Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] taken [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a massive work and has obviously taken a great deal of your time and trouble . |
| 2 | The Library Association has thus taken a consistent position on censorship over a period of at least 25 years . |
| 3 | Neil Young has just taken a three-minute break between the arrival of the NME and the departure of Radio 1 's Johnny Walker . |
| 4 | Only four results left and so far Lenny Henry has just taken a clear lead from Victoria Wood . |
| 5 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 6 | It has just taken the unusual step of calling home its ambassador to Guatemala ‘ for consultations ’ . |
| 7 | The Prince of Wales , who like the Sultan has a passion for polo , has already taken a close interest in the environmental impact of destruction of the world 's rainforests , a key factor in global warming . |
| 8 | Liz has always taken a great deal of interest in make-up and admits to being ‘ so vain that I wear Revlon 's Aqualash waterproof mascara when diving ’ . |
| 9 | The Introduction to the Finale is given with a beguiling simplicity , and therein lies the key to this performance ; Rozhdestvensky has clearly taken the generic title ‘ Serenade ’ at its face value . |
| 10 | The industry has also taken a neanderthal attitude towards the training and further education of its workers . |
| 11 | In the past 25 years he has also been responsible for the construction of the mortality tables produced by the Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau for use by the life offices and has also taken an active part in the development of a new method of analysing sickness insurance statistics . |
| 12 | Another senior police officer who more than once captured the headlines , James Anderton , Chief Constable of Greater Manchester , decrying ‘ the rot that has now taken a firm hold in the fabric of our society ’ , was so moved as to describe crime as Britain 's ‘ Top Growth Industry ’ . |
| 13 | However , the problems were so huge and required so much finance that other resources were required and the European Community has now taken a leading role . |
| 14 | The original meaning , as defined by Collins , has certainly taken a mean whipping before re-release into this streetwise prose but we 're talking the same thing here , are n't we ? |
| 15 | ‘ It has certainly taken a great deal of time for myself and the other ten or so members of our committee . |