Example sentences of "be taking [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Darlington is in great need of car parking in that area , especially as a new development in Russell Street will be taking many spaces away . ’ |
| 2 | The Government could be taking many measures to ensure that refugees who have the right to stay in this country are assimilated and given equal opportunities . |
| 3 | But wealthy Mr Meinertzhagen — a Lloyds ‘ name ’ — said he would not be taking civil action against the bar . |
| 4 | In the time that I have to move the report I 'd like to concentrate on some of the developments that have been taking place in health and safety this is not to , er , give the impression that environmental developments are not important but over this next year the government are going to be taking certain measures that we need to be aware of , er , in the health and safety area . |
| 5 | Please note that apart from MAC , venues will not be taking advance bookings for their own events and screenings . |
| 6 | Further along the bay , it seemed to be taking five flunkeys in grey uniforms a lot of effort to usher one middle-aged man into a chauffeur-driven Bentley . |
| 7 | But at Banbury 's open air pool few appeared to be taking much notice . |
| 8 | From now on , she told Yeats , romantic passion would be taking second place to political commitment . |
| 9 | I mean what is the purpose of all this , bringing the cost of living down — I do n't know , a thousand things that politicians pride themselves on doing — it seems to me that they all should be taking second place to the lives that up and coming generations are going to live . |
| 10 | He said that we should be taking 100,000 deaths per year seriously . |
| 11 | If you leave your car , even if not for long , you should be taking necessary precautions . |
| 12 | Kerry says neighbours have also suffered at the hands of thieves , but says that the police seem to be taking little interest . |
| 13 | I mean to my mind if they 're opening on a Sunday they should bring their prices down because they 're opening that extra day they 're going to be taking extra revenue . |
| 14 | The firm will not be taking legal action and hopes to recover the money . |
| 15 | Also upset were managers Terry Venables of Tottenham and Brian Clough of Nottingham Forest , who say they will be taking legal action . |
| 16 | A Palace spokesman said : ‘ We will be taking legal advice . ’ |
| 17 | I shall be taking two questions about Yugoslavia a little later . |
| 18 | ‘ At least we 'll be taking two kids off drugs , ’ I said warmly , ‘ and that 's something to be proud of . ’ |
| 19 | On the wave of redundancies which has hit London hard since Christmas , Mr Ainslie noted that sufficient cost-cutting had now been achieved but that Mrs Brooks would be taking that area in hand . |
| 20 | If you are absent without prior approval we will consider you to be taking unauthorised absence unless you provide a satisfactory explanation of why it was not possible to obtain approval in advance . |
| 21 | ‘ In the future , it seems , we are going to be taking arbitrary decisions about what we want from the countryside : the large blue here , a certain bird there , and we are going to manage for those species , which will mean that everything else will go . ’ |
| 22 | Users in this group were not known to be taking any drug other than cannabis ( though , like any drug user , they may have taken other drugs without official knowledge of this ) . |
| 23 | Police , who were forced to intervene , said later they would not be taking any action . |
| 24 | He said he was not injured and would not be taking any action about the incident . |
| 25 | If so , the Government should be taking another look at the amount of grant that that council receives . |
| 26 | Next week we shall be taking another look at education , and in particular comprehensive schools . |
| 27 | " She 'll be taking another name at confirmation , I assume . |
| 28 | We should be taking more students , not fewer . ’ |
| 29 | erm But erm hopefully we 'll be taking three coach loads down erm we 've booked three coaches and erm a lot of cars and a lot of supporters , not only from the club but erm from around the county . |
| 30 | On Dec. 10 the Serious Fraud Office confirmed that it would not be taking further action . |