Example sentences of "[verb] been taken [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Considerable care has been taken to void the production of an orthodoxy — any one ‘ correct ’ history of design . |
| 2 | The average count rate of the three observations ( 3.06 countss -1 ) has been taken to represent the group . |
| 3 | Special care has been taken to evaluate the effect of confining pressure on the classical porosity/permeability laboratory measurements . |
| 4 | Although joint venture programmes have expanded rapidly in recent years , care has been taken to contain the growth of core staff . |
| 5 | I.B.C. disputes the bank 's right to appoint receivers , but no step has been taken to challenge the validity of their appointment . |
| 6 | Throughout the series , enormous care has been taken to approach the study of grammar in a way which will be successful with young learners . |
| 7 | By then , the critical decision had been taken to restrict the flow of refugee children into Britain . |
| 8 | A spokeswoman for Cadbury said no decision had been taken to stop the television advert in which Rachel is shown eating a Flake while lying in a bath . |
| 9 | He added that part of the difficulty before the Pacific War had resulted from low labour costs ; steps had been taken to raise the cost of labour to an appropriate level . |
| 10 | The Commissioners awarded an initial penalty of £125 , as they were not satisfied that all reasonable steps had been taken to obtain the information . |
| 11 | In fact , there was a widespread suspicion that the decision to stop the race at the halfway mark , when conditions were actually lightening , had been taken to favour the darling of France . |
| 12 | But pain often persists after all steps have been taken to relieve the cause , and practical investigators looked for drugs which gave the benefits of morphine without causing addiction or other inconvenient effects . |
| 13 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system which all of us have to operate can not cope with today 's problems . |
| 14 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system can not cope with today 's problems ’ |
| 15 | If neither of these provisions applies , the affidavit must be sworn by a person having direct personal knowledge of the means adopted for service , and must specify the steps which have been taken to serve the demand , the means whereby ( those steps having been ineffective ) it was sought to bring the demand to the debtor 's attention , and the date by which , to the best of the knowledge of the person making the affidavit , the demand would have come to the debtor 's attention . |
| 16 | This is roughly halfway between 5 years of age ( Krashen , 1973 ) and puberty ( Lenneberg , 1967 ) which have been taken to mark the end points of the process of lateralisation . |
| 17 | Even if reasonable steps have been taken to bring the exemption clause to the notice of the buyer , it will not be incorporated if it does not clearly cover the particular transaction in question . |
| 18 | In no small measure , the issue of incorporation of terms is relevant here which includes the question of notice , such as a previous course of dealings ( compare Olley v Marlborough Court [ 1949 ] 1 KB 532 ) , or trade usage ( s55(1) of SGA 1979 ) , or where reasonable steps have been taken to bring the exclusion clause to the attention of the contracting party ( Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [ 1989 ] Q B 433 ) . |
| 19 | Although the right to conscientious objection has been increasingly recognised in Russia in recent years , no concrete legislative steps have been taken to address the situation of conscientious objectors . |