Example sentences of "is taking [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FA is taking no action against either club over incidents in the ground . |
| 2 | When she called in at Bloomsbury House for a routine chat , her adviser noted that she ‘ looks very dirty and neglected and is taking no pride at all in her personal appearance ’ . |
| 3 | Nay , one must give Richard of Gloucester the benefit of the doubt — he is taking no chances this side of the coronation . |
| 4 | A notorious example is the Ministry of Labour , which is taking no action whatsoever to fight discrimination in the workplace although such work is in theory part of its brief . |
| 5 | Tommy Dowens , the Su Ragazzi coach , is taking no chances on his team falling at the semi-final stage again . |
| 6 | China is taking a 33 per cent shareholding in the airport , which will have a capacity for 6.5 million passengers annually . |
| 7 | Rover , the British car maker , is taking a 20 per cent stake in the factory . |
| 8 | But reports that he is taking a quarter of the £3.3m portion of shares were firmly denied yesterday . |
| 9 | Mr de Klerk is taking a risk in releasing him unconditionally , a move which can be interpreted as a de facto unbanning of the ANC . |
| 10 | Any manager who does handle the artist 's money is taking a foolish risk , as well as letting themselves in for an enormous amount of unnecessary work . |
| 11 | VOLVO is taking a £2.4billion stake in the Swedish state-controlled industrial conglomerate , Procordia , in exchange for the motor giant 's Provendor food division and a 29 per cent holding in the Pharmacia drugs company . |
| 12 | Steve Bull is taking a two-day break from training . |
| 13 | ‘ I think the Vatican is doing a fine job , ’ Mr Fitzwater told reporters in Texas , where President Bush is taking a quail-hunting holiday . |
| 14 | It is taking a short cut to the consumer society that other East Europeans can not take , by collapsing into West Germany 's arms . |
| 15 | SITTING in the antechamber to his congressional office , Stephen Solarz , the loquacious representative for New York 's 13th congressional district , is taking a five-minute lunch break and wondering whether to run for president . |
| 16 | New Line , the most interesting independent , is taking a different tack . |
| 17 | Mr Poole says the company is taking a robust approach to chopping back unproductive non-core businesses and controlling its cash well . |
| 18 | International : Hong Kong : If the hat fits This weekend , Chris Patten , Tory Party chairman who lost his seat in the general election , is taking a break in France to consider a new job offer — the Governorship of Hong Kong . |
| 19 | Parents like to see the headteacher 's initials on their child 's reading card , they appreciate that the head is taking a personal interest in their child 's progress and keeping a general eye on activities in classrooms . |
| 20 | Next year is National Trust Gardens Year and the series is taking a suitably horticultural theme : English Garden Style , John Sales , Chief Gardens Adviser ( 14 January ) ; Stourhead Garden — The English Arcadia , Dudley Dodd , Deputy Historic Buildings Secretary ( 21 January ) ; Garden Plants from the High Himalaya , Tony Schilling , Deputy Curator of Wakehurst Place ( 28 January ) ; Biddulph Grange — The Restoration of a Victorian Garden , Keith Goodway , garden historian and botanist ( 4 February ) ; Restoring and Designing Garden Features , Paul Edwards , landscape architect , writer and journalist ( 11 February ) ; The Victorian Walled Garden , Peter Thoday , presenter of the BBC 's Victorian Garden series ( 18 February ) ; Other People 's Gardens , Norman Painting OBE , garden enthusiast and Phil Archer of the BBC 's The Archers ( 25 February ) ; Alec Clifton-Taylor Memorial Lecture : Four Centuries of Gardening at Chatsworth , The Duchess of Devonshire ( 4 March ) . |
| 21 | This is taking a sense of the particular about as far as you can go : man evolving as harmoniously with his landscape as the mayfly nymph evolved in harmony with its stream . |
| 22 | For example , a client may come to a bureau because he is concerned that the housing benefit to which he is entitled is taking a long time to materialise . |
| 23 | Although he is taking a positive attitude , it is clear that George 's self-image has been shaken . |
| 24 | But times have changed , and with several successful campaigns behind it ( goats have been eradicated from five islands ) Galapagos conservation is taking a new direction . |
| 25 | British Petroleum is taking a lead in advising Hungarian ( and Czech ) industry on what to do about large-scale redundancies in a country where unemployment has been limited by law to little more than 5 per cent . |
| 26 | But paying £56,000 for a house from which to collect train numbers is taking a hobby too far . |
| 27 | On many occasions you can be taking stock of the circumstances while walking to your ball , or while one of your playing partners is taking a shot . |
| 28 | ‘ The recovery is taking a little more time than I 'd hope for but I 'm rather impatient . |
| 29 | She is taking a totally objective marketing view and that 's jolly good . ’ |
| 30 | Niki thinks his engine is n't giving enough power ; he boosts his turbo pressure from 2 bars up to 2.5 and that is taking a hell of a risk with his fuel consumption . |