Example sentences of "[noun] to take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yale views the purchase as a long-term commitment and already has plans for new subjects to take the series into the twenty-first century . |
| 2 | In 1973 the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society of London sponsored a comprehensive survey of the Asian elephant , one of the most important aspects of which was an attempt to take a census of the population still remaining in the wild . |
| 3 | In Dublin today Charlton will send out the Republic against Northern Ireland in an attempt to take the points that would virtually ensure participation in the World Cup finals next summer in Italy , a feat guaranteed to consolidate his status as a modern Irish hero . |
| 4 | Whitley Bay attempt to take the HFS Loans League banner into tonight 's draw at the expense of Preston . |
| 5 | After all , I , along with almost every other British journalist in Mexico , had confidently predicted that England would reach the World Cup final for the second consecutive time and stubbornly resist Brazil 's attempt to take the trophy from them . |
| 6 | The significance of the service lies in the attempt to take the process away from them and place it under the control of national and local welfare élites . |
| 7 | In 1685 the bloody Battle of Sedgemoor marked the end of the Duke of Monmouth 's attempt to take the throne from James II . |
| 8 | She made no attempt to take the proffered tickets . |
| 9 | Despite Edward II 's attempt to take the lordships of Blanquefort , Montségur , Lectoure , Dunes and Donzac into his own hands on Régine de Gotb 's death in September 1325 , Armagnac retained his territorial foothold in Plantagenet Aquitaine . |
| 10 | Bartocci made no attempt to take the paper . |
| 11 | The £113 million attempt to take the company private collapsed in December , when Mr Sugar failed to gain enough votes from independent shareholders . |
| 12 | At that the father gives up his attempt to take an active role , humbles himself , but repeats his grief in his apology : |
| 13 | If you wist to alter the car struturally , eg raise the roof to take a seated wheelchair passenger or change the doors to ramps , you would have to obtain a car through Car Chair , Gowrings or Widnes Car Centre Ltd , or buy the car on hire purchase . |
| 14 | The importance of the case , and the fact that Virgin 's public reputation was at stake , had driven Branson to take an active role in preparing Virgin 's defence , rather than simply entrusting it to his lawyers . |
| 15 | Her father encouraged Edward to take the freedom- and country-loving Helen on one of his famous long walks in and around London and Surrey commons . |
| 16 | She gave Oliver sixpence to take a letter to Dickie . |
| 17 | There was even a tow-ball , for which we bought a carrier to take the bike . |
| 18 | It would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF . |
| 19 | In a paragraph entitled New Opportunities , Harley warns , ‘ The many Unix VAR 's and resellers should probably be more concerned with the loss of a stable , independent source for Unix than an imaginary NT monster ( and ) it would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF . ’ |
| 20 | It took over 10 months to take a case through the ABTA conciliation and arbitration scheme and over a year through the one run by the Glass and Glazing Federation ( GGF ) . |
| 21 | There was , however , no inclination on the part of the Maltese to take a more adventurous approach even after going behind and they remained keen to foil the kind of movement off the ball being displayed by Jess , eagerly starting an international for the first time . |
| 22 | Claudio Notarbartolo beat three other national finalists to take the Masterchef 1991 title , sponsored by British Meat Catering Service and Dudson Brothers . |
| 23 | Now is the time for other labels to take a look at the rest of the treasures that MFS are hoarding . |
| 24 | In the garden , her sister drove ferociously at the root of a weed clump with her fork , allowing her aching back and legs to take the place of thought . |
| 25 | H. L. A. Hart , who has recently added his voice in support of this kind of analysis , provides the following explanation : ‘ The commander characteristically intends his hearer to take the commander 's will instead of his own as a guide to action and so to take it in place of any deliberation or reasoning of his own : the expression of the commander 's will … is intended to preclude or cut off any independent deliberation by the hearer of the merits pro and con of doing the act . ’ |
| 26 | A promised Mercedes to take the couple to All Saints in Deganwy was sold without Joanne and Maurice being told . |
| 27 | They found out other marvellous arts to take the place of tricks and old stories . |
| 28 | Making overtures towards another who mirrored our own disquieting and long-buried Chinese identity was both a fearful and exciting prospect , and neither of us quite got up the nerve to take the initiative . |
| 29 | Advocates of state ‘ collectivism ’ very rarely wished government action to take the place of self-help , philanthropy and the duty to work , but rather to supplement and reinforce these attributes . |
| 30 | The inshore lifeboat only came into action to take the men ashore after one of our vessels was damaged . ’ |