Example sentences of "for taking " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am writing as I 'm puzzled as to why you have released Kim Hyun-hui who planted a bomb on a plane and killed 115 people but have imprisoned a girl for taking part in a peace march . |
| 2 | He was asked whether he thought he would get back his record for taking the most Test wickets . |
| 3 | The case for taking this step has long been powerful , and is now overwhelming . |
| 4 | The far left is also being blamed for taking advantage of grievances . |
| 5 | But unions would be effectively debarred from holding a strike ballot in support of workers already sacked for taking part in unofficial strikes . |
| 6 | WITH UK mortgage interest rates heading towards 14.75 per cent , and the possibility of even higher rates in prospect as a result of the sterling crisis , borrowers can be forgiven for taking notice of the proliferation of newspaper advertisements extolling the virtues of foreign currency loans . |
| 7 | Identifying the underlying motives of a particular nation for taking any restrictive action on trade should be an essential feature of any international marketing plan . |
| 8 | The operative straw seems to have been his exclusion from the inner circle during the twenty-four hours of the joint Anglo-French ultimatum , though back in August Clark had recorded quite dispassionately that ‘ a good deal of effort is going into trying to find a proper pretext for taking military action . |
| 9 | The second reason for taking the ‘ non-party ’ claim seriously is that the various Leagues — and not just the three studied by Coetzee — were frequently critical of the Conservative party and expressed strong reservations about the effectiveness of the Conservatives as a political force . |
| 10 | Your son resents his stepbrother for taking up your time , and is worried that you do n't love him any more . |
| 11 | I think it 's for taking stuff to the factory and that . |
| 12 | On previous tasks he has usually been on the cordon ringing the incident that the EOD team has been involved with , and cursing them for taking so long . |
| 13 | Those with a second home should pay at least double the community charge for the area , then they would be making some recompense for taking up properties that could be used for people who need them . |
| 14 | The BHRCA is to be applauded for taking the initiative on this issue , but if the joint congress is to receive the whole-hearted support of other leading organisations , it is important that no single ‘ lead organisation ’ should take ownership . |
| 15 | Environmental groups believe that because the big industrial nations control these committees and are anxious to avoid curbs on industry and car use , they are using this scientific research as an excuse for taking no action . |
| 16 | That might seem fair enough considering the profitability of those businesses , but they are not quite so bad that people should be paid for taking them away . |
| 17 | He also criticised the commission for taking the decision in private . |
| 18 | To John , for taking the snaps , and to all the others for keeping us going with cups of tea . |
| 19 | ARMED with microscopes , miniature drills and an infinite capacity for taking pains , a few palaeontologists have redrawn their profession 's picture of early life . |
| 20 | The stainless steel hip-flask is perfect for taking a little home comfort with you into the great outdoors . |
| 21 | The foreman had naturally hit the roof over the loss of thirty minutes ' production , which would pull down his departmental output and efficiency target and had roundly reprimanded the shop steward for taking such unauthorised action without first bringing the alleged safety hazard to his attention , in line with normal company standard practice . |
| 22 | The Member who wrote to express his disagreement invited Mark to the House to discuss his reasons for taking the opposite viewpoint . |
| 23 | But while the critics gave the ABC network points for taking such an expensive programming risk , most predicted the show was too slow moving , too strange in short , too good to woo America 's couch potatoes . |
| 24 | William McCrea was imprisoned in 1971 for taking part in a banned march in Dungiven . |
| 25 | I infer from that he may have had reasons other than professional ones for taking on the employment you offered him . |
| 26 | The statement , meant to be reassuring , that ‘ Mummy has gone to heaven to be with Jesus ’ , can leave the child very jealous and angry with God for taking his mother away from him . |
| 27 | As mentioned in Chapter 10 under ‘ Parallax ’ , the techniques perfected during the 1939–45 War for taking synchronous photographs are now performed automatically by satellites . |
| 28 | There were , of course , grounds for taking it ; they could well argue the impossibility of continuing to give their loyalty and service to a monarch who was creating a totally new situation by failing in her fundamental duty of ruling her people . |
| 29 | No one was henceforth to suffer death or mutilation for taking the king 's deer : the penalties were to be limited to amercement , imprisonment or exile . |
| 30 | Langley spared neither blood nor fortune — he would beggar a nobleman for taking a fawn or a hare wandering on the road . |