Example sentences of "[pers pn] is taking [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To get the Income Support a person must be available for full time work and show that he or she is taking reasonable steps to find a job . |
| 2 | Surprising though it may seem , although it is now well established that this is a serious problem with gliding , it is almost unknown in power flying circles or in the Air Force and it is taking many years to convince authorities . |
| 3 | For the time being Microsoft has its guns trained on the Unix application base , but it is taking little or no effort to persuade ISVs to port to an operating system that by even its own admission wo n't be around until next Spring at the earliest . |
| 4 | But he is taking one major step forward today , and that is a step towards the cliff of political oblivion for the Conservative party in Scotland . |
| 5 | Ted Hill , the Labour Party agent , has told the Enfield Advertiser that he is taking legal advice about this . |
| 6 | He is taking early retirement in order to concentrate his formidable energies on teaching adults . |
| 7 | When a child looks for a particular size box or a piece of material of a certain colour or texture , he is taking early steps towards sorting . |
| 8 | She looks sideways at Howard to see how he is taking this . |
| 9 | In the debate , The Prime Minister said he is taking full responsibility for the actions of the Chancellor . |
| 10 | EVERYONE is entitled to their opinion , and while I agree with Joe Hyam 's concerning service charges ( Caterer , 15–21 August ) , I feel he is taking unfair advantage of his position to have a go at people who do not do things the ‘ Joe Hyam ’ way . |
| 11 | Without going into whether the information would come from his audit file or the client 's file , the Institute has a stated policy that it will not put pressure on the incumbent auditor/adviser to supply information to a successor while fees remain outstanding — though the incumbent should be prepared to demonstrate that he is taking active steps to collect the outstanding fee including , if necessary , a writ or summons . |
| 12 | The speculator knows that he is taking risky decisions . |