Example sentences of "in taking the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are way behind in taking the necessary measures that will help to prevent this kind of tragedy happening again . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The burden increased when it became clear that it was schools who would be held principally responsible in implementing the national curriculum , in taking the first steps in teacher appraisal and in managing their finances . |
| 10 | The Iliad went in for the triumvirate in the Ladbroke of 1991 at Leopardstown and then the biggest success of all came at Cheltenham where Destriero was supposed to have landed a gamble of over £1m in taking the Supreme Novices Hurdle . |
| 11 | It is accustomed to success : success in taking the best food , the most food , the best shelter , the best sleeping spot , and so on . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Compliance in taking the prescribed tablets was assessed by history , and by counting residual tablets when the prescriptions were renewed . |
| 14 | This was judged by patient history and counting residual tablets ( the placebo and ursodeoxycholic acid were given double blind ) when the prescriptions were renewed and compliance in taking the prescribed tablets were excellent . |
| 15 | It is also likely to improve patient compliance in taking the daily quota of bile acid . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Frank Gray flopped all too quickly when his predecessor might have succeeded in taking the same squad to safety . |
| 18 | There is disintegration when no common morality is observed , and history shows that the loosening of moral bonds is often the first stage of disintegration , so that society is justified in taking the same steps to preserve its moral code as it does to preserve its Government and other essential institutions . |
| 19 | This is where the real debate is and where the Government have succeeded in taking the high ground . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The appeal ought to be dealt with by someone who was not directly involved in taking the original decision . |
| 22 | 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 . |