Example sentences of "taking [adj] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the congressional elections the PRI won a total of 326 seats in the 500-member Chamber of Deputies , the lower house of the Congress , taking 290 of the 300 seats directly contested ( the 200 remaining seats being assigned under a complex system of proportional representation designed to favour smaller parties . |
| 2 | Eight ends later , the 26-year-old Edinburgh postman had clinched victory by taking each of the next two sets on a 7-2 scoreline . |
| 3 | Summing the two fet outputs in Tr3 gives a triangular wave and a small square component , which is removed by taking some of the squares at the VCO output to the summing point . |
| 4 | Although they intend taking some of the animals with them , the rest will probably remain with the estate . |
| 5 | He hauled , taking some of the weight off the hook , but not enough . |
| 6 | Once , on a more adventurous day , he began taking some of the furniture apart with a screwdriver he found beside the garden shed , but was caught by his mother and told to put it back the way he had found it before she chased him out of the house . |
| 7 | The loco went down the embankment taking some of the tanks with it , and the wreckage together with trees standing in the field were enveloped in flames which took several hours to extinguish . |
| 8 | It was in 1688 that he became a leader of the seven bishops , including Archbishop Sancroft of Canterbury , who refused to ‘ make themselves parties ’ to the two Declarations of Indulgence issued by James II and aimed at giving the Nation a greater degree of religious tolerance , thus taking some of the pressure off the Roman Catholics . |
| 9 | HP agreed to take a small stake in Convex earlier this year under an agreement that includes Convex using the PA RISC family in a massively-parallel computer system it is designing , and also involves each company taking some of the other 's products on an OEM basis . |
| 10 | ‘ We learned so much about the suppliers and how they could help us or not that the results were n't so important ’ , said Hubbard , who claimed that the process was beneficial to both supplier and customer , taking some of the guesswork out of sizing and selecting the final systems . |
| 11 | A co-therapist can make the experience of running the group more enjoyable by taking some of the responsibility off the therapist 's shoulders , and reinforcing and consolidating the information . |
| 12 | But there is no suggestion that the service of others , in which discipleship was to consist , should involve taking some of the burden of housework from women . |
| 13 | This is done by taking some of the parameter estimates from external empirical sources . |
| 14 | ‘ The findings clearly demonstrate the real value to a company of an informative and well designed staff newspaper , and now that we have added to that by taking some of the readers ’ suggestions on board , we can be absolutely certain that Frontline has a style and format most staff find appealing . ’ |
| 15 | ( 21/11/92 ) : Four mad men stood in the cold rain taking some of the roof off ! |
| 16 | As they came nearer to the checkpoint Patrick could see that the guards were almost taking some of the cars apart . |
| 17 | Taking some of the questions that were raised I think we can deal with them quite easily . |
| 18 | Erm I 'm simply saying that there is a possibility of a an inner relief road taking some of the traffic , an inner northern relief road , taking some of the traffic that might otherwise have remained on the A sixty one . |
| 19 | Erm I 'm simply saying that there is a possibility of a an inner relief road taking some of the traffic , an inner northern relief road , taking some of the traffic that might otherwise have remained on the A sixty one . |
| 20 | Er taking some of the points that have been raised by Mr Steel . |
| 21 | But if you start talking about taking some of the cash from the fund , you 've got to tell the clients it could affect the cover that they 've got , because it is n't a savings policy . |
| 22 | But even as preparations were being made to fly them home , talks were going on with independent schools all over England in the hope of finding them free places.Andrew Auster is one of the organizers of the scheme … and he 'll be taking some of the orphans at the Downs School in Colwall : |
| 23 | And for at least one parent , there was an awareness that sometimes children 's sense of justice can be hurt by parents not taking some of the blame : ‘ If a kid arrives late for school , or is not properly dressed , then that 's not the kid 's fault , it 's the mother 's fault , or whoever got them out in the morning . |
| 24 | A honey-bee colony , which may eventually contain up to eighty thousand individuals , is founded when a young queen hatches in an existing colony and emigrates , taking half of the workers with her . |
| 25 | Many roasters now pack the beans warm from the roasting process in bags with a special filter which allows the beans to cool while preventing the volatile gases from escaping , taking much of the flavour of the beans with them . |
| 26 | This was delayed until after the rest day , taking much of the heat out of the situation , and a public hand-shaking by the two players concluded the issue . |
| 27 | Taking three of the early stations — Heysham , Hartlepool and Dungeness — their average annual availability to produce power between 1987 and 1989 was respectively 43 per cent , 27 per cent and just 15 per cent . |
| 28 | Adams benefited from the tailenders ' intention to belt him out of the ground , taking three of the last five wickets for final figures of four for 43 from 21.4 overs . |
| 29 | A total of 416 companies entered from 21 countries with the UK taking 17 of the 50 winners . |
| 30 | This was more to the Swedes ' liking , taking 5 of the first 8 places , including the top 3 . |