Example sentences of "[noun sg] of taking the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horrific experience of taking the wrong baby home from hospital has forged strong bonds between Tony and Maureen Bursey and Marie Coyle and her boyfriend Peter Wadsley . |
| 2 | The serious business of taking the tough decisions necessary to agree on a budget that both puts the deficit on a downward path and meets the government 's priorities has virtually disappeared . |
| 3 | He was on the point of taking the key fortress of Valencia in the same year , when he fell sick and died within a matter of weeks . |
| 4 | One danger of taking the downward spiral of self-imposed isolation is agoraphobia , the fear of being away from the security of the home . |
| 5 | As a consequence of taking the prescribed drug thalidomide , something like 8,000 pregnant mothers in the United States , Germany , Japan , Britain , Ireland , Sweden , Australia , Canada , Brazil , Italy , and Spain gave birth to monstrously deformed babies . |
| 6 | If reforming Russia is now the world 's biggest challenge , then comfort can be taken in this new Russian knack of taking the right road when choices have to be made . |
| 7 | My second disaster of the trip happened in the very minute of taking the camper van onto the road . |
| 8 | Cumani has a chance of taking the big sprint on the Knavesmire with Khaydara , but she has not run since June and will be hard pressed to hold Runun ( 3.45 ) , who was the convincing winner of a valuable Ascot handicap on his last outing . |
| 9 | Then Nigel had the bright idea of taking the two women for a drink at his local . |