Example sentences of "taking [adv] the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He understood now , all right , and there was some comfort in taking on the complete burden of guilt , a kind of purgative sense of martyrdom , not unrelated to self-pity . |
| 2 | We have demonstrated against petty apartheid because we are taking on the entire system of apartheid on all fronts . |
| 3 | Gloucester 's role was basically to preserve the status quo by taking on the temporary leadership of the connection , rather than to carve out a new power base for himself . |
| 4 | Gloucester 's role was basically to preserve the status quo by taking on the temporary leadership of the connection , rather than to carve out a new power base for himself . |
| 5 | Mothers of younger and younger children have been taking on the dual burden of paid work and child rearing ( see Hunt , 1968 ; Martin and Roberts , 1984 ; Joshi , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | Taking on the difficult task of choosing a winner is London-based Olive Hurford-Porter , whose connection with the amateur operatic movement spans five decades as performer , choreographer and director . |
| 7 | Marcuson found himself increasingly taking on the editorial running of the paper . |
| 8 | Yesterday he was taking on the anti-government creed of the 1980s which left economics to the free market . |
| 9 | Trees are preparing for winter and their leaves are taking on the beautiful colours of autumn . |
| 10 | The Kiwi Test star grabbed two tries and three goals after taking over the kicking duties from David Lyon , who went off injured at half-time . |
| 11 | Not many spoke out against sending the Taskforce — and I also admired him for taking over the Liberal Party in very difficult circumstances . |
| 12 | The Ministry of Labour and Government Administration , previously held by Tove Strand Gerhardsen , was split into two , with Gunnar Berge taking over the new Ministry of Local Government and Labour and Oddny Alexandersen the Ministry of Government Administration . |
| 13 | Closed doors stopped the fire taking over the whole building in Borough Road . |
| 14 | The favoured solution , the nationalization of the arms firms , was generally presented as an anti-monopoly measure quite acceptable to liberals , not as ( what actually it would have been ) the state taking over the commanding heights of the economy . |
| 15 | The club sacked chief executive Terry Cassidy and the Bank of Scotland is taking over the Celtic ground as a security to cover their £5 m overdraft . |
| 16 | Brinson , before taking over the Gulbenkian Foundation in London in 1972 had chaired an arts committee of the Foundation , set up to discuss and provide financial help to the performing arts , and particularly to dance , which had had , in his words ‘ a raw deal ’ . |
| 17 | They then move a little further down before taking up the major part of their trip , largely unbroken to the Gulf of Mexico except for stopovers to explore the towns and recover from incidents , including loss of their canoe on one occasion . |
| 18 | However , I received the impression that the society was more interested in a scheme for a new RUC complaints procedure and that it was not anticipated that it would be taking up the Black affair in a major way . |
| 19 | It is the argument of this book that many of the reasons for this are organizational , and that a very considerable change in attitudes and practice results from taking up the administrative implications of all aspects of resource-based learning ( audio-visual , print-form and other ) and putting them to hand . |
| 20 | Instead of taking up the normal position from which to look at Los Angeles — which would be that of a driver — Adams adopts the role of a botanist , or perhaps a botanical historian looking for traces of the Eden that Southern California is well attested to have been 80 years ago : " live oaks on the hills , orchards across the valleys , and ornamental cypress , palms , and eucalyptus lining the roads " . |
| 21 | Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ? |
| 22 | Holyfield 's men , and there are plenty of them , including a woman as ballet coach , are certain that he will emerge as a true heavyweight champion , capable of taking out the big men of the division . |
| 23 | Filtration of water is generally done through a bed of sand of fineness around 0.5 mm ( retained on a 30-mesh sieve ) , suitable for taking out the suspended matter without becoming rapidly blocked with solids . |
| 24 | At last , shakily , she picked up the envelope and ripped it open , taking out the single sheet of paper . |