Example sentences of "or take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accuracy of the figures , give or take the one poll in 20 that might prove to be a ‘ rogue ’ , was now , it seemed , beyond dispute . |
| 2 | The time taken to complete one revolution of the Earth is decreasing over aeons of time but at the moment it is , give or take the odd second , 24 hours ; this defines the solar day . |
| 3 | The idea has got about during the past three weeks that there is really not much difference between the parties , give or take the odd howl of anguish from the higher-tax-paying classes . |
| 4 | Give or take the odd aircraft kit — including a bigger and better model of the Stealth fighter-bomber — there are few new products hitting the market . |
| 5 | Did she turn off on to the single track road across the valley , or take the easy option and drive on towards Villereal ? |
| 6 | Or take the many references to God as a being who looks down upon the world from some sort of celestial vantage point . |
| 7 | He 'll use his ferret to catch rabbits , or take the occasional pike from the river severn . |
| 8 | Or take the black cab , designed in the 1950s . |
| 9 | Well I says Andy cut it down a bit like , even if you could cut , cut it down a bit for and I says he ca n't afford to give big housekeeping money and plus try and get a bus away to Kilkeel and take out , or take the wee girl out , what do you call her , Sonia . |
| 10 | Be aware of potential trouble before you walk into it — if , for instance , there is a group of drunks five hundred yards ahead of you cross over or take the next turning to avoid it . |
| 11 | Or take the old woman who is really a slave to the Gluttony of Delicacy but thinks she is the very model of abstinence : She is a positive terror to hostesses and servants . |
| 12 | For example , the two charges may be of some atomic distance ( of the order of 10 -10 m ) apart , whereas we are interested in their effect at macroscopic distances ; or take the so-called dipole aerial where the assumed separation of charges is small in comparison with the wavelength of oscillation . |
| 13 | It 's a familiar quandary : buy an affordable production line bass and live with the fact that you share your new baby with thousands of others , or take the handmade option , pay through the nose and bask in the reflected glory of your instrument 's exclusivity . |
| 14 | Or take the semantic relation between dog and cat . |
| 15 | To reach the farmhouse they could follow the muddy and pit-marked cart track between the fields or take the short cut across the meadow to the little wooden gate at the side of the garden . |
| 16 | Not that a girl would ever be allowed to touch the great hammers or take the white-hot metal from the furnace with the giant tongs . |