Example sentences of "the [noun sg] takes the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The measure takes the lifetime approach to its logical conclusion ; at the other extreme , the empirical studies are based on aggregation over generations but m this case taking current income , not lifetime income . |
| 2 | Communication with the customer/user takes the form of operating instructions which are contained in an instruction book . |
| 3 | The text takes the form of extracts from the author 's holiday diaries between 1946 and 1990 and reflects on changes over that period . |
| 4 | Walker says that although the animals were fully anaesthetised , some students believed they were suffering ‘ Of course , there is no similar emotional reaction when the computer takes the place of the animal . ’ |
| 5 | The ban takes the form of a circular stating that it is illegal to sell , purchase , import , export or even carry tiger bones or rhino horns and that they may not be used in medicines . |
| 6 | It could occur , however , that the visiting salesman gets the customer to complete an application or proposal form ( i.e. an offer to buy ) and that the salesman takes the form away saying that the customer will be hearing . |
| 7 | Each instance of a context within a document has , as we have seen , an associated context-name , and the mark-up of the instance takes the form : |
| 8 | The route takes the slab below Through The Looking Glass with three bolt runners . |
| 9 | The association takes the form usually of a " J " shaped curve ; i.e. the risk of maternal death decreases from zero parity one , then steadily increases towards higher parities . |
| 10 | For example , if the proposed route of the march takes the participants past an embassy or a particular factory against whose occupants the organisers wish to protest , the prescription of a different route or terminus may obviate the whole point of the demonstration , and amount to in effect a disguised ban . |
| 11 | The meaning of words is contextually variable , and depends partly on what the hearer takes the speaker to have intended in using it . |
| 12 | The reproach takes the form of ‘ But you said you knew ’ in the case of ‘ I know ’ . |
| 13 | The monastery takes the form of an open square in which the two churches stand . |
| 14 | The main research data from the study takes the form of the recorded discussions of the students . |
| 15 | Andrus just pops in to see Sesostris and they have a bit of a chat , not a long one , they do n't even have a cup of coffee , mean bastards , both of them , and then Andrus goes on to the Cashier presumably with Sesostris 's authorization and the Cashier takes the money out of the safe and gives it to him . |
| 16 | I 'm Christabel King and these were the headlines : Boris Yeltsin wins crucial vote to become President of the Russian Federation ; the I R A kills two Australian tourists in the Netherlands , and the opposition takes the lead in Burma 's elections . |
| 17 | In view of the decision in CIR v Eurocopy plc [ 1991 ] STC 707 , the Revenue takes the view that in practice alterations to the terms of approved employee share schemes that effect a change in the rights of existing option holders are unlikely to be approved . |
| 18 | If the selling shareholder is a corporation , the Revenue takes the view that , because the distribution element is franked investment income and is not charged to corporation tax in the company 's hands , the full amount of the sale price should be brought into account in the company 's computation of chargeable gains . |
| 19 | Where no express covenant is given by the transferee , the Revenue takes the view that one is implied unless a contrary intention is shown ( and may always be implied where property was previously in joint names with both parties jointly liable on the mortgage ) . |
| 20 | Since the hero takes the castrato to be a woman and makes a sculpture of him/her in female form , castration is linked to problems of representation . |
| 21 | The structure of the work takes the form of a dialogue between an ‘ autobiographizing ’ narrator persona and an interrogative voice which raises reservations about the validity of the whole enterprise : at various points throughout the text statements and versions of events are contradicted and contested , thus inscribing the anticipated response of the reader in a manner reminiscent of the technique she used to great effect in her previous book , L'Usage de la parole ( 1980 ) . |
| 22 | I think it will be nothing less than a public scandal if the Queen takes the salute aboard the Royal Yacht far out to sea , as currently planned , without meeting at least some of these forgotten heroes in person . |
| 23 | The Council takes the view that although late submissions impose problems upon the Council officers and members , more importantly they cause difficulties within the bodies themselves in respect of budgeting and cashflow . |
| 24 | The second part of the manuscript takes the form of two elaborate alphabets illuminated by Hoefnagel with colour borders on both recto and verso . |
| 25 | The station and train staff are always very courteous and helpful ; quite often the guard takes the trouble to help me on or off with the bike ; and station staff are good at guessing in advance what part of the train will take the bike , hence where to stand on the platform . |
| 26 | This paradigm can be used to study child-child communication , but it can also be used in a more controlled fashion , in which the experimenter takes the role of one participant in order to control more precisely one side of the communication process . |
| 27 | In other words , if we choose coordinates so that the linearised flow near the origin takes the form we can use these equations to work out the point on the side of B where a trajectory emerges from B if it starts at a point on the top face of B. ( We assume that the box B is a cube with faces which are part of the planes . |
| 28 | The committee takes the view that government research projects carried out by private industry have a better chance of leading to commercial rewards in terms of new products and processes . |
| 29 | It is strange how all movement in the universe takes the form of waves , from the tiny vibrations within the atom and microscopic organisms to the electric pulses in the brain , the waves of the sea , the throb of sound itself , light waves , radio waves , the pulses of force between galaxies , etc . |
| 30 | Mortgage Interest Relief at Source is a system through which the lender takes the tax relief into account when calculating your monthly payments . |