Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Olshan makes Susan a powerful , smart , sensual woman moving surefootedly through the opulent Westchester County jungle where the Kaplans live : she issues orders to the au pair , knows the Manhattan-Hartsdale train times , and deals honestly with a husband who has taken a sexual vacation from her on the very afternoon of the Rosen drowning .
2 Our Chairman , Richard Newcombe , who has taken a particular interest in the museum , then spoke , welcoming the guests and thanking them for their support .
3 He can look here at times a little like a man who has taken the first steps in a descent from the high ground of Self-consciousness , impersonality , fantastication and ironic indirection — not that this has lately been , or has ever been , literature 's only ground .
4 A buyer who has taken the formal step of signing a document will therefore find it difficult to show that it was not a contractual document .
5 But in his absence no-one was capable of providing it and that must be hugely worrying for Wilkinson , who has taken the biggest gamble of his successful career by selling the striker .
6 Marked eels from Europe never reach the Sargasso sea , only their counterparts who had taken a shorter journey to the American mainland .
7 Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , had been a critic of the policy of outgoing Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae who had taken a tough stance with creditors on the renegotiation of Nigeria 's foreign debt .
8 Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , had been a critic of the policy of outgoing Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae who had taken a tough stance with creditors on the renegotiation of Nigeria 's foreign debt .
9 Mr Clare was telling his son about the new d'Urberville family who had taken the ancient name and lived near Trantridge .
10 Phil Tufnell celebrates the return catch which disposed of New Zealand 's Dipak Patel , who had taken the long handle to the left-arm spinner in the previous Test
11 She compared the results of students who had taken the regular lecture course with those of students using the computer-based programme and found no statistical difference in the amount of learning .
12 Devonshire won 2-1 against Edge Hill BCOB , who had taken an early lead .
13 She kissed his cheek , managing to avoid the scarred one by some contortion recognised by both her victim and McAllister , who had taken an instant dislike to her .
14 The men in boots were inspectors who had taken an unusual interest in our barge .
15 Not far distanced from the council , in England at any rate , was Parliament , dominated for much of the fourteenth century by the peerage ; and in that body , too , matters of policy and national finance were frequently discussed , for it was there that kings liked to benefit from the practical experience of men who had taken an active part in war .
16 Those who have to take a further qualification in English should make an early application to the relevant authority .
17 More information is required before gastric lavage can be abandoned completely in favour of giving activated charcoal , but a reasonable alternative to lavage could be to give 50–100 g of activated charcoal to adults who have taken a substantial overdose of a toxic substance no more than two hours previously .
18 The course is designed to enable students who have taken a first degree in German to increase their knowledge of modern German literature and to extend their competence to the medium of film .
19 The course is designed to enable students who have taken a first degree in more than one European or Latin American language to extend their knowledge of European and/or Latin American literatures through a range of optional courses .
20 The output of the growers is marshalled by half a dozen highly organised and professional marketers who have taken a huge slice of the market , including the multiples .
21 Most teachers are graduates who have taken a one-year Postgraduate Certificate of Education course .
22 I let me give you an example , I 've always respected erm Teddy Taylor and John Biffen who have taken the extreme view on Europe .
23 But there are some couples who have taken an ideological stance against it .
24 … a generation of writers the best of whom have taken the British novel off into a variety of experimental directions … which have challenged and reconstituted the mimetic constituents of fiction while not dismissing its realistic sources .
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