Example sentences of "for taking [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I am sorry to have to say ‘ shame on you Finlay Calder ’ for two disgraceful incidents , and ‘ shame on you , Scottish rugby powers that be ’ , for taking no disciplinary action against him .
2 Afterwards , Louis 's widowed mother , Catherine Innes , 43 , said : ‘ For taking a young boy 's life , 18 months is not enough .
3 The plate is now ready for taking a first print , that is , for proofing .
4 While obviously the fixed charge accords superior protection , there are sound reasons for taking a floating charge .
5 Very obviously when this town was designed and laid out and nobody foresaw the growth of the private motor car , er today private motor car is accepted , but in a town which was built perhaps the idea that one in twenty would own a motor car and we 're now faced with the probably one in three have a motor car , we 're now faced with a problem which can only detract from life in the town , also the fact that huge lorries are passing through what were envisaged as quiet residential neighbourhoods with a consequent breaking of curbs and of paving stones where the lorries are compelled to mount the pavings in order to get round parked cars and things of that nature it detracts from the life in Harlow I do , I think a considerable extent , erm , the other factor is that there 's become a lack of pride in the town by the people who live in it , this is seen from the amount of rubbish , and refuse that is dropped from the minor vandalism that goes on the graffiti , er particularly in underpasses where people are walking to the town centre and that , those are the things where the town has lost its way , when we first came here you never saw bits of paper and packages from sweets and cigarettes and things , perhaps maybe because the package industry has developed over the years and that er whereas whenever we had responsibility for taking a small child out , if it had sweets it was encouraged to put the wrappings in its pocket until it got home , now of course it 's encouraged to drop it just where it wants to and er this not only applies to children , some of the worst culprits are the adults who leave the , leave the public houses with a can of beer to drink on the way home and drop it just when they 've finished the last drop of beer or the fish and chip paper 's just dropped .
6 Although there may not be terrible penalties for taking a cautious approach to new and untested technology , it would be imprudent to make excessive investments in the hardware and software that is now offered by IBM and its ilk .
7 The LFS asks questions about reasons for taking a temporary job , offering four responses : " because the contract included a period of training " , " because a permanent job could not be found " , " because a permanent job was not wanted " and " other/no reason " .
8 As Table 2.10 shows , the single most important reason for taking a temporary job was that a permanent job was not available , although even then this was the reason given by only one third of all temporary workers .
9 As well as the reasons given in answer to direct questions , the LFS provides information on the importance of a further reason for taking a temporary job — that of being a participant in a special employment programme .
10 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 ] .
11 Their Lordships accepted that there was no general duty to provide reasons but attached a caveat , that if the preponderance of reasons pointed in favour of taking action and the Minister gave no explanation for taking a different course , the court would infer that he had no good reason and that he was misusing his authority .
12 The stainless steel hip-flask is perfect for taking a little home comfort with you into the great outdoors .
13 So that , when young gentlemen were on the rampage , the past — instead of being used as a stick with which to beat the deteriorated present — became the justification for taking a lenient view .
14 Having experienced the agony of crotch rot the previous winter in the Pigsty , I felt better for taking a daily douche , even if in winter the freezing water left everything numb for an hour or so .
15 for taking a few branches , and between £2 and £10 for the unauthorized building of a cottage or house , to £100 for unwarranted taking of timber on a large scale .
16 reasons for taking the general SVQ
17 Rocks that should prove suitable for taking the highly-active waste are mudstones and sandstones in coastal areas , where the sand is saturated with salt-water , says the study .
18 In 1969 a doping scandal at FC Bologna in Italy led to the entire team being found guilty ; in Uruguay the following year two internationalists admitted using an exotic African drug and in the World Cup prior to Argentina , FIFA banned the Haitian internationalist Ernst Joseph for taking the proscribed drug phenlmetrazin .
19 We must also extend our congratulations to our neighbours , FC Titford Polymer Converters , for taking the Second Division championship at the first attempt .
20 In its internal history for the Joint Chiefs of Staff , their secretariat give them the credit ( or blame ) for taking the first step in shifting the battle for Asia from China to Southeast Asia .
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22 Although Braque had been responsible for taking the first steps towards a more abstract type of painting , his own use of the new procedure was much more cautious than Picasso 's .
23 But my experiences in Guatemala , where the government has murdered tens of thousands for taking the tiniest steps towards development , have convinced me that non-violence does not always work , and that it is arrogant and dangerous to insist on such methods .
24 He plans a strong youth policy as the basis for taking the re-born club into the Welsh pyramid soccer system .
25 There was , however , one overriding reason for taking the conventional approach : much of the existing literature on women 's domestic roles draws attention to social class differences in women 's satisfaction with domesticity ; middle-class women are supposedly more dissatisfied than working-class women .
26 The Member who wrote to express his disagreement invited Mark to the House to discuss his reasons for taking the opposite viewpoint .
27 Arrangements for taking the SEFIC Examination are made on arrival at the school .
28 Paradoxically , as even the impecunious Liberal Democrats have now acknowledged , that 's also a reason for taking the whole business of advertising seriously .
29 Tough love should be kind , gentle and understanding to both the family member and the primary sufferer , while nonetheless allowing each to be fully responsible for his or her own feelings and behaviour and for taking the full consequences of all choices of individual action .
30 Either way , full marks to Kodak and Nikon for producing the goods and Ian Billinghurst for taking the excellent shots . . . .
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