Example sentences of "[was/were] take at a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The photographs were taken at a high water level . |
| 2 | If a decision that he regarded as properly belonging to himself was taken at a lower level ( even by the prime minister ) , he invariably administered a sharp rebuke . |
| 3 | The journey was taken at a leisurely pace because of the trailer , yet , despite her dejection , Matt 's reminiscences caused it to pass rapidly . |
| 4 | The decision was taken at a joint meeting of the two committees which adopted ‘ a programme of party action to strengthen perestroika ’ . |
| 5 | The decision was taken at a joint meeting of the two committees which adopted ‘ a programme of party action to strengthen perestroika ’ . |
| 6 | This re-organisation enabled the introduction of mixed-ability teaching in years one to three , in all subjects , and a decision to this effect was taken at a full staff conference in early 1974 . |
| 7 | The second was taken at a later date , using a single source ( D. Thomson , Europe Since Napoleon , 1977 ) for its information . |
| 8 | I think there is a tendency erm for local authority planners to have horizons set by the end date of the current plan period , and work , try and work in that , sort of around the real world I think , where nothing happens , or nothing is conceivable , beyond that time period , erm , this particular approach , er does not work in the case of new settlements , there is no need when having established your design size for a new settlement that it necessarily all has to be built within current plan period , and I think this sort of approach is recognized in Cambridgeshire where , in case of the A forty five new settlement , a view was taken at an early stage that a new settlement of three thousand dwellings was needed to meet long term development needs in Cambridgeshire , an area where the planning issues and problems where very similar to those of York , and the approved structure plan in policy proposed that new settlement to be designated as three thousand , of which two thousand portion would be built within the current plan period , so it seems to me that the the question of size need not be an impediment to erm designation of a new settlement if the existing requirement and need are adjudged not to require the sort of new settlement size that we are creating . |