Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] taking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Species that were numerous around the boat and which were caught for a cursory examination only ’ were released again alive , ‘ the operation ’ , Gould maintained , giving ‘ not the least pain to the bird , the point of the hook merely taking hold in the horny and insensible tip of the beak . ’ |
| 2 | Semiconductor industry top ten tables show the Japanese industry apparently taking over leadership from the USA around 1985 . |
| 3 | The hurricane would never blow itself out ; and at its eye was a figure already taking on the lineaments of a familiar enough twentieth-century ‘ type ’ , the male-dominated , passion-ridden female so well-known to the readers of the novels of Barbara Cartland . |
| 4 | There will be the closures and mothballing of pits , there will be a reduction of Apex jobs under the reorganization now taking place and steps towards privatization will begin . |
| 5 | If time is of the essence then taking the car to northern France for a couple of nights is an attractive option . |
| 6 | We doubt the accuracy of the 1990/91 analysis as to the proportion of effort assigned to different sectors of inspectors ’ activities , and reflect back to GAMTA 's 1983 submission to the CAA review then taking place when we recommended … that there should be more delegation of record checking to junior staff and even greater delegation of inspection functions to authorised personnel within AOC operations . |
| 7 | The Congress opened on March 28 , but adjourned after emergency votes concerning the confrontation currently taking place close to the Kremlin between security forces and pro-Yeltsin demonstrators [ see p. 38080 ] . |
| 8 | As a result of these meeting it is hoped that Catholics around the regions can link with each other , and with other Christians , to support the enormous amount of work already taking place . |
| 9 | Say if you 're , if you 're really busy at the bar just taking your gloves off and fucking putting them on . |
| 10 | Because then they could see the conservatory gradually taking shape |
| 11 | Although O'Neill tried to present the case as one of the law simply taking its natural course to deal with illegal disorder , the Free Presbyterians saw it as a deliberate attempt to use the apparatus of the state to suppress true Bible Protestantism . |
| 12 | Er in the context of bulk transfers would you like to comment on the Good Committees conclusions on the bulk transfers of members between schemes and how they operate , and do you think that er there is widespread abuse or do you think er on balance your experience has been that where bulk transfers have taken place , they have taken place responsibly , but I would in that context ask you to comment whether there has been an unreasonable time delay where you have experienced bank bulk transfers between the transfer actually taking place in terms of employees being transferred from an undertaking to another undertaking and the actual transfer of their pension funds . |
| 13 | THE British National Championships at Crystal Palace at the weekend once again saw Wolverhampton dominate the proceedings , with their fighters Elvis Gordon , at heavyweight , Densign White , at middleweight , Fitzroy Davies , at light-middleweight , and Owen Pinnock the bantamweight all taking gold medals . |
| 14 | THE British National Championships at Crystal Palace at the weekend once again saw Wolverhampton dominate the proceedings , with their fighters Elvis Gordon , at heavyweight , Densign White , at middleweight , Fitzroy Davies , at light-middleweight , and Owen Pinnock the bantamweight all taking gold medals . |
| 15 | He might even be Puddephat 's own son , she thought , her imagination suddenly taking flight . |
| 16 | This is a slow process normally taking an hour per unit of alcohol . |
| 17 | Using Cox 's proportional hazards model and adjusting for age , sex , and site of cancer , we found that survival time in the atenolol and β blocker groups was no different from that in the group not taking β blockers ( risk ratios 1.02 and 0.88 , respectively ) . |
| 18 | With the team still taking new shape , Arsenal reached the Cup final for the first time in 1927 , their opponents being Cardiff City , one of the more successful sides of the decade . |
| 19 | In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours . |
| 20 | This group prepares a Draft Convention , a process usually taking several meetings each of some weeks duration , for consideration at the next Session of the Conference . |
| 21 | Atco Qualcast , signalled as up for sale by BCI some two years ago , without takers , has been restructured at BCI 's expense by the very team now taking it over . |
| 22 | It is a sad sight for not only is it a famous Belfast landmark but to anyone who has spent an enjoyable evening there taking in anything from a popular musical to a classic play it must feel like a personal loss . |
| 23 | In that same instant , the Angel Two launched himself out of his chair , the speed of his reaction almost taking Grant by surprise in turn . |
| 24 | Section 46 deals with how stoppage in transit may be effected , by the seller either taking actual possession of the goods or giving notice of his claim to the carrier . |
| 25 | In both cases these are intellectuals talking about their own work by linking it with a process continually taking place at a popular level and in everyday life . |
| 26 | She sat on the edge of his bedding , leaving her hand where it was , the physical contact suddenly taking on a new meaning . |
| 27 | There was an unusually complex situation at East Hendred , with three pensioners in addition to the parson all taking their cut : the abbot of Abingdon and the archdeacon of Berkshire each had ‘ a portion out of the rectory ’ of two marks and one , respectively , while a clerk named William Jones was entitled to ‘ a portion of tithes ’ to the value of 8s. , leaving £16. 1s. 4d. for the incumbent . |
| 28 | the , Russ ' erm , done , well he 's already got a wall , just make it a bit bigger , an existing wall just taking it around the back so gon na do that in the summer I 'll erm , well in the spring , yeah gives er a bit , a bit of a practice |
| 29 | One of the areas that has to be considered on the question of harm is impairment of intellectual development and on the evidence , if he was absent for another three months with a travelling fair , there is considerable likelihood of his education not taking place with consequent impairment of his intellectual development , if indeed there were no other risks attendant upon such a way of passing his time . |
| 30 | and w we have n't suggested that , that there was a revolution already taking place . |