Example sentences of "takes [noun] [prep] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MASTER potter Michael Hughes hopes to raise more than just a few laughs when he takes part in a marathon charity event . |
| 2 | Being sorry for an ant may be excusable , even commendable , but what sort of madness takes pity on a sandwich bag ? |
| 3 | There is great public concern about design and quality , especially when development takes place on a greenfield site . |
| 4 | The above four possibilities are listed below ( assuming the calculation takes place on a coupon payment date so that Al = 0 ) : |
| 5 | if relocation takes place during a school term , the company will reimburse day school fees for the remainder of that term or for such periods as required by the school for pupil removal . |
| 6 | On average , a body is injected with approximately 12–16 pints of the one and a half per cent or two per cent solution and this takes place over a time period of approximately one to two hours . |
| 7 | The whole growth process takes place in a plasma chamber , and therein lies the problem . |
| 8 | It is true that lengthy and detailed scrutiny takes place in a Standing Committee off the floor of the House , but even then it is typically the special interest groups , briefing Opposition spokesmen and Government backbenchers alike , which provide more of the dynamic than the representation of constituents ' views . |
| 9 | Whether recovery from anaesthetic takes place in a recovery unit or surgical ward , the monitoring of the patient 's condition to prevent complications is a nursing responsibility supervised by qualified staff . |
| 10 | Smoking takes place in a smoke house which is linked by a pipe to a firebox . |
| 11 | The action takes place in a Magnox power station where a guide ‘ struggling with the limited conceptual understanding of the local Mayor and Lady Tiara ’ , starts explaining by analogy . |
| 12 | Moreover , there is the extremely serious issue of harassment and physical violence directed against black communities which in some urban areas takes places on a routine basis with highly distressing and in some cases fatal consequences ( CRE , 1979 ; Home Office , 1981 ; CRE , 1981 ; Klug , 1982 ) . |
| 13 | In particular , it details a system which takes output from a pattern recogniser in the form of alternative characters , and applies orthographic and lexical information in order to discriminate between these alternative characters . |
| 14 | Jonny takes swigs from a water bottle and times his work with an alarm clock . |
| 15 | These will be excluded from the new scientific community and will perhaps takes refuge in a philosophy department . |