Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] takes " in BNC.

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1 In one cycle , the algorithm takes one operator out of the list LOp and applies it to N , so producing just one child .
2 The algorithm takes about 50 CPU seconds on a SUN SPARCStation II to order 180 probes and 1150 clones from the S.pombe YAC library , and 247 CPU seconds to order 667 probes and 2837 clones from the S.pombe cosmid library , including the phase of contig ordering and consistency checking .
3 A lasting cellular change in output in response to a defined input is at the least a dramatic example of neural plasticity ; but even more than this , the very specific form that the response takes could be regarded as a form of memory .
4 The majority takes command of committee chairmanships , the bulk of staff positions , and legislative scheduling .
5 The change takes place only with cold water , a point worth remembering when preparing English mustard from powder .
6 The outgoing partner who is to continue in practice as a solicitor must comply with s84(1) of the Solicitors Act : For the purposes of facilitating the services of notices and other documents , every solicitor who has in force , or has applied for , a practising certificate shall give notice to the Society of any change in his place or places of business before the expiration of 14 days from the date on which the change takes effect .
7 The shape the support takes may radically alter , reflecting the enthusiasms and interests of individual helpers .
8 The waterfall takes your breath away when first you see it .
9 The writer takes modest satisfaction that his comments in Action Stations 7 , the Scottish airfields volume , about the lack of a memorial struck a chord with a survivor of Freshman .
10 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
11 If the trial takes place before the magistrates and they come to the conclusion that the offence under section 54(1) is not made out , they are presently unable to convict of the offence of simple assault unless there is an additional information charging the common assault .
12 And then it can be several weeks after committal before the trial takes place . ’
13 The Board takes necessary action on the basis of these figures .
14 London-based controller developer Pacific Semiconductor ( Europe ) Ltd has introduced its new Laserboost board that it says can radically improve the performance of Canon Inc SX , RX and TX-based laser printers like the LaserJet II and III , Brother HL8E and Canon LBP8II for a fraction of the cost of a new machine : the board takes only 15 minutes to install and costs just £380 ; it features Hewlett-Packard Co PCL 5 printer language , eight scalable fonts , a 20MHz 68020 processor , proprietary ASICs and Direct Memory Access through the parallel port ; it also has from 2Mb of memory , one independent and two parallel ports , offering HP7475A plotter emulation .
15 Installation is n't difficult — screwing the battery onto the board takes a few seconds .
16 This allows the company to use its own assets as the security for credit but retain the ability to deal with those assets itself as it wishes until such time as the creditor takes steps to enforce his security .
17 ‘ If the creditor takes adequate steps to inform her and reasonably supposes that she has an adequate comprehension of the obligations she is undertaking and an understanding of the effect of the transaction , the fact that she failed to grasp some material part of the document , or , indeed , the significance of what she was doing , can not , I think , in itself give her an equity to set aside , notwithstanding that at an earlier stage the creditor relied upon her husband to obtain her consent to enter into the obligation of surety .
18 Work as the fancy takes me , he wrote .
19 Because of this expense a carpet is not an item one changes every year as the fancy takes you .
20 The aura of chaos is furthered by the band 's weird demeanour : each member seems to be shuffling to a different beat , while scruffy frontman Ken staggers around the stage , tugging at his hair and letting rip with bloodcurdling screams whenever the fancy takes him .
21 I 'm taking my walking boots and a tent , and I shall go where the fancy takes me . ’
22 Within the slim packaging lies a host of mini programs ( called Microapps ) , some of which are useful , some almost indispensable and some you can take or leave as the fancy takes you .
23 Power is so seductively close that it is easy to forget that in British politics the winner takes all , or to believe that this time it all will come right and they can themselves grasp power without conceding any .
24 Now these are rapidly being poisoned , some by the sewage that the tide takes away from Victoria Harbour .
25 Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s. 1B(5) provides that if a sentence of detention in a young offender institution is passed on a juvenile which results in a total term of detention exceeding 12 months ' , any excess over 12 months ' is remitted and the sentence takes effect as a term of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution .
26 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 .
27 Communication with the customer/user takes the form of operating instructions which are contained in an instruction book .
28 The monk takes his profit in the form of sexual gratification , the merchant , to begin with , in the form of " " a thousand frankes " " .
29 The journey back to the resort takes you through the Wachau wine region on the Danube .
30 A concise introduction into international postwar painting , the text takes its starting point with Jackson Pollock in New York and Wols in Paris and ends with Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman , and is followed by colour reproductions and commentaries on a series of individual works .
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