Example sentences of "takes [noun] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Committee proposed to raise the maximum penalty for this offence to five years , but limited its recommendation to cases where D actively deceives V and failed to make any provision for cases where D takes advantage of a known mistake . |
| 2 | The grant of a right to park in a defined area takes effect as a legal easement ( Newman v Jones ( 1982 ) unreported ; London and Blenheim Estates v Ladbroke Retail Parks [ 1992 ] 1 WLR 1278 ) . |
| 3 | Coton 's plea is likely to cut no ice with Taylor as he takes England into a qualifying campaign for the 1994 World Cup finals . |
| 4 | Chris takes guard for a final chase |
| 5 | The arched openings provide access to a lightweight stair which takes visitors to a mezzanine level linking with the ground floor office space . |
| 6 | What 's more , this detonation ( which takes place on a remote beach , with only a dog as witness ) does n't set fire to other parts of the novel . |
| 7 | An approach towards more coordinated wage negotiations has been made via the annual ‘ Spring Wage Offensive ’ which takes place on a nation-wide basis , and in which many unions participate . |
| 8 | For these reasons , a barter-based economy could not develop into a sophisticated modern economy in which the buying and selling of goods and services takes place on a continuous basis . |
| 9 | For example , much library work with students takes place on a one-to-one basis , and offers opportunities for a different adult/student relationship from that of the classroom . |
| 10 | The Commonwealth Tournament , which includes sides from Canada , Australia and New Zealand , takes place on a four-year cycle , and Britain has not lifted the trophy since it lasted hosted the event , at Ganton , in 1975 . |
| 11 | Assembly of engines takes place on a central jig , the radial being built-up , ‘ Christmas tree ’ fashion |
| 12 | If the dance takes place on a horizontal plane , then this waggled line will point directly at the food source . |
| 13 | 1981 — AFTER a short engagement in which Charles demands that Diana call him Sir , the marriage takes place on a beautiful summer 's day on July 29 with a fairytale ceremony at St Paul 's cathederal . |
| 14 | The school might , for example , recommend that musical activity takes place on a weekly basis . |
| 15 | Every time that sexual intercourse takes place with a new partner there is a risk that some disease will be passed on from one to the other and , with rare exceptions , there is no way of telling , by simply looking at a person , whether they have an infection or not . |
| 16 | This cleaning takes place at a definite cleaning station , usually by a large rock or near some other bold feature on the sea bed . |
| 17 | It has been argued by Clegg ( 1976 ) that in terms of the causal direction of the relationship it is the level of bargaining which determines the degree of centralisation , with the result that power is decentralised within organisations when bargaining takes place at a decentralised level , and vice versa . |
| 18 | The second method for regeneration to be initiated is by a time clock , so that it takes place at a convenient time such as during the night . |
| 19 | ( An event in this sense is something that takes place at a single point in space , at a specified point in time . ) |
| 20 | 6a No scenes in which carnal connection takes place between a human being and an animal . |
| 21 | takes place during a particular period and in a particular environment . |
| 22 | However , recent hardware developments have created a device known as ’ electronic paper ’ , in which input and output takes place through a combined unit . |
| 23 | During the fluent phase , planning takes place over a larger unit than the clause . |
| 24 | Communication between cells takes place in a limited number of ways . |
| 25 | You mentioned boxing and that 's a sort of legitimate violence which takes place in a limited area and which people watch because presumably they enjoy it , but do n't wish to particularly partake in themselves , and whereas it 's all right for people to punch each other 's heads in the boxing ring , they would object to people coming outside the boxing ring and punching the spectators ' heads . |
| 26 | It is specious to claim , as some do , that there is interaction between text and reader comparable to what takes place in a conversational exchange . |
| 27 | Tending takes place in a wide variety of households , characterised by different family structures and by widely different experiences in terms of family relationships and life patterns . |
| 28 | ‘ Where an unconstitutional change of regime takes place in a recognised state , governments of other states must necessarily consider what dealings , if any , they should have with the new regime , and whether and to what extent it qualifies to be treated as the government of the state concerned . |
| 29 | None of his eighteen novels takes place in a Catholic milieu . |
| 30 | Examination of the school 's practices takes place in a planned approach over a number of years . |