Sentence examples for taking a survey from inspiring English sources

We were hoping for action, not taking a survey.

He referred several times to the crime-prevention potential of laws like Stratton's, mentioning the recent indictment of two teenagers for killing two Dartmouth College professors whose home they had apparently entered on the pretext of taking a survey.

Mr. Curran tells prospective voters that he is taking a survey and gently asks how they feel about high-priced prescription drugs, or how Mr. Bush has dealt with economic issues.

By taking a survey across this cancer landscape, certain themes emerge as being common events to drive cancer: DNA damage repair, genomic instability, mechanistic target of rapamycin pathway, sonic hedgehog pathway, hypoxia, and epigenetic dysfunction.

KMG began by taking a survey of local practices, and then presented the results in meetings with community members, stressing how these practices harmed the community and made the village less prosperous.

Ignoring the naysayers who could not imagine anyone coming to a prom without boys, Tharima and her friends approached their task systematically, taking a survey of all the girls at Hamtramck High.

Take a survey of house and garden plants.

Robert's eyes took a survey of the room.

We took a survey of initial reactions around the office.

takes a survey from one of the household participants.

Sometimes people make mistakes when they take a survey.