Example sentences of "[noun sg] by taking the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked for a textured effect by taking the broad tips sideways over the paper surface . |
| 2 | I studied at the Scuole Medie in the Istituto Melloni , which would enable me , after four years , to choose either a classical or a scientific education by taking the appropriate examination . |
| 3 | But they will begin life by taking the 20 years ' accumulation of magnesium oxide cladding from around uranium fuel rods used in the Magnox reactors . |
| 4 | Do yourself and the community a favour by taking the rusty iron and junk you find to the nearest litter bin . |
| 5 | It is possible from the village , without too much effort , to survey the great wilderness of Fisherfield Forest from the east by taking the private road to the little huddle of buildings known as the Heights of Kinlochewe and thence following a rising track to the left until the vast amphitheatre is revealed in a surround of formidable mountains of which Slioch and Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair are now the most prominent . |
| 6 | Taking a random page from the writings of Karl Popper , one can see the structure of the discourse in skeleton form by taking the first phrase or sentence of each paragraph . |
| 7 | The Renegades were 6–5 ahead and looking good , but Robert Hunter was the Kop 's saviour by taking the last game . |
| 8 | Although it was almost a century before the Ottomans eradicated the last traces of the medieval Serbian empire by taking the Serbian fortress of Smederovo on the Danube in 1459 , the battle of Kosovo sounded the death knell for independent Serbia . |