Example sentences of "[verb] in taking the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is where the real debate is and where the Government have succeeded in taking the high ground . |
| 2 | Frank Gray flopped all too quickly when his predecessor might have succeeded in taking the same squad to safety . |
| 3 | There is disintegration when no common morality is observed , and history shows that the loosening of moral bonds is often the first stage of disintegration , so that society is justified in taking the same steps to preserve its moral code as it does to preserve its Government and other essential institutions . |
| 4 | It is virtually certain that Friedrich Muenzer was mistaken in taking the Herculean legend of the Fabii as an invention of an Augustan antiquarian ( P.-W. , s.v . |
| 5 | 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 . |