Example sentences of "[conj] taking " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will make them less decisive and may inhibit them from giving orders or taking charge of the situation . |
| 2 | Unless you do something about it you will be losing money — money you could have invested in new equipment , or better marketing , or taking on more employees . |
| 3 | Using or taking as representing is a mental act , and it presupposes that the mind has the power of seeing generality in things , by seeing the class ( or form ) in the particular . |
| 4 | Externally she has to seek to diminish the threat by aggressive posturing and stamping and saying , ‘ We 'll get you , you bastards ’ , or taking real measures like these gates . |
| 5 | I can see the town airport from where I am , indeed I can touch its tarmac with a digit thrust through the chain-link fence — all that separates it from the Lofleiđ3ir — but to get from here to there is not so easy , and involves taking a bus into town and back out again or taking a taxi . |
| 6 | The waiters , and particularly the wine waiters , are so beautifully trained that you notice only their discretion and skill — you hardly even see them filling your glass or taking your plate . |
| 7 | The activities include befriending the elderly or taking them on day trips , re-creating trails and footpaths in National parks , organizing and running barge holidays for mentally handicapped children , and ‘ greening ’ inner cities by developing disused allotments . |
| 8 | Prince , she suggests , never leaves the recording studio long enough to have time for anything romantic like a candelit dinner or taking lady-friends to the movies . |
| 9 | I 'm still eating in a guilty , uncomfortable way : huge amounts one day , then fasting or taking laxatives the next . |
| 10 | The mixture of cheap jokes and pretentious philosophising becomes increasingly hard to stomach , however , and there are far too many moments when it is not clear whether you are supposed to be laughing at the characters or taking them seriously . |
| 11 | Daytimes can also be spent on the beach at Dassia , soaking up the sunshine or taking advantage of the excellent watersports available . |
| 12 | This ‘ tri-axial ’ feature makes sawing in tight corners or taking a few millimetres off the bottom of a fitted door very easy work . |
| 13 | Apart from the outdoor interest , its also worth visiting St Johann 's own folklore museum , or taking the train to the nearby fortress town of Kufstein . |
| 14 | They 're told that the amount of medicine they take us under their control and I usually suggest they experiment after two or three days with either increasing the amount of the dose e.g. two squirts instead of one or taking the remedy twice a day . |
| 15 | In addition , pupils at this level should be encouraged to contribute individually in class discussions and , where practicable , with wider audiences , eg in representing the views of a group , or taking small parts in group or class presentations . |
| 16 | have opportunities to participate in all activities related to reading , eg preparing and reading a selection of poems , or reciting some from memory , or taking part in storytelling sessions or dramatic activities ; |
| 17 | In the past week , it happens , we have heard intelligent and well-meaning whites talking in apocalyptic terms about the problem of the black underclass — that it can only be solved by draconian measures of enshrining abortion or taking children away from mothers . |
| 18 | It removes the pernicious , if subconscious obsession with calendar age , which precludes some of us from learning new things , or undertaking new tasks , or taking a new interest in the world around us . ’ |
| 19 | Brownie Owl continued : ‘ I think Farmer Bolsover is mostly afraid that we might do damage to his crops by not keeping to the paths , or taking a fancy to the fruit in his orchard . ’ |
| 20 | That is , of course , when I was n't actually casting an eye at the rope and pulley high over the hall or taking a glance at the shotgun . |
| 21 | There are grain ships , ore carriers , and many smaller ships trading with Ireland and Europe or taking refined oil or chemicals around the coast of Britain . |
| 22 | The coheirs will be able to claim the share of the estate , with Titius retaining or taking in advance the amount with which the testator wanted him to be content . |
| 23 | Williams pointed out that , in many cases , motivation for providing or taking part in training or education was , at least in part , financial , and closely linked to the sale of a specific product — database or information system . |
| 24 | Many women enjoy the independence of being retired when suddenly there is the opportunity to realise dreams and ambitions , from redesigning the garden to writing short stories or taking a degree . |
| 25 | It also examines how caring for children or elderly relatives or taking part-time work can affect the level of your pension . |
| 26 | There are many occasions when no drink at all should be the rule , particularly when driving , operating machinery or taking certain medicines . |
| 27 | Instead of turning back or taking the upper channel , a long cul-de-sac ending at a floodgate , Dennis beached the punt on the rollers forming a portage over the weir . |
| 28 | The matter of paying rent , rates , bills of any sort , or taking a child to dentist or doctor , or when need be , to the school in order to enquire into the progress ( or otherwise ) of his offspring were not part of his world . |
| 29 | Even if you are a very small business or taking on domestic staff you should write a job specification , although you may prefer to make it a more informal list of everything the job entails . |
| 30 | It also allows the diarrhoetic person no time for listening or taking in from the other . |