Example sentences of "taken with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dougal was particularly taken with a flat-back figure of Dick Turpin , debonairly moustached and astride a prancing horse . |
| 2 | Just for the record , the picture was taken with a Nikon F4 , fitted with a 600mm lens and a x2 converter , on a tripod . |
| 3 | So the argument that Mr Major needs only to wait for the inevitable victory , after the inevitable economic recovery , should be taken with a fistful of salt . |
| 4 | CLAIMS in Another Paper that the former submariner Cdr Bill Boakes polled the lowest vote ever may be taken with a bucket of bilge . |
| 5 | These differing responses , the fundamental cause of most of the wars of history , were not necessarily taken with a knowledge of the effect that they would ultimately have , for at the relevant time the choice would not have been as clear to those making them , as it would be to minds educated to standards prevailing centuries later . |
| 6 | She went on record to reassure parents that no children were taken with a revenge motive . |
| 7 | Maps : The Schneider map of the Kathmandu Valley is invaluable ; outside the valley , the Nelles map of Nepal should be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 8 | Even Big Macs at times need to be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 9 | April 24 ) that ‘ population growth is responsible for 79 per cent of deforestation … ’ needs to be taken with a pinch of logic . |
| 10 | GIVEN THE reflective nature of ‘ Harvest Moon ’ and the fact that Young has been engaged in putting together an ambitious retrospective over the past few years , his claim that he only considers the past when talking to journalists must be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 11 | Although a well-designed sports shoe should absorb the impact on the 28 bones in each foot , claims about miracle technology , making your feet feel fantastic while helping you to attain Olympic standards , should be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 12 | Anything he has to say , therefore , even under oath , needs to be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 13 | While the first statement is no doubt true , the second must be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 14 | That might be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 15 | And I , I , I think obviously everything that he says has to be taken with a pinch of salt , but we 'll , we 'll come on to that |
| 16 | and therefore what he said was , should be taken with a pinch of salt because , I mean he was selling his idea . |
| 17 | Of course this calculation has to be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 18 | Grow from tip cuttings taken with a heel in spring or late summer , and plant in May . |
| 19 | Decisions , when they need to be ( for example , over new acquisitions ) , can be taken with a speed that surprises those used to the ways of public authorities . |
| 20 | One moment she was directing Maria in the making of knead cakes , the next she was taken with a sensation of wishing to bear down , no pains preceding it , and had a struggle to get herself to bed and to have Ferdinando and the midwife sent for . |
| 21 | In any event , on this picture , he was from time to time spectacularly taken with a seizure of one kind or another . ’ |
| 22 | THE Queen Mother 's consultant was today deciding whether she should spend a second night in the hospital where she was taken with a throat problem . |
| 23 | First , where an application for an injunction is made ex parte and the defendant claims , or in the opinion of the court would be likely to claim , that he acted in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute , the court shall not grant the injunction unless satisfied that all steps which in the circumstances were reasonable have been taken with a view to securing that notice of the application and an opportunity of being heard with respect to the application have been given to him . |
| 24 | One close-up taken with a zoom lens . |
| 25 | These seem to me considerations that should be taken with a seriousness at least equal to that for which the case in favour of the study of language has been urged . |