Example sentences of "[noun sg] taking [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the overall groupings which we finally evolved for this book in terms of life focus also turn out to be remarkably close to the clusters of life styles picked out in an earlier American study taking just this perspective , Robert Williams and Claudine Wirths 's Lives through the Years . |
| 2 | He would himself take on the Finance portfolio , with Minister of Agriculture Madun Dulloo taking on Foreign Affairs and further appointments to follow . |
| 3 | The race includes a ladies ' race , the first lady taking about five minutes longer to cover the distance . |
| 4 | Charges and services offered vary among the main high street banks , though using the example of sending £50 abroad NatWest and RBS work out the cheapest at £6 for a standard transfer taking around 48 hours . |
| 5 | Charges and services offered vary among the main high street banks , though using the example of sending £50 abroad NatWest and RBS work out the cheapest at £6 for a standard transfer taking around 48 hours . |
| 6 | Charges and services offered vary among the main high street banks , though using the example of sending £50 abroad NatWest and RBS work out the cheapest at £6 for a standard transfer taking around 48 hours . |
| 7 | The palace is famous for three things : the great painted hall taking up two storeys , on the left of the façade , the important and beautiful garden , and its builder , Albrecht Wallenstein , who fascinated the German dramatist Schiller . |
| 8 | She had her back to the door and was standing at a filing-cabinet taking out more information she would need when she heard her assistant come back . |
| 9 | Sachin Tendulkar came in to a reception whose volume and pitch tended to confirm what Bishen Bedi had been saying about his sex appeal , and there was the arresting sight of a 41-year-old bowler taking on two batsmen whose combined age was 42 . |
| 10 | The wood is naturally seasoned outside before being kiln dried , the total process taking around six months . |
| 11 | And I must admit I was pleasantly surprised to find Burgundy 's Pinot Noir taking ever firmer root in Germany . |
| 12 | Bulkhead pontoons and rafts were also produced alongside these Assault Boats , the whole taking up one bay in the Wagon Shop . |
| 13 | Actually , this might have been quite productive since therapy is supposed to be a microcosm of your relationships , with the therapist taking on multiple roles . |
| 14 | A No 21 bus regularly runs from the Railway Station taking approximately 20 minutes and a No 9 runs from Clifton through the City Centre to the University . |
| 15 | The fifth can be chosen from some 15 others , with the great majority taking either Biological Chemistry or Physics . |
| 16 | Although this section of the wall was under constant surveillance by two warders , one of whom had to patrol the perimeter wall on foot taking about eight minutes , Blake was able to reach the foot of the wall unobserved where he found Bourke 's ladder , with which he made his escape , hanging over the wall . |
| 17 | RECRUITING IN A RECESSION Taking on new staff is rarely a company priority in a recession , but The Freshman Consultancy has established itself in the recruitment business in spite of the current climate |
| 18 | Read this proliferating , surging , skipping , mocking , smiling , looping torrent — what an enterprise it is — a man taking on human language . |
| 19 | The message of The First of the Few ( 1942 , Spitfire in the US ) , a biopic of the life of R. J. Mitchell , is that the Spitfire was made possible by one man taking on short-sighted business executives and parsimonious government authorities . |
| 20 | There were a series of confrontations with authorities , like Liverpool , faced with threats of central government taking over direct control of services . |
| 21 | He has recently bought and shipped to the UK one of the rare remaining Mooney M10 Cadets , which he flew solo from Los Angeles to Miami , the 2,267 nm journey taking almost two weeks . |
| 22 | Last Thursday central tv showed animal rescue workers at the farm taking away 35 goats suffering from emaciation. 6 horses were in such a bad condition they had to be shot . |
| 23 | A reverse takeover offer is , at first sight , curious , because it involves one company taking over another company with much larger resources . |
| 24 | The Rustins ( 1987 , p. 15 ) , no doubt taking up some ideas of E. M. Forster 's ( see below ) , say : |
| 25 | The survey , which will be a fairly detailed document taking around 45 minutes to complete , will explore the complex inter-relationships between people 's formal and informal experiences of , interests in , attitudes towards , and understanding of science . |