Example sentences of "taking [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just imagine that for , taking half a dozen before you going into Mr 's geography lesson . |
| 2 | In France , honour is satisfied by a low-level court case taking half an hour . |
| 3 | Taking half an hour Birmingham-Kidderminster is fine when all goes smoothly . |
| 4 | Taking this a long step further , André Cassagnes ( France ) has his own special polyester fittings moulded by a friend M.Minot . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't you think you 're taking this a bit too far ? |
| 6 | Did n't she think it was odd that they were taking such a risk ? |
| 7 | No one is taking such a declaration at face value . |
| 8 | The hotel had much to keep youngsters occupied , but by day three we realised we had made a bad mistake in taking such a young child skiing . |
| 9 | Taking such a determined view is , however , just one — albeit very important — pre-requisite to winning . |
| 10 | Annie felt worried for the young woman who was flaunting the rules and regulations and taking such a risk . |
| 11 | Asked by the All Africa Press Service why the NCCK , which groups together over 35 Protestant churches in Kenya , is taking such a leading role in the democratic process , Mr Kobia said : |
| 12 | Meanwhile the effect of taking such a stance towards the text is to bolster its authority , or at least to fail to question it . |
| 13 | Prize Day in December 1894 was novel in that Mrs. Sykes presented the prizes : the Clerk to the Governors had suggested " as ladies were now taking such a prominent place in everything , they should ask a lady to present the prizes " . |
| 14 | However , the statistics seriously underestimate the incidence of rape , since the majority of women do not report cases to the police , considering that they have faced quite enough distress without taking such a case through the courts . |
| 15 | Underlying his bullishness was a feeling of incredulity that Oldfield , one of his oldest friends , should be taking such a step at all , and that Oldfield could have drifted so far away from him without Branson having read the warning signs . |
| 16 | Mabel began to get anxious ; why was the bus taking such a time ? |
| 17 | Editor , — Congratulations to the BMJ on taking such a strong stand on such an important issue . |
| 18 | ‘ Naturally , we hope you 'll see the wisdom of taking such a step . |
| 19 | Ironically , with its determined attempt to restructure the British economy at the expense of the working class , and by taking such a hard line on scroungers and loungers , the Conservative Government has created the very social conditions which have led to the intensification of the very crime wave it was elected to end . |
| 20 | This would require a massive body taking such a path to follow a space-like geodesic . |
| 21 | The benefits of taking such a stance are twofold . |
| 22 | Had been appalled to discover , through the industry grapevine , that I 'd been allowed to continue with the assignment after taking such a beating from ben Issachar . |
| 23 | more companies are in receivership and when manufacturing investment is down by 19 per cent. , how can the Government justify taking such a listless attitude to the needs of British industry ? |
| 24 | No other Government in the European Community are taking such a supine attitude to the need to secure convergence . |
| 25 | Taking such a decision although costly in staff time , may over criticism that exhibition hours are designed to suit the staff rather that the public ! |
| 26 | However , by taking such a high cut-off point the specificity and positive predictive value of the test were reduced . |
| 27 | Puzzled to find her thoughts taking such a melancholy turn when she felt so wonderful inside , Sarella made her way into the bathroom and ran a shower . |
| 28 | Hogg said the SRU had ruled out taking such a game to a non-rugby ground in either district as costs could prove prohibitive . |
| 29 | But while the critics gave the ABC network points for taking such an expensive programming risk , most predicted the show was too slow moving , too strange in short , too good to woo America 's couch potatoes . |
| 30 | She rang off , happy that the Advent was taking such an interest in Boyd 's directorship , finished her coffee and went to take her morning shower . |