Example sentences of "the [noun sg] takes [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a section on Italian music in La Borde 's compendious Essai sur la musique the writer takes up a position against those of ‘ the opinion that the woodchopper ( nickname for the Maître applied by critics of this practice ) should be banished , and the tempo be guided by ear alone ’ The reason was that |
| 2 | Once egg laying is complete , the female retires to a safe distance and the male takes up a guard position under the nest . |
| 3 | But the term takes on a specific meaning in those studies in the sociology of policing which are inspired by ethnomethodology and phenomenology , where it describes a quality of the accomplishment of these tasks — that they are produced in a taken-for-granted , commonsensical , and habitual manner . |
| 4 | The defender takes up a left fighting stance ( all combinations are best practised from the fighting stance , as this allows a greater amount of protection and freedom of movement ) and faces the attacker , who executes a front kick to the defender 's mid-section . |
| 5 | Under that scheme , owners who face being made homeless due to mortgage arrears are allowed to stay in their homes as tenants for 12 months as the council takes up a head lease . |
| 6 | Once that level of proficiency has been achieved , the kata takes on a new meaning . |
| 7 | In any semiconductor electrons move freely through a crystalline lattice and because the conduction electrons are shared by all the atoms the lattice takes on a tube-like character for easy passage of electrons . |
| 8 | The question takes on a different quality , however , when related to regression to what was possibly a former life ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 9 | The teacher takes on a role as a member of the local council who has been away on business . |
| 10 | We may conclude then that ‘ de-industrialization ’ is meaningful as a simple description of a relentless process in which the manufacturing sector suffers declining shares of total employment , inevitably leading to the service sector capturing a greater share , but that the process takes on a different pace and complexion in different countries and places . |
| 11 | When drawing children , you will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 12 | When drawing children , your will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 13 | When drawing children , you will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 14 | When drawing children , your will find that the head takes up a much larger proportion of the height . |
| 15 | Each evening the wife takes home a company car and the husband drives home the delivery car . |
| 16 | Because Proust saw involuntary memory , which after all causes the past to coalesce with the present , he saw involuntary memory as a means of abolishing time , however provisionally , however briefly , and in this way the artist takes on a God-like role , since through his art he can free the individual from time , and to this extent confer immortality on that individual . |
| 17 | These reunite into a single large body of water just north of Altdorf , and from here the river takes on a different character . |
| 18 | When the houses are up , the co-operative takes out a real loan with a building society . |
| 19 | When the virus takes over a cell it takes over the master-plan or system of instruction of that cell and the cell is thereafter directed to reproduce itself with the virus already in command . |
| 20 | I will argue that a major readjustment needs to be made whereby the researcher takes on a more participative role working with and alongside practitioners and clients . |
| 21 | Instead of fleeing to a safe place and hiding away there with complete body concealment , the animal takes up a semi-hidden position from which it can remain watchful . |
| 22 | This is because the electronic pulses which control the scanning of the video picture are interrupted at the point of the change , and the system takes quite a time to re-adjust itself . |
| 23 | Even experienced form-fillers say that the paperwork takes about a week . |
| 24 | While the text may be mere words on a page the discourse takes on a deeper and more determinative role . |
| 25 | The addiction takes quite a time to develop . |
| 26 | The client takes out a second application , and they want it on minimum premiums , they actually get it for eighty per cent of the current value of the minimum premium . |