noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
take
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Mr Major had been taking private soundings about such a move before Christmas.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After discreet soundings , they prudently abandoned the idea, which would have involved a major encroachment upon judicial independence.
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Anderson participated in the informal soundings on how best the idea might be given institutional and practical form.
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He made two more soundings further along the bank and got the same result for both.
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His soundings in the City support this view, he said.
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Last month, after its preliminary soundings of the market, Dataquest lowered its industry sales forecasts.
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Mr Major had been taking private soundings about such a move before Christmas.