Example sentences of "and takes a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Polygamy , the general term for this behaviour , is widespread in the bird world , and takes a bewildering variety of forms . |
| 2 | My survey departs from sociological tradition and takes a new approach to women 's domestic situation by looking at housework as a job and seeing it as work , analogous to any other kind of work in modern society . |
| 3 | There she suspends herself by her feet and takes a well-earned rest , having done her best to ensure that her single babe , in spite of everything , has received its proper milk-ration . |
| 4 | An exhibition at the British Museum marks the seventieth anniversary of the opening of the pharaoh 's tomb and takes a close look at its discoverer |
| 5 | Couples practises when he needs to and takes a complete break , normally three weeks , when he considers he has done sufficient to earn one . |
| 6 | IXI founder and chairman , Ray Anderson , who owns just less than half of all IXI shares coverts his holding to a ‘ significant ’ stake in SCO and takes a vice president post at the company , reporting directly to recently appointed SCO boss , Lars Turndal . |
| 7 | Wild rice has a very nutty flavour and takes a long time to cook . |
| 8 | But that 's the hard way and takes a long time . |
| 9 | He sits at ease in their sunny back garden and takes a carefree stroll with Jill along a country footpath . |
| 10 | As a link person , each member of the team is allocated two Major Project schools each year , and takes a particular interest in these schools , acting as the main mediator between the team and staff responsible for the project in each school . |
| 11 | Zelda Isaacson examines some of the ‘ facts ’ about differential achievement between girls and boys in mathematics and takes a considered look at the types and depth of some of the varied explanations put forward to account for them . |
| 12 | It allows a choice to be made of the tuples in a relation and takes a horizontal subset of an existing table . |
| 13 | Should the path fail then the system backtracks to the previous decision point and takes a different path . |
| 14 | At present the fiction that each MP acts on his own judgement and takes a discriminating part in legislation is preserved by insisting that members must be present and pass through the lobbies night after night , though in fact such activity makes no material difference , but seriously impedes MPs in their task of keeping up to date with their special interests and with their constituency work . |