Example sentences of "take [adj] [subord] [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 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 . |
| 7 | It would take more than pistols to counter a new challenge from the army . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It will take more than oil to make those wheels turn . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It will take more than Mr. Gaddafi 's guns and the IRA to undermine the spirit of the people of Belfast . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Kevin Burns made 49 and Tim Watkins took 3–23 before Gareth Finney hit the winning runs in the penultimate over . |
| 14 | Charlemagne was lucky in that his only brother , four years younger than himself , died in 771 after a short period of increasingly fraught joint-rule ; but it took more than luck to remove that brother 's sons — they , and their mother , disappeared when their uncle defeated and imprisoned their protector , the Lombard king . |
| 15 | But a coup took more than force . |
| 16 | Bob Matthews was the pick of the Talybont bowlers taking 1–12 while John Wheeler grabbed 2–47 . |
| 17 | Greg had said before the tournament that the secret of winning might be in not taking worse than bogey and that definitely applied to the third round . |
| 18 | Jayananda Warnaweera took 4-24 after Sri Lanka had scored 394 . |
| 19 | ‘ She were taken bad afore Christmas and she 's slow to mend . |
| 20 | Early in their relationship Peter learned that he must not try to take more than Kate was prepared to give . |