Example sentences of "taken [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In connection with the opposition to private legislation , care should be taken about accepting mere assurances of good intentions or generalised statements that the client is not affected . |
| 2 | In the breathless explanations that followed , apparently the WAAFs had been sent to relieve the airmen of manning the bombing quadrants but no action had been taken about withdrawing the RAF . |
| 3 | Then a decision can be taken about changing the artist 's material , producer or musical style . |
| 4 | Assuming a lead-time of approximately six years , i.e. the time taken between starting to train and ultimately being elected a full member of the Division , this figure shows that over half of those building surveyors now practising started their education during the period 1967–75 . |
| 5 | By the fourth century buildings were neglected and the marble facings were being taken for building elsewhere . |
| 6 | Your readers may or not be aware of the consternation currently being experienced in south-west Scotland following the installation of ‘ improved ’ technology at the Carlisle office of the Royal Mail whither our post has been taken for sorting for almost a decade . |
| 7 | ‘ ( 1 ) If on the application of the Secretary of State the court is satisfied — ( a ) that there is a reasonable likelihood that any person will contravene any provision of — ( i ) rules or regulations made under this Chapter ; ( ii ) sections 47 , 56 , 57 , or 59 above ; … ( c ) that any person has contravened any such provision or condition and that there are steps that could be taken for remedying the contravention , the court may grant an injunction restraining the contravention … or , as the case may be , make an order requiring that person and any other person … knowingly concerned in the contravention to take such steps as the court may direct to remedy it . |
| 8 | The second precondition is that ‘ there are steps that could be taken for remedying the contravention . ’ |
| 9 | In this country , the figure generally taken for designing rainwater systems is a maximum rainfall of 75mm ( 3in ) a day . |
| 10 | Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate which has the responsibility of ensuring that best practicable means are being taken for preventing the escape of any noxious or offensive gas into the atmosphere , and for rendering such gases where discharged harmless and inoffensive . |
| 11 | to the place where the personal data are stored , to security measures programmed into the relevant equipment and to measures taken for ensuring the reliability of staff having access to the data . ’ |
| 12 | The man , from Helen 's home town Horndean , near Portsmouth , was taken for questioning on Wednesday but police only released news of his arrest yesterday . |
| 13 | Companies Act 1985 , section 722(2) : Where information is held in a form other than in a ‘ bound book ’ , then ‘ adequate precautions shall be taken for guarding against falsification and facilitating its discovery ’ . |
| 14 | It can he useful to recap on the action you want taken after putting on pressure : ‘ If I call talk about it today , then I 'll be able to get on with the project — if I ca n't , the project is going to have to he delayed . |
| 15 | The decision to disqualify Abdoujaparov was taken after viewing TV pictures taken from a helicopter . |
| 16 | By Echo reporter CORONATION Street actress Lynne Perrie was said to be ‘ poorly ’ today in the hospital where she was taken after collapsing during filming earlier this week . |
| 17 | It was during these five years of Clarendon 's first period at the Foreign Office that it seems to have changed its status from the personal domain of the Secretary of State to a professionally staffed institution with its own executive functions and , at the same time , positive steps were taken towards providing suitable accommodation for this new organization . |
| 18 | In time Enkidu was seduced by a harlot from the city , and with loss of innocence an irrevocable step was taken towards taming the wild man . |
| 19 | France 's Finance Minister , Pierre Beregevoy , insisted a step had been taken towards eliminating fiscal frontiers . |
| 20 | Lewis said that the Government thought that it was only necessary , at present , to provide suitable accommodation for the War Office and the Foreign Office , but preliminary steps could be taken towards acquiring the land , and Hall could obtain designs for laying out the whole area . |
| 21 | Once the first and crucial step has been taken of recognising that everyone needs help to handle what are very distressing events , the next step is to request and take advantage of all the support available . |
| 22 | But in addition , the bold step was taken of creating specialist modules in areas like communication and personal and social development . |
| 23 | As the precaution was taken of recording ticket number disposed of , a name has been drawn to the attention of the Hon. |
| 24 | It just means that he 's — a lot of his time is taken up doing stats and it 's if he 's doing that he 's not doing something else . |
| 25 | Great care needs to be taken with ensuring good relationships between incoming church planters and established church leaders : ideally , a common strategy should be formed . |
| 26 | One by one we went into the office for a number of basic tests : we read a letter board at ten paces , ran on the spot and had our pulses taken before providing a urine sample and having a hearing test . |
| 27 | It is worth pointing out that rateable values can go up or down following an appeal , and care should be taken before acting . |
| 28 | The majority of rejected photographic claims are due to impatience — the photograph is taken before entering the zone . |
| 29 | Relations with the press may cause difficulties and advice should be taken before talking about a pupil . |
| 30 | Although a transfer of the ownership of a company is unlikely to be well received by the board , care should be taken before making the decision on how to react ; agreeing to increase national control can be less harmful than ( for instance ) withdrawing from the country altogether . |