Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] take the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Since the contributors to the literature on the new classical macroeconomics rarely take the trouble to furnish a fully articulated theory of the firm in which cost shocks are given equal prominence with demand shocks , one is entitled to take what they have to say on short-run supply responses with a large fistful of salt .
2 Coming out of the 4th lap the Russian and Hungarian dropped him and that is how it remained to the final straight , Bohacs eventually taking the win but Andy with an unprecedented second bronze , within a minute of the winner and nearly two minutes clear of Bartunek in 4th place .
3 Note , however , that if the slack only takes the form of paying out some of the monopoly rents as higher remuneration to factors of production , then there is no efficiency loss implied .
4 Barbara Hardy already takes the view in 1975 that some amendment to practical modes of teaching is needed given that many students find no affinity with the Leavisian critical stance , nor " share the faith in Englishness and European civilisation " .
5 COULD computers ever take the place of generals on the battlefield ?
6 The words usually take the form of toasts , such as VIVAS , AVE , VTI ME FELIX .
7 A typical training programme usually takes the form of a series of workshops , sometimes in a residential setting , lasting around three days with perhaps a follow-up day a few months later .
8 As far as Wales was concerned , Warwick also took the opportunity offered by his control of Edward IV to help himself to some of Pembroke 's key offices : justiciar of south Wales , constable of Carmarthen and Cardigan and steward of Cantrefmawr and Cardiganshire .
9 As far as Wales was concerned , Warwick also took the opportunity offered by his control of Edward IV to help himself to some of Pembroke 's key offices : justiciar of south Wales , constable of Carmarthen and Cardigan and steward of Cantrefmawr and Cardiganshire .
10 The manufacturers also took the opportunity to review their quality control procedures .
11 Yoshida also took the opportunity to say that while , of course , the decision must rest with the Allies , the Japanese felt that an early Peace Treaty was most desirable .
12 A major development in rural industry often took the form of town based capitalists organising the labours of village artificers .
13 Then back to the shop , with Lucy now taking the money from her pinafore pocket where it had been tied in her handkerchief , and paying for the corn ; to go on her way feeling quite a little woman of the world .
14 The curves describing the relationship between demographic phenomena and demographic variables often take the shape of the letters " U " and " J " or the form of a reverse " J " .
15 If a journalist wished to talk to Richard Branson , he simply telephoned ; not only did Branson invariably take the call , but he treated the journalist with civility .
16 That does n't happen now — so pets sometimes take the place of those other relations because we crave interaction with others .
17 When David proudly took the letter to him , he scanned it and threw it aside .
18 If time is of the essence then taking the car to northern France for a couple of nights is an attractive option .
19 The conflict between these two views of the arts currently takes the form , in the case of English , of the struggle between those academics who represent the ‘ humanistic ’ Arnoldian tradition , often as interpreted by Leavis ( 1952 ) , and the more recent continental influences , such as structuralism , which emphasize the systemic or formal properties of art-objects ( Welch 1987 ) .
20 Political conflicts normally took the form of struggles between parties or individuals for influence over the ruler , struggles in which the victor secured the all-important privilege of easy access to him and in which the vanquished were dismissed , disgraced or exiled .
21 And Rovers duly took the lead after eight minutes .
22 Lévi-Strauss ' critique of Sartre effectively takes the form of a deconstructive analysis : he begins by arguing that the Critique works by a double movement — just as , only four years later , Derrida was to suggest that the anthropologist 's own work functions in exactly the same way .
23 A predisposition to stress such as that apparently suffered by the accused in the present case might fall foul of this restriction and it may have been for this reason that the Court of Appeal preferred to regard the case as one which might have been disposed of under section 78 had not the trial judge wrongly taken the view that that section also requires some misconduct on the part of the police .
24 Such criticisms generally take the form of a challenge to the moral status of liberal theory .
25 With the news that NCR Corp has joined the ranks of those opting for its Unix implementation for the iAPX-86 processor family , Sun Microsystems Inc 's SunSoft subsidiary finally took the wrapping off its long-awaited Unix SVR4-based operating system environment last week .
26 In the twentieth century , and especially in the period following the Second World War , nationalist movements generally took the form of independence struggles against imperialist rule by European powers , or against less direct types of control which create a situation of dependency .
27 The visitors deservedly took the lead on 16 minutes when a fine move involving Gary McCartney and Mark Glendinning on the left ended with Jonathan Magee crashing the ball into the net .
28 Yet his charm always took the curse off it .
29 Trellis supports a climbing rose up a wall and hanging baskets also take the eye upwards .
30 The Chancellor also took the opportunity to nuance his support for German reunification in ways which will reassure those fearful that precipitate moves to unification might unsettle the Soviet Union and threaten the improvement in East-West relations .
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