Example sentences of "of taking the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was on the point of taking the key fortress of Valencia in the same year , when he fell sick and died within a matter of weeks . |
| 2 | My second disaster of the trip happened in the very minute of taking the camper van onto the road . |
| 3 | In a remarkable inversion of Soviet vocabulary , he accused radicals of pressing for power using the " neo-Bolshevik tactic " of taking the political struggle on to the streets . |
| 4 | Iulian Vlad , 59 , the head of the now disbanded Securitate secret police and Secretary of State at the Ministry of the Interior under the regime of President Ceausescu until Dec. 22 , 1989 , on charges of taking the dissident Dumitru Mazilu into custody illegally on Dec. 21 , 1989 . |
| 5 | Think of all the opportunities that are available each day to walk , instead of taking the easy option by using cars , buses , taxis and trains . |
| 6 | Then Nigel had the bright idea of taking the two women for a drink at his local . |
| 7 | If reforming Russia is now the world 's biggest challenge , then comfort can be taken in this new Russian knack of taking the right road when choices have to be made . |
| 8 | One danger of taking the downward spiral of self-imposed isolation is agoraphobia , the fear of being away from the security of the home . |
| 9 | I am dismayed that so little has been done to decentralise , when so many other EC countries have clearly felt the benefits , both economic and political , of taking the decentralised route . |
| 10 | The simplest and earliest of these is due to Alfrey and consists of taking the spectral function as the negative slope of the relaxation curve in a static ( stress relaxation or creep ) experiment ( Figure 3.5 ) . |
| 11 | In the preface to this book Anne and Don Byrne state that instead of taking the usual text book approach to psychology they have ‘ decided to identify those areas of psychology which are directly relevant to the practice of nursing . ’ |
| 12 | DIRE warnings are given of the consequences of taking the necessary measures to make cars more environment-friendly . |
| 13 | The Orrell man , who was such a key player in England 's Grand Slam last year , had helped inspire a superb North effort to end what small chance London had of taking the Divisional title . |
| 14 | He then added : ‘ Although maybe now I 'll just do what he does and fight a bum a month instead of taking the hard fights . |
| 15 | As a consequence of taking the prescribed drug thalidomide , something like 8,000 pregnant mothers in the United States , Germany , Japan , Britain , Ireland , Sweden , Australia , Canada , Brazil , Italy , and Spain gave birth to monstrously deformed babies . |
| 16 | Cumani has a chance of taking the big sprint on the Knavesmire with Khaydara , but she has not run since June and will be hard pressed to hold Runun ( 3.45 ) , who was the convincing winner of a valuable Ascot handicap on his last outing . |
| 17 | And if he differed from his contemporaries in ethical matters , it was only because he accused them of taking the Old Testament commands too lightly and superficially . |
| 18 | We walked the length of the Hall , instead of taking the short cut though the darkened Ophthalmic Department . |
| 19 | In spite of the 190bhp power output capable of taking the little car from standstill to 60mph in under seven seconds and on to double the UK speed limit , it is that smoothness and flexibility that impress rather than the muscle . |
| 20 | The serious business of taking the tough decisions necessary to agree on a budget that both puts the deficit on a downward path and meets the government 's priorities has virtually disappeared . |
| 21 | My sincere thanks to my amanuensis Simon Rose , to my personal assistants Cressida and Catherine and to my colleague Bargepole , for showing me the consequences of taking the wrong turning in life . |
| 22 | The horrific experience of taking the wrong baby home from hospital has forged strong bonds between Tony and Maureen Bursey and Marie Coyle and her boyfriend Peter Wadsley . |