Example sentences of "have been taken " in BNC.

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31 In the first place she is anxious because she has been taken from her companions and familiar environment , and placed in a foreign country .
32 Mr Balchin said : ‘ Memories are very long in local authorities and offence has been taken .
33 His case has been taken up by Justice , the all- party law reform group .
34 Recently completed at a cost of £3.6 million , it includes new paving , lights , litter bins , planters , telephone kiosks and seats — all the usual paraphernalia which fills every city street from which the traffic has been taken away .
35 Seattle Rhyme , winter favourite for the Ever Ready Derby , has been taken out of Epsom betting after David Elsworth expressed doubts about getting the colt to post for the Classic .
36 Spitalfields , once a wholesale fruit and vegetable market , has been taken over as a leisure venture with around 200 stalls selling crafts and bric-a-brac plus sporting attractions in a covered area larger than Covent Garden .
37 His guiding rule , he tells me , has been taken from St Bernard of Clairvaux : ‘ Notice everything .
38 After six appearances and three goals for Leeds , the former enfant terrible of French football has been taken to flinty Yorkshire hearts as though he were one of their own .
39 He will take up residence on the cleared site of the Fun House , whose place has been taken by a vintage carousel originally imported from Coney Island by Alderman W G Bean , the founder of the Blackpool funfair .
40 Skilful lobbying has meant that its place has been taken by wrestling on the curious promise that there will be both a men 's and women 's competition in 1994 even though women have never established a real presence in freestyle wrestling as they have in judo .
41 Some action has been taken in most countries to support the survival at least of the more important communities in such areas .
42 No such action has been taken : the pilot projects apply to just a handful of catchments .
43 No account has been taken of , amongst other things , the role of soil factors , of disturbance , or canopy density . ’
44 A great deal of care has been taken to ensure a fair and accurate description of each hotel and we suggest you consider this together with prices charged when choosing a holiday .
45 In some countries , action has been taken further in the form of political protest movements .
46 ‘ I am fully aware of the infant 's need for a permanent mother figure , and this has been taken into account .
47 Since then , it has been taken over by the firm of Heber , who specialise in high tech electronics research .
48 Give a detailed oral account of an event , or something that has been learned in the classroom , or explain with reasons why a particular course of action has been taken .
49 No decision has been taken whether to use MAC or ‘ stretched ’ PAL .
50 But by the same token , theories like that proposed by Pearce and Hall must come to terms with the evidence that has been taken to show that what the stimulus is predicted by can also play a role .
51 But so far only Brodsworth has been taken in this way and the signs are that English Heritage , which is under severe financial pressure , is not likely to take on many , if any , further houses .
52 After the history has been taken , the doctor will want to examine the penis and , if relevant , the anus for signs of discharge , spots , or sores .
53 It is therefore important to refrain from continuous cereal-growing on the same land , and to put back the equivalent of what has been taken out .
54 If he can not stand , the patient might be transferred to his bed before being cleaned , but if he is using a commode , it is usually possible to clean him from under the commode seat , once the pan of the commode has been taken out of the way .
55 Another concept which has been taken over and reinterpreted is that of ‘ decentralization ’ .
56 Clearly the range of the Act is very limited , applying only to lucid adult patients connected or about to be connected to a ventilator who are suffering from a terminal condition ( as defined ) and who execute the appropriate directive.33 A first step , however , has been taken in clarifying the law .
57 This exported oil or gas is not , as it is in the West , that part of production which is surplus to domestic requirements ; it is a quota which a decision has been taken to meet in order to fulfil a particular objective .
58 The idea has been taken up by the British Library , and by Scottish university libraries , though no dramatic results appear to have been registered so far as acquisition practice is concerned .
59 West of the village centre are vast quarries from which granite has been taken since Roman times .
60 Imagine that when you come home from a holiday , your house has been taken over by squatters .
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