Example sentences of "[Wh pn] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The range and richness of sport as a component of popular culture has been overlooked by those who take a ‘ diffusionist ’ view , concentrating on how middle-class games and values were passed on to industrial workers via muscular Christians and social reformers . |
| 2 | What must seem stupid to non-gardeners , or those who take a rational view of the whole business , is that when you prepare the ground for sowing you first dig it over and make it loose , only to tread it firm again . |
| 3 | But can the verification principle give him the right to do this , when those who take a different view from him feel entitled to claim that they are abiding by that principle ? |
| 4 | This book is geared more to those parents who take a major part of the responsibility for the games and are just using the entertainer to bring an additional dimension to the party . |
| 5 | One study reports : ‘ Some women are born carers and copers who take a situation in their stride . |
| 6 | Most people who take a personal pension in place of SERPS will qualify for an extra 2 per cent payment by the DSS on top of the minimum contributions . |
| 7 | Feminists who take a more woman-centred approach have developed a positive view of women 's biology , and have based a full theory of gender relations on it ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 8 | In the view of Holman and others who take a similar approach , bad parenting is firmly linked with social deprivation and its concomitant pressures on families . |
| 9 | This show was most generously sponsored for the fourth year running by Next , who take a keen interest in the RCA . |
| 10 | There remain some class differences in the proportion who take a more casual or a more planned approach to family building , and in the reliability of the methods which they use , and therefore in the proportion of unintended pregnancies . |
| 11 | They strike me as people who take a keen pleasure in the beauty of the natural world , and in the strength , swiftness and cleverness of animals ( even those of no use , or downright dangerous , to Man ) . |
| 12 | The people who make the biggest contribution to profit are those who take a pride in being the best . |
| 13 | It has to be borne in mind also that during the interval between now and the main hearing the mother may find doctors who take a different view from Drs . |
| 14 | By a process of extrapolation and arithmetic , it can be estimated that there are about 3,500 professionals and 13,000 amateurs who take a leading role in church music in the parishes . |
| 15 | There are groups who take a different view . |
| 16 | Hence those who take a floating charge from a company which can not be proved to be solvent , and which does not survive for a further year , can not thereby obtain protection in respect to their existing debts , but only to the extent that they provide the company with new value and thus increase the assets available for other creditors . |
| 17 | True , there are some enterprising station staffs who take a pride in beautifying their charges , but these are few and far between . |
| 18 | A course for intermediate adult learners of English who take a practical interest in business and economic affairs . |
| 19 | It would be inequitable to those who take a contrary view to that of the hon. Gentleman if I were to see him exceptionally , in addition to all the other representations that I have received from him , now that the consultation period is over and I am reaching a conclusion on the matter . |
| 20 | ULSTER investors who take a stake in this summer 's flotation of Northern Ireland Electricity may be able to make a ‘ quick buck ’ and raise cash for the next issue of British Telecom shares . |
| 21 | Study of the Hebrew language is strongly encouraged by the department but is compulsory only for those students who take a full honours course in our subject . |
| 22 | " For people who take a sober view of life , " he said , " a person is liberal who is prepared not to take thought for his personal interests but to expend all his energy on standing up for the juridical independence of every citizen and the freedom of every action which does not undermine the well-being and the tranquillity of society " . |
| 23 | The unique thing is the involvement of the Apprenticeship Committee , who take a personal interest in all the participants . ’ |
| 24 | They are not actually all that difficult , as we 've been finding in the teaching that we 've been doing where indeed we have students who take a ten week course , sort of once a week , and by about week six they 're already beginning to do that , they 're beginning to work out their own problems erm puzzles and games and little language understanding programs and that 's commonplace , actually . |
| 25 | I do n't understand referees and officials who take no action against such behaviour . |
| 26 | By slipping a neat little amendment into an aid bill , or pressing the State Department to take notice of human-rights violations , the two or three people in Congress who take an interest in an ‘ obscure ’ part of the world can be disproportionately influential — and be sure of making headlines in the country concerned . |
| 27 | The intimacy between couples who take an interest in each other is an essential ingredient of a lasting marriage . |
| 28 | Although the House of Commons has always contained some MPs who take an informed interest in the subject , they are in a small minority , irrespective of Party allegiance , being heavily outnumbered by those who are guided more by what they sense to be the prevailing expectations of the public . |
| 29 | Yet , given the opportunity and some imaginative presentation , the urban population has shown that it is capable of responding , judging by the numbers who take an interest at county shows or who turn up at the pitifully few farms which organize public open days . |
| 30 | Those hon. Members who take an interest in such matters will know that it is a hobby horse of mine . |