Example sentences of "[noun] has taken [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NEC Corp has taken a hit from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which has placed the A-1 commercial paper rating of the NEC Industries Netherlands BV finance subsidiary on CreditWatch with negative implications , citing intensifying competition from local and international firms in Japan 's personal computer market , creating further pressure on profitability . |
| 2 | Obviously your heart has taken a hell of a pounding . |
| 3 | CU has taken a floor in another large City building , Plantation House , for key staff dealing in insurance markets to reduce the risk of disruption . |
| 4 | Ingres in Eastern Europe , Russia Hewlett-Packard Co has taken a licence from Ask Computer Systems Inc to distribute the Ingres relational database and application development tools throughout Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States . |
| 5 | William Bullock 's description being comprehensive , the writer has taken the liberty of adapting this to include details from the French National Archives . |
| 6 | The Board has taken no decisions about the timing of the reprocessing of subsequent arisings of AGR fuel or of PWR fuel . |
| 7 | I 've been working hard with Gill to get into top form for the Olympics so singles play has taken a bit of a back seat . |
| 8 | I 've been working hard with Gill to get into top form for the Olympics so singles play has taken a bit of a back seat . |
| 9 | N C V O has taken the initiative in putting up a number of ideas to the Prime Minister 's and the Home Office , to make this commitment a meaningful one , and a constructive one for voluntary organisations in this country . |
| 10 | ‘ Black Will has taken a fancy to your little brother — what think you of that ! |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Murray Johnstone has taken the approach of cutting its initial charge to 1 per cent and always dealing on the full spread . |
| 12 | Her obsession has taken the form of compulsive exercising : huge amounts of daily exercise , without which she feels panic-stricken and lost . |
| 13 | THE British defence industry has taken a battering from the government over the past decade . |
| 14 | The Scotch Whisky Industry has taken a lead in establishing company policies for identifying and providing treatment for employees with alcohol problems . |
| 15 | A prison inmate has taken a member of staff hostage in a cell . |
| 16 | Moving across the Pennines from Liverpool , Wright has taken the helm of a Polytechnic with 1200 staff , 8000 students from 35 different countries and an annual income of around £30 million . |
| 17 | Sun has taken no orders for the Model 52 and 54 , originally due this quarter and next quarter respectively , and told securities analysts each would be off a quarter . |
| 18 | I am pleased to see that the Chancellor has taken a step in this direction in his Budget , though it is nowhere near enough . |
| 19 | That poor innocent little child has taken the brunt of everything . |
| 20 | It 's clear that ace coach Eddie Futch has taken a shine to him . |
| 21 | Short has taken the example of the Soviet chess school , where an uncompromising will to win takes precedence . |
| 22 | EUROPE 's video war has taken a series of bizarre new twists as the European Community 's new rules on imports of video recorders from Japan produce results in the market place that nobody predicted . |
| 23 | Staff Nurse Edna Wilson has taken a diploma in aromatherapy — massage with exotic oils . |
| 24 | Staff Nurse Edna Wilson has taken a diploma in aromatherapy — massage with exotic oils . |
| 25 | ‘ He has been in and out of the side since signing as an amateur three years ago but in the past couple of weeks has taken the game by the scruff of the neck . ’ |
| 26 | Ipswich 's next meeting is on Good Friday and Zdenek Tesar has taken the opportunity of the break to return to Czechoslovakia to see his wife and daughter and do some cross country skiing near his mountain home . |
| 27 | THE DREAM of going it alone in business has taken a tumble in the present dodgy financial climate . |
| 28 | The British banger has taken a bit of a grilling today . |
| 29 | As our biggest lender to small businesses NatWest has taken a hammering in the recession . |
| 30 | The intervention has taken the form of more or less open ministerial arm-twisting rather than the invoking of statutory powers . |