Example sentences of "taking a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What do we have in mind in taking a causal circumstance to explain an effect in the given sense ? |
| 2 | Never feel uncomfortable warning people you encounter halfway up a mountain who are dressed for the beach that they are taking a great risk proceeding without extra clothing and food . |
| 3 | Virginia stood up abruptly , taking a deep breath to control herself . |
| 4 | Taking a deep breath to calm his racing pulse , Grant stuck out his hand on impulse . |
| 5 | The single most important reason for taking a temporary job given by respondents to the LFS was that a permanent job was not available [ see Table 2.10 ] . |
| 6 | This approach to risk measurement , in addition , is particularly important if the credit manager is taking a strategic approach to risk management which requires as its initial stage a formal system for risk categorisation of customers . |
| 7 | It 's taking a long time to heal . ’ |
| 8 | Littleton , Massachusetts-based Alliant Computer Systems Corp is taking a long time to die — too long for Craig Mundie , who resigned as president and chief executive to accept a position with Microsoft Corp as general manager , Advanced Consumer Technologies . |
| 9 | The switched-off siren was taking a long time to die . |
| 10 | These services are still delivered through the traditional hierarchical structures with decisions being ‘ handed down ’ and information from the ground level taking a long time to reach and influence the making of decisions and policy . |
| 11 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 12 | Not returning calls , or taking a long time to do so . |
| 13 | I simply say that on the debates we 've had on the Policing Bill , I 've learnt what the functions of your Noble House is all about and the speech that 's just been made from across the Chamber from me , sums up entirely my views on the matter , and I say to your Lordships House that on the basis of experience as Northern Ireland Secretary when one is a Home Secretary for a province and there 's a number of people in this House who 've had a job to do including the Noble Lord , The Noble Viscount Whitelaw who set the tone of the way we all proceeded , I accept that , the one of the things we had to do there was bring democracy back to policing and the primary force of policing is taking a long time to do and that here as Home Secretary , everything I learned there was , stop the growing centralisation and the weakening of the police authorities and police force and this Bill does exactly that But now one of the questions I 've asked myself and it 's the only point because all the points have been made that I really want to ask the Government is what are these appointees for ? |
| 14 | For example , a client may come to a bureau because he is concerned that the housing benefit to which he is entitled is taking a long time to materialise . |
| 15 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 16 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 17 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |
| 18 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 19 | Those hyacinths in the cauldron are taking a long time to come out are n't they ? |
| 20 | Those hyacinths in the corner are taking a long time to come out , are n't they ? |
| 21 | ‘ These lights seem to be taking a long time to change ’ |
| 22 | Watching the door , Lucy stood waiting for them to emerge again , but their exit appeared to be taking a long time to eventuate . |
| 23 | It is taking a long time to redesign the business processes of these industries . |
| 24 | So I think we are actually obliged , and it 's right that people should be consulted , but there is a point about it that it takes an awful long time and that is actually the reason why we 've got er a whole programme of urban safety management schemes that er are taking a long time to develop , it 's almost two years now , and the main reason for that is toing and froing with different designs with members of the public and the worst thing we could do is actually put in a package of schemes which people say , well that 's not what we wanted anyway . |
| 25 | You may have recollections of taking a long time to achieve competence in one particular skill , and wonder whether on returning you will be given adequate time to practise and revise . |
| 26 | Letting herself out inconspicuously by way of the backstairs , Joan set out after dark for the Garden Tower , taking a circuitous route to avoid arousing suspicion . |
| 27 | Our next move was to co-operate with anglers by meeting the National Federation of Anglers and taking a joint initiative to remove the use of lead in anglers ' tackle . |
| 28 | As a result , you will spend many years with your new carpet , and so it is worth taking a little while making the right choice of carpet . |
| 29 | By taking a four-month period to flatten out the effect of the usually low total in August and the correspondingly high one for September it calculates the increase on the previous four months was four per cent and the year on year growth at 11 per cent . |
| 30 | At least I had the money , painfully scraped together with a view to eventually taking a PGCE-TEFL course to upgrade my qualifications and enable me to escape from Clive 's power . |