Example sentences of "to [be] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the jitters the cost escalation has caused in the City , the French appear to be taking a more sanguine view . |
| 2 | ‘ It seems to be taking a long time , ’ Omi observed . |
| 3 | Muldoon seemed to be taking a long time over his coffee . |
| 4 | The school does need to be seen to be taking a sensible and fairly consistent line or doubts will be raised about the strength of school management and accusations of double standards will fly . |
| 5 | Now , at last , scientists appear to be taking a long , hard look at fluoridation and the uncontrolled , indiscriminate use of fluoride-containing dental products . |
| 6 | Melbourne dental surgeon Geoffrey Smith ends his excellent article ( 5 May , p 286 ) with the statement — ‘ Now , at last , scientists appear to be taking a long , hard look at fluoridation … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ These lights seem to be taking a long time to change ’ |
| 8 | He was glad that the design of his own life seemed , in the end , to be taking a shape that was not entirely haphazard . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to be working there for nothing , so I do n't want to be taking a job away from a local who would be paid for it . ’ |
| 10 | but testing at 7 , 11 and 14 , together with the National Curriculum , seems to many teachers to be taking a significant step in the wrong direction , imposing on younger and younger children a model of education about which they , the teachers , have increasing misgivings . |
| 11 | Scotland 's Lord Advocate is now known to be taking a personal interest in the case . |
| 12 | HP and IBM seem to be taking a vanguard position in this thing and are pretty cosy themselves ( UX No 430 ) . |
| 13 | Six UK licencees include the Prudential Building Society , the Post Office and Swiss Bank — North West Water is said to be taking a look . |
| 14 | Hewlett-Packard and IBM seem to be taking a vanguard position in this thing and are pretty cosy themselves . |
| 15 | The new American administration seems to be taking a stiff line on counterfeiting , and the guiltiest countries were therefore worried by the approach of April 30th , the annual deadline for putting countries on America 's blacklists . |
| 16 | The new French government is said to be taking a fresh look at the matter . |
| 17 | HOG members stress the group is concerned only with generic definitions , and whilst OSF is said to be taking a lead role in new work , HOG members have already agreed to endorse those previously established by the Network Management Forum . |
| 18 | ‘ Chelmsford seems to be taking a very hard line , but our legal department and the council 's legal department are in discussions to see just what we would be able to sell on Sundays . ’ |
| 19 | The chapter concentrates upon a particular moment in the story of British fascism , when this ideological tradition seemed to be taking a new turn . |
| 20 | In outlining its attitude towards ‘ the Jewish Question ’ , Vanguard seemed prima facie to be taking a stance which rejected the whole conspiracy theory of politics . |
| 21 | Therefore individuals , who seem to be taking a consistent explicit attitudinal stance , may implicitly be accepted ideologically determined counter-themes . |
| 22 | I would n't put it past Ron to be taking a cut for himself . |
| 23 | Matthew Prescott seemed to be taking a heck of a time to open the door . |
| 24 | First the man insulted her , and now he seemed to be taking a perverse delight in taunting her . |
| 25 | Watching the door , Lucy stood waiting for them to emerge again , but their exit appeared to be taking a long time to eventuate . |
| 26 | ‘ You seem to be taking a genuine interest in the place , ’ he commented with a touch of irony . |
| 27 | In addition , with all the hype over the new stand , many bookmakers who had deserted Down Royal , were now keen to be seen to be taking a renewed interest in betting there — obviously with the view to establishing a cosy pitch when grand opening day on July 13 takes place . |
| 28 | The other concern in the City Council 's evidence on H One er is this issue of distribution , I note Mr Davis 's comments about the difficulties of subdividing the Greater York allocation between different districts , and I I do acknowledge the difficulty in relation to Harrogate , and particularly Hambledon which obviously has a very small proportion of Greater York , on the other hand both Ryedale and Selby do contain a substantial proportion of the Greater York population , er based on my calculations of their er proportion of the population of Greater York which admittedly is a somewhat crude way of of doing estimates , but in the absence of of any other projections that was really the only way to do it , my estimate is that the er compared with the nine seven target of County Council would take in the could potentially be seen to be taking a share of four thousand two hundred in Ryedale and seventeen hundred for Selby , if you base it on their existing population distribution on er part outside the city , now I 'm not saying necessarily that 's how the way you would do it , but I I think it 's an indication that the scale of development in those two districts is quite significant in Greater York , our concern is that the policy as it currently stands does not give any real guidance as to the way in which distribution of development outside the city , but in Greater York , erm can be er should be di divided up , and I think the problem really occurs from the introduction of the new settlement into H One , erm I do n't want to stray into the H Two debate Chair , but I think it 's the fact that H One does include a figure for the new settlement , that the new settlement is not located within any particular district , but that all the district totals do include in effect a figure which is undetermined at this stage , that that would be absorbed by the new settlement , as I understand the policy at the moment , and I think that really does introduce a problem , erm because clearly all of the emerging districts wide local plans could be in conformity with the structure plan and not include the new settlement , I think it 's er interesting to note that the the D O E's recently published a good practice guide , on development plans , did particularly highlight the situation in Greater York , as a problem , as a shortcoming of the existing plan , and if I can just quote it , it does say this , on page forty three , it would seem appropriate for broad locations of new development to be established by means of an alteration to the structure plan . |
| 29 | devoted to the question of of of road transport and its limitations and erm er although again I mean there was no particular mention to any party other than the Government , erm it it certainly seemed to be taking a very critical view of of road transport and it does seem to be spreading now . |
| 30 | Perhaps they were disturbed by alarming reports from France , where the noble philosophical aims of Liberty , Equality and Fraternity were beginning to be taken a little too far . |