Example sentences of "to take [adj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Lords of Trade did not have to take such a close interest in the activities of the chartered companies , but the three large companies trading outside Europe were clearly providing London with trade that could not come in any other way .
2 She realised that for George and Elizabeth to take such a firm line , Sarah must have made more of a nuisance of herself to George than she herself had noticed .
3 Their respective positions explain this in part : as ex-Prime Minister and a considerable figure in his own right , Balfour had the confidence to believe in his own judgement even when isolated from the bulk of the party ; as the tertium quid in the recent contest , Law had neither the weight nor the confidence to take such a detached view .
4 ‘ But the British public would like to see a fight here between me and Bruno and we can get that on , if Frank wants to take such a big risk . ’
5 To understand why he was willing to take such an immense risk with his own reputation as well as with France 's future , one must look beyond personal ambition .
6 Yet , how possible is it for teachers to take such an educational stance with children towards the immensely depressing social issue of their communities ?
7 He must be both desperate and close to the end to take such an enormous risk .
8 His signal achievement at Chanel has been to take all the familiar Chanel ideas , the neat , gilt buttoned suit , the chain handbags , the bows , the camellias , throw them up in the air , alter their proportions , and re-make the look invented by Coco for Twenties flappers , so that it strikes a new chord .
9 The idea is to take all the valuable circuitry and electronics from the separate wind speed , water speed , depth sounder , and other instruments , from the Decca , radar , satnav and GPS systems , from the VHF — and perhaps the cellphone and the SSB as well — and integrate the whole thing in one box .
10 There 's one guy up there 's got blond hair and every time I go up there she 's going to take all the fucking money out of the machine again now .
11 However , I soon discovered that it could help me in many other ways , for example to take all the hard work out of doing my accounts , producing invoices and keeping track of stock .
12 You do not need any artistic ability as the package itself can be trusted to take all the important design decisions .
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