Example sentences of "take at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us test the combinatory possibilities of adjectives with indefinite pronouns and other similar words , first taking at random phrases composed of an adjective and some specific noun , and then replacing the specific noun in each case by some noun or pronoun with an indefinite meaning . |
| 2 | They also offer some non-advanced courses , although the majority of these are taken at other FE colleges . |
| 3 | The ultimate decisions will be taken at governmental , even presidential , level . |
| 4 | Ampullary biopsies were taken at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and similarly processed . |
| 5 | But a film like When the Devil Drives ( 1907 ) , in which a train is taken over by the devil and taken at great speed under the sea and into the sky , shows that length did not necessarily constrict imagination , while The Airship Destroyer ( 1909 ) , with its combination of romance and action in the story of an inventor who develops a missile that will destroy an airship , shows a filmmaker drawing material from contemporary anxieties about aerial combat . |
| 6 | Meals were taken at irregular and unusual times and would be unconventional in content . |
| 7 | Leading the discussion , Professor Aggrey Brown of the Caribbean Institute of Mass Communication in Jamaica , described initiatives that are being taken at various levels , ranging from governments to grassroot groups , to preserve and strengthen Caribbean culture and identity . |
| 8 | Specimens taken at various levels in the colon showed a microscopic colitis that was maximal in the transverse colon . |
| 9 | Mars bars , a rip-off at three times the UK price , taken at regular intervals , got us there . |
| 10 | These tests should be taken at regular intervals , according to the general plan of study indicated in the Preface . |
| 11 | The doubters had failed to take into account Alcock 's remarkable visual acuity , but photographs taken at professional observatories , and by space probes , have verified the details of his observations . |
| 12 | ‘ More and more decisions can only be taken at European level , ’ Mr Bangemann said . |
| 13 | If Ministers are serious about wanting us not to be governed by unaccountable bureaucrats , why are they not leading in the argument that those decisions that have to be taken at European level are fully accountable to a stronger European Parliament that is elected by a fair system ? |
| 14 | The central difficulty is that of attributing responsibility to the ‘ centre ’ in such a ‘ devolved ’ organisation as the typical trade union , bearing in mind the likelihood that ‘ unofficial action ’ will be taken at individual plant level without prior consultation with the union 's central organs . |
| 15 | And goods wagons that needed to be unloaded , er would be brought into , er at least unloaded erm er perhaps for the distribution of items in the town , would be brought onto that turntable erm and normally horse , purely a horse hook would be er put on er and swung round , and the wagon , or the wagons , a couple of wagons perhaps , would be taken at right angles into that er goods shed for unloading . |
| 16 | The latter comprises courses which can be taken at varying times throughout the fortnight . |
| 17 | The analytical results may not tell the whole story because they depend upon samples taken at particular times , whereas supplies . |
| 18 | His " grade " rises and falls like a temperature chart as the weeks go by , according to his successes or failures in tests taken at short intervals . |
| 19 | For plant subjects the only evidence is ( a ) the above comparison with the true leaf area , obtained from the leaf area machine and ( b ) the consistency of consecutive readings taken at short time intervals ( one to five minutes ) . |
| 20 | Lovat had gone , probably tied to a stretcher , placed on a jeep and taken at full speed to the First Aid post . |
| 21 | He was keen for more business to be taken at full Cabinet level and set about dismantling parts of the Attlee machine . |
| 22 | On planes such as Luft Hansa 's Junkers G31 seating was arranged like a first-class railway carriage and meals were taken at little tables for two spread with pristine linen , full silver and fresh flowers . |
| 23 | Staff and students sat on mats on the floor in chapel , meals were taken at little low tables , squatting on very low stools , the food was not luxurious but sufficiently nourishing and appetising . |
| 24 | Dunkirk , Boulogne and Calais , through which British munitions and troops could pass in growing numbers , might have been taken at little cost during the Germans ' initial advance , now they would have to be fought for . |
| 25 | A study of political participation in four London boroughs over the years 1968–74 revealed that in Newham decisions were taken at informal caucus meetings of the Labour group ( Chamberlayne 1978 ) . |
| 26 | Experiments in which sleep was taken at different times have shown that REM sleep is very little affected by external factors , with most REM activity in the hours between 8 o'clock and noon , and least in the hours just before midnight . |
| 27 | The content of the Coleman course is shown by near-verbatim notes taken at different times by students , and preserved in the College and at the Royal College . |
| 28 | With the advent of longer holidays taken at different times of the year and easier travel , people began to seek their entertainment further afield , but remnants of these past festivities remain around the county in various guises . |
| 29 | The ‘ filmic ’ way to shoot a scene is to record it as a series of separate shots taken at different distances and angles . |
| 30 | The major breakthrough came with the realisation that a story can be told in a series of separate shots taken at different distances and from different angles . |