and we 'd have a school in no time ! |
| 8 | The examples of partial shifts provided by the Department of Health look reasonable on paper but do not take annual or study leave into account . |
| 9 | Also you can take Tulagai and Targoutai . |
| 10 | You must take legal and tax advice on the legality of the scheme and the enforceability of any provisions designed to mitigate credit risk . |
| 11 | It will take more than December sleet and gales to daunt the crews chosen to take part in the 11-boat round the world British Steel Challenge . |
| 12 | It would take more than pistols to counter a new challenge from the army . |
| 13 | I used to be Harry Maxim , then I was me and Jenny , and now I just do n't know and it 'll take more than lemon tea and a pink silk handkerchief in my sleeve and reading Goethe over breakfast to tell me . |
| 14 | It will take more than oil to make those wheels turn . |
| 15 | But , says Alfred , it would take more than Hollywood stardom to lure him away from the Sussex cottage he shares with Jill and 12-year-old Rachel , his daughter from a previous relationship . |
| 16 | It will take more than Mr. Gaddafi 's guns and the IRA to undermine the spirit of the people of Belfast . |
| 17 | Darcy , in second place overnight , took 74 and O'Connor fell from third to 25th after crashing to an embarrassing 80 . |
| 18 | Upton won their first game since the opening day of the season when they routed Winnington Park for 64 the season 's lowest score with groundsman Alex Kegg taking 4–18 after Upton had been dismissed for a modest 128 . |
| 19 | We should have been taking French or English , or something . |
| 20 | Students taking French or German as a minor subject with European Studies are expected to spend from four to six weeks abroad , normally at the end of the second year . |
| 21 | Aberystwyth 's spinners did the damage with second teamer Alun Davies taking four-10 and Anthony Evans 3–28 . |
| 22 | Too often the curriculum of the comprehensive school was that of the grammar , high status academic subjects were on offer to the academically able child and the rest suffered a watered down version of ‘ studies ’ : European for those judged not capable of sustaining a foreign language , classical for those not taking Latin and Greek , social for the non-geographers and historians , and rural for those not taking ‘ proper ’ science . |
| 23 | The Pakistani bowled 28 overs against his former club , taking 455 and Darlington struggled to 156–8 . |
| 24 | Wallasey 's teenage leg spinner David Miles took 5–99 and Mark Anderson 3–53 . |
| 25 | Kevin Burns made 49 and Tim Watkins took 3–23 before Gareth Finney hit the winning runs in the penultimate over . |
| 26 | There were two wickets each for De Freitas and Ian Austin , Peter Martin took 3–52 and Wasim ripped through the Essex tail as they collapsed from 172–3 . |
| 27 | Responses to hypoglycaemia in a laboratory setting have been reported to be different in patients taking human and animal insulin . |
| 28 | Taking these and studies commissioned by donors in countries where they are the predominant donor into account , it appears that only about ten African aid recipients have been studied in this way . |
| 29 | Then Kubelík took ill and Nelson himself made his Met début on a day 's notice conducting the score . |
| 30 | A main remedy for croup , especially if it follows taking cold or exposure to dry cold winds I or 2 days previously . |