Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] have take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Division has taken a leading role in developing research into the assessment of work based learning ( AWBL ) . |
| 2 | THE recession has taken a heavy toll on UK investment levels , which are crucial to sustainable long-term growth . |
| 3 | THE recession has taken a large bite out of profits at Daily Mail Trust , parent of the Daily Mail , Mail on Sunday and the Evening Standard . |
| 4 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 5 | As you will be aware the Council has taken a major initiative to investigate the levels of participation and standards of performance in sport and physical recreation among young people . |
| 6 | ‘ Hitherto , the Council has taken a positive view of franchising , regarding the overall benefits to both the profession and its clients as outweighing the disadvantages which will undoubtedly affect particular firms . |
| 7 | The fatal injury was a blow to the head , not a very heavy blow but the deceased had taken a substantial amount of alcohol in the hours before he suffered the injury , and the effect of alcohol is to increase the flow of blood to the brain so that , et cetera , et cetera , et cetera . |
| 8 | The war has taken a serious turn against us . |
| 9 | The moral terrain of the right has taken a strong line with football hooliganism , under-age drinking , heroin addiction , welfare scroungers , young criminals and the unemployed and homeless youth . |
| 10 | To get to their proposed operational area the convoy had to take a difficult route . |
| 11 | More important , in the second case the Court has taken a major step by allowing notions of classical freedom of contract to play an important part in its interpretation of the Directive . |
| 12 | Occasionally overlap may have the opposite effect due to the ‘ falling between two stools ’ phenomenon , two operators at the same level or at different levels may each assume that the other has taken a particular action which they both know is required . |
| 13 | The Captain had taken a small leather pouch from an inner pocket , pulled open the drawstring , extracted a shilling and was holding it out . |
| 14 | The Commission can also impose penalties upon parties for failing to provide this information once the Commission has taken a formal decision requesting the information from the parties . |
| 15 | On the question of the exhaustion of domestic remedies the Commission has taken a different approach . |
| 16 | The Government have taken a strong lead in international forums to restrict the use of drift nets and to increase the safeguards for whales . |
| 17 | Although Wallingford is likely to remain staunchly Tory at thforthcoming election among the business community confidence in the Government has taken a hard knock . |
| 18 | By taking over Thames , the firm has taken a big step towards becoming a powerhouse in British television . |
| 19 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 20 | It is July 1994 and the company has taken a relaxed attitude to preparation of its accounts since it was set up in 1991 . |
| 21 | An implication , of course , is not only that marriage and the family have taken a great variety of forms , but that when political and economic conditions change in the future they will continue to change . |
| 22 | Commentators on Bonar Law 's election to the leadership all agreed that the party had taken a decisive turn . |
| 23 | The class had taken a whole afternoon to find him buried beneath his precious collection and he had been more concerned about his stones than himself . |
| 24 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 25 | A couple have taken a neglected West African monkey into their home after discovering that he was being kept tied up in a freezing garage . |