Example sentences of "in taking the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have seen , in taking the philosophical approach which he does , it is not clear precisely how , having established the existence of a sovereign office of legislature , Oakeshott seeks to establish the rule of law qualification on the exercise of this power . |
| 2 | Nor is it unlikely that some of them , or others , were interested in taking the Danish throne , and that the later stories about the killing of Haldanus and the expulsion of Harald reflect this , if in a distorted form . |
| 3 | The only type of help in which , according to the 1985 GHS , men clearly outnumber women is in taking the disabled person out — 60 per cent of men compared with 49 per cent of women carers living in the same household as the person being given care ( Green , 1988 , p. 27 ) . |
| 4 | Mr Lawson did , however , play his part in taking the Prime Minister to that peak of economic success from which the poll tax plan was launched . |
| 5 | If he does , why does he reject the sovereignty of the British people in taking the final decision on the matter in a post-legislative referendum ? |
| 6 | Ontos says it is working closely with Sun on front-end object interface technologies , and that Sun is very interested in taking the Sybase-link stuff for its own use . |
| 7 | But this win was all about tactics , not times , and the way she demolished a field including two women who have beaten Liz McColgan in major championships — Elly Van Hulst ( who still holds the world record she set in taking the 1989 title ) and Lyn Jennings , the world cross-country champion for the last two years — must have whetted her appetite for Stuttgart and the ‘ real ’ world championships in August . |
| 8 | It is accustomed to success : success in taking the best food , the most food , the best shelter , the best sleeping spot , and so on . |
| 9 | Mandy Wainwright played exceptionally well in taking the middle set 6–3 from 142 ranked Nana Miyagi from Japan ; whilst Joanne Ward typically made the most of her opportunity by extending Cristina Tessi to 7–5 6–1 . |
| 10 | It is also likely to improve patient compliance in taking the daily quota of bile acid . |
| 11 | It is virtually certain that Friedrich Muenzer was mistaken in taking the Herculean legend of the Fabii as an invention of an Augustan antiquarian ( P.-W. , s.v . |
| 12 | Frank Gray flopped all too quickly when his predecessor might have succeeded in taking the same squad to safety . |
| 13 | This is where the real debate is and where the Government have succeeded in taking the high ground . |
| 14 | During the trial , the mean fibre score in the diet group rose to 33.6 and over the three years for which reliable results are available , compliance in taking the high fibre diets seemed good with very little ‘ drift ’ in mean values that ranged from a minimum of mean ( SEM ) 31.0 ( 3.7 points ) at 36 months to a maximum of 325.5 ( 2.2 ) at 12 months . |
| 15 | The appeal ought to be dealt with by someone who was not directly involved in taking the original decision . |
| 16 | Librarians are no more gifted in taking the longer perspective than any other individuals , and will in the main react instinctively like most of the rest . |