Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , governments ' ability to enforce subsequent agreements , will depend both on the existing efficiency and administrative capacity of local States , and on the legitimacy of their taking positive action to defend the global environment , in the eyes of local interest groups . |
| 2 | ( Moreover , the very fact of our taking that look can , as Werner Heisenberg pointed out , anyway affect the behaviour of the particle concerned . |
| 3 | Can you see a young man with a background like his taking any interest in a girl from Whitechapel ? ’ |
| 4 | The third respect in which Galileo 's theologizing backfired arose from his taking that office upon himself . |
| 5 | Christian Aid has agreed to my taking three months ' unpaid leave , and the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth has kindly awarded me a bursary to cover costs of travel . |