Example sentences of "in taking [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Skeletons , of course , ca n't reach the meat , and the man takes great delight in taking each helping and stuffing it into his own face , wiping juices from his hands onto the Skeletons ' bony faces . |
| 2 | ‘ Sunstroke is the likeliest diagnosis , but I believe in taking great care not to jump to conclusions . |
| 3 | As to the argument that , in order for the duty to take action to arise , the breach of the peace must be ‘ imminent , ’ the Court cited the opinion of Lord Parker C.J. to the effect that the police must anticipate ‘ a real , not a remote , possibility ’ of a breach of the peace before they are justified in taking preventive action . |
| 4 | ‘ I could not agree , ’ he said , ‘ to any interpretation of this advice that meant accepting avoidable delay in taking appropriate action in the most affected areas . ’ |
| 5 | In the majority of cases this will merely confirm what teachers already knew , and will strengthen their hands in taking appropriate action ; for example , seeking assessment under the 1981 Act with a possible view to securing a statement of special educational needs . |
| 6 | Ned at this point went off on his own , on the ‘ Kiwi Experience ’ bus which specialises in taking young folk to the more adventurous tourist offerings . |
| 7 | But she was n't interested in taking that kind of chance with her own heart . |
| 8 | I emphasise that in taking that step , we have not formed any view on the planning merits of the proposal . |
| 9 | I still feel justified in taking that stance , especially as the people of Scotland , aided by the Scottish National party , were partly instrumental in ensuring the downfall of that tax . |
| 10 | I hope that that campaign , which continues until 19 January , succeeds in taking substantial numbers of weapons out of circulation . |
| 11 | Let me add that , in taking recent decisions concerning rural areas , the Home Office has almost invariably supported those who have felt that rural courthouses should be kept open . |
| 12 | Like most people who are themselves paranoid , Preston had difficulty in taking other people 's fears very seriously , unless they could be directly related to his own . |
| 13 | However , there is always a danger that in taking such measures a State may , intentionally or unintentionally , give undue assistance , and so promote its own industry at the expense of that of its trading partners . |
| 14 | The Russian invasion of Hungary made Nicholas look like a firebrand , but it had not involved him in taking many risks . |
| 15 | Truancy is most prevalent amongst young people approaching the end of their period of compulsory schooling when there is little point in taking legal action . |
| 16 | Jacqueline , a mother of five children , aged 0 — 20 , believes in taking firm action to keep teenagers on the right path . |
| 17 | you may recover loss or expense incurred in taking reasonable steps to mitigate your loss . |
| 18 | Mandela himself , on the day of his release , described de Klerk as " a man of integrity who is acutely aware of the dangers of a public figure not honouring his undertakings " , and who had " gone further than any other Nationalist president in taking real steps to normalise the situation " . |
| 19 | have denied overreacting in taking seven children into care after they had been left at home alone . |
| 20 | On the other hand , there seemed no point in taking particular pains to get hold of rabbits who were going to behave like Toadflax . |
| 21 | In taking this position , the bishops were also following the lead of Pope John Paul II who , on his visit to Ireland in 1979 had argued : ‘ Divorce , for whatever reason it is introduced , inevitably becomes easier and easier to obtain and it gradually comes to be accepted as a normal part of life ’ ( 1979 ) . |
| 22 | In taking this decision , there are eight main factors to be taken into account : |
| 23 | According to the Independent on Sunday of Aug. 25 , the delay in taking this decision was due to the efforts of Gen. Varennikov , who had offered not to interfere in Ukrainian affairs if Ukraine accepted SCSE government . |
| 24 | The House of Lords held that for the directors to have been negligent in taking this course they would have had to have been ‘ cognisant of circumstances of such a character , so plain , so manifest , and so simple of appreciation , that no men with any ordinary degree of prudence , acting on their own behalf ’ would have entered into the transaction . |
| 25 | In taking this view they clearly struck a chord with their potential supporters since there was a developing sense of unease about the established parties failing to deliver the promised policy goods . |
| 26 | We are not alone in taking this view . |
| 27 | In taking this view we are not denying that the loss of liberty may actually be necessary in a few extreme cases and this should only be where the child presents a significant danger to him or herself or where there is a significant risk of major further offending and severe damage to community . |
| 28 | In taking this line of thought for a walk I have had to develop a model of antiracism itself , and this in the more properly social scientific sense of the word — the model as a typology of instances . |
| 29 | In taking this action , the duke showed himself to be several jumps ahead of the rest of the political community . |
| 30 | In taking this action , the duke showed himself to be several jumps ahead of the rest of the political community . |