Example sentences of "taking [noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of countries which were suspected ( principally by the USA and other Western countries ) of developing chemical weapons-including Libya , Iraq and Syria-were among a total of 22 countries taking part for the first time in the committee 's deliberations since the opening of the spring session , albeit as observers . |
| 2 | The fact of taking charge or taking responsibility for a vulnerable elderly relative requires considerable moral courage which tends to fall to women ( Graham , 1983 ; Ungerson , 1987 ) . |
| 3 | Returning to London , Crawford supplemented his income by working as a waiter at Lyons ' Corner House , in Westminster , showing his athleticism by taking responsibility for a whole floor , a task normally given to four waiters . |
| 4 | Going to war , said Bush , was America taking responsibility for the new world order . |
| 5 | Principally taking responsibility for the broad area of labour economics including trends in the labour market , pay and problems of wastage and recruitment . |
| 6 | Denied the opportunity of supervising a major programme of construction in New York , where the Whitney Museum 's trustees have been unable to agree Michael Graves 's proposal for an extension , he is taking responsibility for the final stages of the conversion , now estimated to cost $35 million , of an ornamental warehouse located on Pittsburgh 's North Side , which will accommodate the museum . |
| 7 | Another very important factor was that at the Boat Show the R Y A announced that it was taking responsibility for the national coordination of all activities er for sailors with special needs , that 's blind , deaf , disabled and there are many organizations who are working in this field but the R Y A is the coordinator . |
| 8 | But the most popular means , especially for new bands , is on the level of cultural exchange , with the bands themselves taking responsibility for the reciprocal arrangement . |
| 9 | America had lost a role ( defending the free world against the Soviet Union ) and instantly re-invented another ; taking responsibility for the free world . |
| 10 | I 'm taking Fido for a nice walkie because it 's such a nice day . |
| 11 | ‘ She 'd been taking hush-money for the last ten years . ’ |
| 12 | Such a process has been taking place for a long time . |
| 13 | Art 93 , which is , with the collapse of the rival attraction formerly held at Olympia , now London 's only fair for contemporary art , will be taking place for the fifth consecutive year at Islington 's Business Design Centre ( 21–24 January ) . |
| 14 | If you have a few people taking orders for the same goods , you must be sure that one does n't commit the firm to a big shipment when another has just sold the last of the stock . |
| 15 | The toss went in Oxford 's favour , Jo Michels taking Middlesex for the tactical advantage of the first bend , since Cambridge were known to have a fast start . |
| 16 | Scharnhorst , taking Rawalpindi for an unarmed merchant ship , signalled her to heave to . |
| 17 | British Rail 's Superstaff awards are to be presented in May and the Transport User 's Consultative Committee is taking nominations for the most customer care conscious employee . |
| 18 | Er so we wrote to the heads of the schools and they were quite willing to accommodate er us and then I found out that er Muslims are already taking assemblies for a few years . |
| 19 | And in taking prey for the first time he had found courage . |
| 20 | The loss of two men , a highly expensive experimental aeroplane and the F-104 had serious repercussions , especially when one considered that all this happened when all were engaged in taking photographs for a private company during a military test flight . |
| 21 | They will visit Newcastle and London to start taking photographs for the new project on the differences between rural and urban life . |