Example sentences of "is take [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 When a child looks for a particular size box or a piece of material of a certain colour or texture , he is taking early steps towards sorting .
2 Although he has no intention of exposing his limitations at any of the Grand Slam tournaments this year , Borg is taking wild-card entries into Monte Carlo and Munich as well as playing in several 35-and-over events .
3 To get the Income Support a person must be available for full time work and show that he or she is taking reasonable steps to find a job .
4 Who is taking positive measures to prevent mothers in the third world feeding formula made with contaminated water to their babies ?
5 Without going into whether the information would come from his audit file or the client 's file , the Institute has a stated policy that it will not put pressure on the incumbent auditor/adviser to supply information to a successor while fees remain outstanding — though the incumbent should be prepared to demonstrate that he is taking active steps to collect the outstanding fee including , if necessary , a writ or summons .
6 If your Mob is taking high casualties you could be forced to take a panic test , resulting in your archers fleeing and panicking other Goblins .
7 The cameraman is taking light readings and setting his lenses .
8 The speculator knows that he is taking risky decisions .
9 The first is to take visual systems apart , identify their components and characterize the way these components work .
10 You , ho you should ideally all have a ouch , a file like this and , before I pick this up , erm , the best way of organizing your files and just , just take separate bits of paper now , to save yourselves time , is to take separate pieces of paper for the separate topics , that separate people have done , and as you 're talking to each other , begin making notes and adding to , to these different bits .
11 His only strategy is to take small steps and to carry the local vector parallel to itself over each step .
12 Erm , the answer in our minds is to take positive steps to reduce the housing revenue account debt burden , a matter which we will continue to bate , to debate until something is done about it .
13 Again , the easiest route is to take opposing views , though I am aware that one could probably detect many shades of opinion amongst teachers of English in universities .
14 The art is to take everyday ingredients and transform them into something magical
15 If the board is to take important decisions , it should be capable of doing so wisely .
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