Example sentences of "takes [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She becomes drawn into the business dealings of the Countess , a New York cosmetics tycoon , in the course of which she travels to the Rubber Rose Ranch , a Dakota health spa , and takes part in a revolt by the cowgirls . |
| 2 | Christopher attends Ormesby Comprehensive School , Middlesbrough and takes part in a variety of sports . |
| 3 | MASTER potter Michael Hughes hopes to raise more than just a few laughs when he takes part in a marathon charity event . |
| 4 | The first quickly takes advantage of a window carelessly left open or a house that 's in darkness . |
| 5 | The critical Marxist position , then , takes ideology as a concept formulable at the level of the mode of production , considered as a set of underlying structures , rather than at the level of class or social group . |
| 6 | It often takes ages for a pair to get down to spawning for the first time and if you were to separate them now it would be extremely difficult to get them back together again . |
| 7 | Thus , any covenant that takes effect at a date calculated by reference to the expiry of the term , will be unenforceable if the power is exercised . |
| 8 | Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s. 1B(5) provides that if a sentence of detention in a young offender institution is passed on a juvenile which results in a total term of detention exceeding 12 months ' , any excess over 12 months ' is remitted and the sentence takes effect as a term of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution . |
| 9 | And it 's this journey from external reality to the profound truths of art , a journey which takes Proust through a series of investigations of the nature of time , the nature of the intellect , the nature of memory , it 's this journey which I must now attempt to trace , and I perhaps just ought to say that I think I get abstract once or twice from this point onwards . |
| 10 | Clipbox is an on-line digital disk-based presentation system , which takes images off a tape , puts them on a disk in an intelligent disk array , and then plays them . |
| 11 | Contrary to the view of the Court of Appeal in Morris the accused does not appropriate when he takes articles from a shelf , even if he intends to steal . |
| 12 | The claimant takes issue with a decision made by a decision maker , for example , with an adjudication officer concerning entitlement to a social security benefit , or with an employer concerning a dismissal . |
| 13 | She is even able to understand the apparently irrational , masochistic aspects of women 's psychology , by drawing on de Beauvoir 's implicitly psychoanalytic account of its power : ‘ Woman assumes her most delicious triumphs by first falling into the depths of abjection … the little girl takes delight in a masochism that promises supreme conquests ’ ( de Beauvoir , quoted in Rowbotham 1973 : 42 ) . |
| 14 | Being sorry for an ant may be excusable , even commendable , but what sort of madness takes pity on a sandwich bag ? |
| 15 | Enquire at Keeper 's House near Lettermore if concerned , but note no shooting generally takes place on a Sunday . |
| 16 | There is great public concern about design and quality , especially when development takes place on a greenfield site . |
| 17 | A typical road accident involving children takes place on a Friday in winter — and boys are more vulnerable than girls . |
| 18 | The above four possibilities are listed below ( assuming the calculation takes place on a coupon payment date so that Al = 0 ) : |
| 19 | This takes place on a planet 's surface using solid 3D graphics . |
| 20 | The ‘ video conference ’ then takes place for a fee of between £80 and £120 for half an hour . |
| 21 | It shows that pre-modern power takes place via a set of unmediated exchanges between subjects , while modern power stems from a relationship between fields ( whose symbolic economy imparts to them their structure ) and the ‘ consumer ’ who is subject to this power . |
| 22 | The VDU interface exploits the full screen display techniques possible with the VDU , so that all interaction takes place via a series of display pages . |
| 23 | All LIFESPAN user interaction takes place via a series of display pages on a terminal . |
| 24 | The reason for this is that sperm production takes place at a temperature a couple of degrees lower than body temperature , so the process has to take place outside the body to function properly . |
| 25 | The festival , organise din association with XFM radio and Riverman concerts , takes place at a series of London venues . |
| 26 | If the relocation takes place at a time when it is important for a child to complete a course of education , e.g. GCE examinations , the company will pay reasonable board and lodging costs for the child up to a maximum of £200 per month for the remainder of that school term or until all examinations are complete within that academic year . |
| 27 | In the context of inflationary scenarios this formation takes place at a time ( refs 14 , 15 ) . |
| 28 | This takes place at a time prearranged to be mutually convenient . |
| 29 | Much of Spitzer 's work , however , does not conform to this psychological view ; the ‘ to-and-fro voyage ’ takes place between a text 's linguistic forms and an interpretation of its content taken in itself , not in relation to its author . |
| 30 | It may be committed where sexual intercourse takes place between a man and his daughter , sister , or half-sister , mother or grand-daughter irrespective of whether the relationship is traced through ‘ lawful wedlock , ’ and irrespective of whether consent is present . |