Example sentences of "[verb] taken a severe " in BNC.
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| 1 | This expectation has taken a severe knock recently because of the effects of the recession leading employers to declare redundancy schemes , even for white collar staff . |
| 2 | ‘ The housing market remains depressed and confidence has taken a severe blow from the turmoil in the foreign exchange markets that led to sterling 's suspension from the ERM . ’ |
| 3 | Nor was Lotus a negligible factor : it had taken a severe dip in I975 , but anyone knowing Chapman had to know that Lotus declines were generally followed by Lotus ascensions ; with Andretti and Peterson driving against him , Hunt was starting the season in a star-studded field . |
| 4 | The Croat nation had taken a severe battering between 1526 and 1699 , but that portion which flourished in Dalmatia kept alive the spirit and culture of the people . |
| 5 | HOPES of freeing Cleveland housewife Maureen Paleschi from a Cairo jail have taken a severe blow . |