Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] taking the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The president is taking the key decision as to whether to increase his forces in the Gulf and to switch from a defensive to an offensive posture . |
| 2 | The current was taking the two boats down towards the rocks , so Harry Pascoe could n't afford to waste time . |
| 3 | ‘ No ! ’ he said , ‘ you 'll never get a job as long as your father is taking the Daily Herald ! ’ |
| 4 | Mute 's stance follows the news that music industry magazine Music Week is taking the first step to redefining the term ‘ independent ’ by running ‘ a genre chart open to all-comers ’ , next to ‘ an old-style distribution chart ’ , from September 19 . |
| 5 | The Taiwan Rugby Football Union is taking the adventurous step , one which has not been contemplated before , of sending a national squad overseas solely for training purposes . |
| 6 | Every last bit of unkempt hedge in our front garden was taking the same attitude it had always taken . |
| 7 | Nicholson on the other hand was taking the pretty route , basically because he had no choice ; no one was making him any offers . |
| 8 | IBM Corp has launched a version of OSF/1 , but only in the ultra low-volume mainframe version of AIX , but Groupe Bull SA is quite happy to add bits of Foundation technology to its Berkeley Unix brought up to Unix System V.3.2 level , and Hewlett-Packard Co is taking the same tack with HP-UX . |
| 9 | ‘ The company is taking the wider view , being proactive over staff well-being . ’ |
| 10 | And I was able to do this , so that half the fee was being paid for a three-piece suite going , some boxes , to another address , and then this bedroom suite was taking the other half of the charge back . |
| 11 | Over the weekend only a third of ambulance crews were working in London , where the dispute is taking the biggest toll because of staff shortages . |