Example sentences of "us take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In many cases this invisible emptiness inside us takes visible form .
2 Our mass communications make us take such processes for granted : we must remember that television and jet-travel have greatly expanded and accelerated the volume and intensity of such exchanges .
3 This should make us take extra care with introductions and conclusions .
4 ‘ Look , Sir John , let us take these events from the beginning . ’
5 Let us take some examples of Third World bourgeoisies and see to what extent they confirm or refute the emergence of a transnational capitalist class .
6 Colour made us take more care with our choice of clothes .
7 But let us take another view of this perfectionism that Karajan is accused of , with another quotation :
8 They did n't want us to take all day about it ( hurry up ) .
9 Whilst the Spirit is ready to help prayerful communicators to guide them to hidden personal needs of which otherwise they would be unaware , he also expects us to take practical steps to discover the needs around us .
10 Those in other countries who pressure us to take more refugees do not know of Britain 's problems .
11 And the way that the Government has reduced the provision it makes for higher education erm is that it is has so far erm kept us with the same amount of resources while expecting us to take more students .
12 ‘ Kirov is too important to us to take any chances .
13 ‘ You see , ’ he said , ‘ retroscendence enables us to take any element in our visual field and , as it were , unpack its history .
14 The treaty of Brest-Litovsk , which the military superiority of Germany forced upon the young Soviet State at the end of the year , revealed the limits of its power : ‘ The past keeps fast hold of us , ’ Lenin observed gloomily at the 8th Party Congress , ‘ grasps us with a thousand tentacles , and does not allow us to take a single forward step , or compels us to take these steps badly . ’
15 Our financial strength and our determination to accept only profitable business will enable us to take full advantage of the opportunities that are now emerging , particularly in the UK . ’
16 The manager replied it was cleaned out that morning , and came with us to take another look .
17 Erm , what I 've done is I 've asked for quotes from three companies er to see how much work , how much it 'll cost us to take this action .
18 Now , is it the intention of the people who asked us to take this action that we should just boycott Nestles products , or we should do the whole range of the conglomerate that owns all these people like Rowntrees and Cross and Blackwell , and many other companies as well .
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