Example sentences of "[noun] can take [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For instance , if there are two functions f and g defined on the set of all possible examples , and f can take the value a and g can take the value b , then one such cluster might be defined as the set of all examples x for which f(x) = a ∘ g(x) = b
2 As we mention in the section on Concentration , a good time-table of study can take the place of motivation until such motivation develops of its own accord .
3 He put on a brave face to Sunday Express readers : ‘ I hope it will be believed that the Arsenal can take a licking as well as any other club .
4 hold on , hold on , just a moment , she does n't know , but a biopsy can take a week , a week to come through , she would n't expect you out before the weekend
5 Since the final stretch through Oxfordshire opened nearly three years ago motoring organisations and the police have been campaigning for service areas to be built so that drivers can take a break .
6 That a rule can take the form of a statement ‘ Given P , then Q on 75 per cent of occasions ’ , as is sometimes seriously suggested , is to use the concept of rule in a very dangerous and misleading way .
7 The main issue — which locations within the Pushkin Museum complex can take the collection and when — remains as yet unresolved , but a number of alternatives are being examined : a former residential building currently under conversion to house the Pushkin 's own exhibitions of modern art , and the site of the former Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Museum .
8 This partnership can take a variety of forms , depending on particular circumstances and individual preferences .
9 From here visitors can take a boat trip along the coast to Portofino — or visit the Cinque Terre .
10 Popular places to visit are the historic town of Lancaster with its medieval castle and maritime museum , and , for railway enthusiasts Steamtown at Carnforth , where visitors can take a ride on a steam locomotive .
11 Providing the income you will need after you stop work can take a load off your mind .
12 Once basic definitions have been established , individual groups or companies can take the work forward and do specific implementations — for a Motorola Inc processor , a DEC user or an SVR4 file system , for example .
13 Ashton too has created two oriental styled ballets in which the delicacy of the hands and arms drew attention to the way such subtle movements can take the place of words .
14 If these steps are not taken , the council can take the offender to the magistrates ' court and a fine of up to £2,000 may be payable — and the fine may be repeated on a continuing basis if the notice is still not complied with .
15 Enthusiasts can take the trail to Sansepolcro and on , across the Mountains of the Moon , to see the sublime ‘ Flagellation ’ in the Ducal Palace at Urbino , undoubtedly the greatest small picture in the world .
16 What is the point of sacking a young lad on £100 when a boss can take a cut ? ’
17 He was paid $1.5 million to walk through a movie , went out with a princess , ran anywhere that celebrity can take a man .
18 If there is a distinction between a failure to consent and a refusal of consent , it is because a refusal can take the form of a declaration of intention never to consent in the future or never to consent in some future circumstances .
19 Less than 20 minutes walk from the centre of Sorrento , guests can take the lift down to the hotel 's private beach or use the adult and children 's sea-water pools .
20 To reach the sea below guests can take the lift , footpath and flight of 177 steps down to a small private beach .
21 A 200 day tie-up , even when fishermen can take the days when they want , totally ignores the issue of how they are supposed to live and make all that investment worth while .
22 This process can take the form of fly-fishing with some people , Japanese boxing or embroidery with others .
23 Such consumption of lithosphere can take the form of either subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a plate capped by continental crust or the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a second oceanic plate .
24 1.50 Once the 21 days for acceptance have passed or the trial has started the plaintiff can take the money in court only with the defendant 's consent or by order unless the payment in itself was made or increased after the trial started , when he has two days to accept , but must do so before the judge begins to deliver his judgment ( RSC Ord 22 , r5 ; CCR Ord 11 , r3 ) .
25 Antibacterial treatments can take the form of baths , external application to affected areas , injection and oral administration via the food .
26 It is good management practice that any change of policy should itself be assessed : the process should help to decide whether LMS can take the credit for any improvements that occur .
27 A person can take a vehicle , even though he is already in possession of it .
28 There are two principal syntactic differences between these two verbs — first , finish can occur without an overt direct object , as in Have you finished ? , whereas complete in the relevant sense requires an overt direct object ; second , finish can take a gerund complement , as in I 've finished eating , but complete can not ( * I 've completed reading ) .
29 At present , truckers can take a load from one country to another but face obstacles , as do airlines , in picking up a second load to take on to a third country .
30 In the new Act the landlord can take the tenant to court for repossession for : 1 Non-payment of rent for 3 months 2 Persistently late payment of rent .
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