Example sentences of "[noun pl] taking the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It helped to have two such formidable singers taking the two female dragon roles : Anne Collins as a fruity Princess Clarissa , tyrannical in a general 's uniform of black leather , and Jane Eaglen as Fata Morgana , like Katisha in Mikado only more so . |
| 2 | This effect was more pronounced in rats taking the high phosphate diets . |
| 3 | Yet in Victorian Britain the alliance of wealth and birth formed in the public schools infused sport with a new idealism whilst simultaneously segregating the élite from members of the lower classes taking the same form of exercise . |
| 4 | The difficulties encountered by workers taking the generative approach has led to the search for alternative techniques . |
| 5 | The course commences with a Premedical year of studies taking the same course as is offered to the first year Biological Sciences students . |
| 6 | Borrowers taking the 20 to 25 year fixed rate will be charged six months ' interest in years one to four , three months ' interest in years five to nine and one month 's interest from year ten onwards . |
| 7 | It was clear to everyone that most of the patients taking the new drug would be over 65 , and that elderly people have greater difficulty in eliminating drugs from their bodies than younger ones . |
| 8 | The prevalence of gastric H pylori , active duodenitis , and gastric metaplasia was similar in patients taking the various NSAIDs with the exception of diclofenac and ketoprofen . |
| 9 | The DLP won 40 per cent of the total vote , the NDP 22 per cent , the DP 14 per cent and the Minjung 1 per cent , with independents taking the remaining 23 per cent . |
| 10 | Another Methody student , Louise Hutchinson , cruised to two easy victories taking the senior girls 200 metres in 25.8 , clocked 61.4 . |
| 11 | Conservative dissatisfaction with the episode of 1963 led almost immediately to the adoption of a procedure for election of the party leader by a ballot of members taking the Conservative whip . |
| 12 | And all along the Cages the other eagles scuttered and muttered , some staring silently at the Men taking the oldest and most venerable among them away , others pretending not to look . |
| 13 | For those in Grade D the salaries range from £15,928 to £21,797 , with maximum performance points taking the possible total to £26,523 . |
| 14 | Jim Lovelock accorded autonomy to the planet as a whole , with humans taking the humble role of Gaia 's brain cells . |
| 15 | The official stayed and , in later years , coined the best metaphor for the Wilson style : Harold as the great player of Space Invaders taking the first blip to cross the screen whether it was important or not . |
| 16 | For students taking the American Studies strand , a particular feature of the course is the intercalary year which is taken at a university in the United States between the second and final years . |
| 17 | Wherever he looked , he saw human beings taking the wrong turning . |