Example sentences of "taking the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Lawson did , however , play his part in taking the Prime Minister to that peak of economic success from which the poll tax plan was launched . |
| 2 | They were all minors and Joseph was taking the normal step to protect their interests , for if Ann remarried the estate would pass to her new husband . |
| 3 | The second was announced at 2.17pm , temporarily taking the total rise for the day to five per cent . |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia yesterday publicly beheaded four people — two Saudis and two Indians — convicted of murder , taking the total number of people beheaded this year to 99. — Reuter . |
| 5 | They said two more people had been arrested yesterday , taking the total number of arrests in the case to 11. — Reuter and AP |
| 6 | As we saw in the previous chapter on Leadership , the key to success in leadership is to obtain the best ‘ mix ’ of attention to task and attention to people , taking the total situation into account . |
| 7 | If he does , why does he reject the sovereignty of the British people in taking the final decision on the matter in a post-legislative referendum ? |
| 8 | After taking the final Examination the following year he trained and worked for six months as an Assistant Solicitor with a general practice in Hull . |
| 9 | Compared with that , is taking the final step with me so scary ? |
| 10 | It remains a Soviet priority to dissuade the ASEAN states from taking the final step that would transform ASEAN into a Western-sponsored security system . |
| 11 | The stock of inward portfolio investment and the cumulated inflow ( taking the end-1975 stock as a benchmark ) are shown in Fig. 3 . |
| 12 | Only women who are not breastfeeding and not taking the contraceptive pill are eligible . |
| 13 | Her family is convinced Mandy 's weight problems started when she started taking the contraceptive pill at 14 after the Rolling Stone seduced her in a Paris hotel.They stayed silent for eight years but were angered this week by 56-year-old Bill 's decision to go public . |
| 14 | One danger of taking the downward spiral of self-imposed isolation is agoraphobia , the fear of being away from the security of the home . |
| 15 | She is understood to have become ill at a party after unknowingly taking the illegal drug . |
| 16 | Normalisation is done by taking the average rate of growth exhibited by the extra-area trading balances . |
| 17 | Taking the current level of borrowings and forecasting future receipts of cash in and payments of cash out by salaries , bought ledger payments , tax payments and so on . |
| 18 | But this win was all about tactics , not times , and the way she demolished a field including two women who have beaten Liz McColgan in major championships — Elly Van Hulst ( who still holds the world record she set in taking the 1989 title ) and Lyn Jennings , the world cross-country champion for the last two years — must have whetted her appetite for Stuttgart and the ‘ real ’ world championships in August . |
| 19 | Taking the Labour Examination ? |
| 20 | As we have seen , in taking the philosophical approach which he does , it is not clear precisely how , having established the existence of a sovereign office of legislature , Oakeshott seeks to establish the rule of law qualification on the exercise of this power . |
| 21 | She said that the public were becoming agitated because the council did not appear to be taking the toughest line possible . |
| 22 | The simplest and earliest of these is due to Alfrey and consists of taking the spectral function as the negative slope of the relaxation curve in a static ( stress relaxation or creep ) experiment ( Figure 3.5 ) . |
| 23 | Apart from taking the Japanese surrender and recovering Allied prisoners of war , General Gracey 's third task was to maintain law and order ; and in this he was to recognize the sole authority of the French . |
| 24 | Parliament was thus taking the marital exemption into realms uncontemplated even by Hale , who believed that it was one thing for a man to have sexual intercourse with his wife without her consent , quite another for him to force her into sexual intercourse with others . |
| 25 | ‘ He 's taking the recognised medication . ’ |
| 26 | Showaddywaddy , however , are dismissed as ‘ revisionists , taking the revolutionary music of the workers ’ collectives of Memphis in the 1950s and subverting it with a horrible crepe-sole cabaret act . |
| 27 | So taking the overall position of Scripture on this matter , it is clear there is no Biblical set of rules and regulations for divorce and remarriage as such . |
| 28 | The famous horseshoe-shaped radiator was seen taking the chequered flag at Le Mans , Brooklands and Silverstone . |
| 29 | Bay of Plenty showed the advantage of the special coaching which New Zealanders receive for such events when they romped to victory in the Melrose Sevens tournament , taking the prized trophy overseas for the third year in a row by defeating Kelso 19–12 in the final . |
| 30 | ‘ It makes one dead after a while , ’ said Betty , taking the practical line . |