Example sentences of "taking the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The second was announced at 2.17pm , temporarily taking the total rise for the day to five per cent . |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia yesterday publicly beheaded four people — two Saudis and two Indians — convicted of murder , taking the total number of people beheaded this year to 99. — Reuter . |
| 4 | They said two more people had been arrested yesterday , taking the total number of arrests in the case to 11. — Reuter and AP |
| 5 | As we saw in the previous chapter on Leadership , the key to success in leadership is to obtain the best ‘ mix ’ of attention to task and attention to people , taking the total situation into account . |
| 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 | Compared with that , is taking the final step with me so scary ? |
| 8 | The stock of inward portfolio investment and the cumulated inflow ( taking the end-1975 stock as a benchmark ) are shown in Fig. 3 . |
| 9 | Her family is convinced Mandy 's weight problems started when she started taking the contraceptive pill at 14 after the Rolling Stone seduced her in a Paris hotel.They stayed silent for eight years but were angered this week by 56-year-old Bill 's decision to go public . |
| 10 | One danger of taking the downward spiral of self-imposed isolation is agoraphobia , the fear of being away from the security of the home . |
| 11 | Normalisation is done by taking the average rate of growth exhibited by the extra-area trading balances . |
| 12 | Taking the current level of borrowings and forecasting future receipts of cash in and payments of cash out by salaries , bought ledger payments , tax payments and so on . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Parliament was thus taking the marital exemption into realms uncontemplated even by Hale , who believed that it was one thing for a man to have sexual intercourse with his wife without her consent , quite another for him to force her into sexual intercourse with others . |
| 15 | Showaddywaddy , however , are dismissed as ‘ revisionists , taking the revolutionary music of the workers ’ collectives of Memphis in the 1950s and subverting it with a horrible crepe-sole cabaret act . |
| 16 | So taking the overall position of Scripture on this matter , it is clear there is no Biblical set of rules and regulations for divorce and remarriage as such . |
| 17 | The famous horseshoe-shaped radiator was seen taking the chequered flag at Le Mans , Brooklands and Silverstone . |
| 18 | The impression given by de la Broquière of the Mufti as a chiefly religious figure is strengthened by the only two known incidents in which one of the first three " traditional " Muftis was actively involved in his capacity as Mufti , namely Fahreddin Acemi 's rout of the Hurufis and his taking the chief seat in the debate on both of which incidents find parallels in the careers of later Muftis . |
| 19 | Students are often uncertain whether they are taking the right kind of notes to help them survive and succeed at college . |
| 20 | ‘ Are you sure you are taking the right course of action ? ’ |
| 21 | Taking the specific argument about the role of drugs and ‘ drug barons ’ in stimulating the riots , this seems to have served two purposes . |
| 22 | Taking the specific volume at any temperature the specific volume at temperature T will be where T is the coefficient of thermal expansion at temperature T. This equation is true for small temperature increments . |
| 23 | Perhaps this can be made clearer by taking the specific example of somebody who has an anxiety attack whilst shopping in a supermarket . |
| 24 | Taking the specific example of n=7 we see that unc whilst |
| 25 | Hannon also saddled four winners on Wednesday and the stable 's long-serving travelling head lad Taffy Williams quipped : ‘ We are taking the stable cat to the races tomorrow , and Mr Hannon is sure he 'll win too ! ’ |
| 26 | Most feminists respond by multiplying the female subject , and taking the collective category of ‘ women ’ as a pragmatic basis for their politics . |
| 27 | Tullivers , as it was called , had been the home of old Admiral Josiah Trigg and his sister Lucy for almost thirty years , and when he died , suddenly one hot afternoon , after taking the sharp hill from the town at a spanking pace , his sister continued to muddle along in a vague , amiable daze for another eighteen months before succumbing to bronchitis . |
| 28 | The prevalence of gastric H pylori , active duodenitis , and gastric metaplasia was similar in patients taking the various NSAIDs with the exception of diclofenac and ketoprofen . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Ronnie Convery 's been taking the spiritual temperature of the nation 's main churches . |