Example sentences of "taking the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instead of taking the final explanatory step , he leaves them with an unanalysed notion of class strategy . |
| 2 | There they transferred to the Métro , taking the rubber-wheeled underground train on the Neuilly line to the west of the city . |
| 3 | Gerard also stresses the importance of taking the right conditioning products on holiday with you . |
| 4 | She hurried from the office , taking the creaking old lift to the top floor of the building . |
| 5 | It helped to have two such formidable singers taking the two female dragon roles : Anne Collins as a fruity Princess Clarissa , tyrannical in a general 's uniform of black leather , and Jane Eaglen as Fata Morgana , like Katisha in Mikado only more so . |
| 6 | Here you can eat and drink well at reasonable prices before taking the two minute walk to the centre of town . |
| 7 | But actually Tolkien had no doubt already started finding out , taking the two obvious courses of looking up ‘ Earendel ’ in A. S. Cook 's 1900 edition of Christ and in the index of Jacob Grimm 's Teutonic Mythology . |
| 8 | Taking the first two restrictions , section 14 and Schedule 2 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 prescribe the courts and the proceedings for which representation is available . |
| 9 | At turn-off the phase current decays exponentially from its initial value of +2 A towards a final value of -2 A. If the phase electrical time constant is T and turn-off begins at time t = 0 , the instantaneous current is : which , taking the first two terms of the exponential series expansion , can be approximated by : Initial energy stored in the inductance = , so 50% of the stored inductive energy is returned to the supply at turnoff . |
| 10 | THE British Government is taking the first tentative steps to standardise the computers and computer equipment that are bought by civil servants . |
| 11 | so I 'm actually taking the first three weeks and you 're taking the last |
| 12 | Taking the first reported date for each bird records have been distributed as follows : July ( two ) , September ( two ) , October ( three ) , November ( one ) , December ( eight ) , January ( one ) , February ( two ) , March ( three ) , April ( one ) , and May ( three ) . |
| 13 | It 's mainly a question of confidence and taking the first few steps . |
| 14 | From here , instead of returning by the same route , it is possible to descend the mountain 's opposite side by taking the other cog-wheel railway from the Rigi Kulm to Arth , the bottom station near the Arth-Goldau junction station on the Swiss Federal Railway main line from Luzern , Basel , Zurich and the Gotthard line . |
| 15 | Even if there is no impairment in an individual 's ability to become aware of a hazard to safety , there may be some reason why he is prevented from taking the necessary avoiding action . |
| 16 | Graham repeated his win over Martin in Monday 's downhill by taking the Super Giant title yesterday by 0:93sec . |
| 17 | The film was a huge success , taking the familiar gang-versus-gang plot and adding some touching character studies and excellent performances all round . |
| 18 | Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground , the side of the punter against the forces of evil . |
| 19 | Before taking the overnight express train to Luxor , spend a day in Cairo at your leisure . |
| 20 | THIS time last year I struck one of the most unlucky ante-post bets of my whole racing career when taking the 16-1 Ten Plus for the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 21 | Curtis then came back at him in the following set , to take a 4–2 lead , but the Nottingham player was swift to respond with a counter-attack , taking the next two games to square the set . |
| 22 | Newmarket challengers Alinova and Al Shaati can send punters away happy at Beverley by taking the last two races . |
| 23 | Newmarket challengers Moscow Sea and Al Shaati can send punters away happy at Beverley by taking the last two races . |
| 24 | A. Taking the last three points together . |
| 25 | Really , are you gon na carry on taking the those red bombers |
| 26 | Taking the so-called lower levels of language to some extent for granted , we proceeded from the most detailed features of discourse towards the most general . |
| 27 | ‘ Now they seem to be taking the same supine approach to the milk and potato marketing boards , where the Government is in the process of selling out the interests of farmers . |
| 28 | PostScript sacrificed performance for flexibility and , as a result , is capable of taking the same original information and producing it at any output resolution ; 72 , 300 , 1270 or 2540dpi . |
| 29 | ‘ And now he 's tiny , and soft like a little bud of life ! ’ she said , taking the soft small penis in her hand . |
| 30 | At first , Hanns was clearly taking the original Botticelli concept too literally for John 's wishes , and received the comment ‘ Set is quite wrong ; nothing to do with sea shore or shells at all , it must be abstract using plant form … |