Example sentences of "[art] [noun] has taken a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 . I hardly dare say this in this context , but if we well now the Council has taken a decision to close this elderly person 's home , there is actually a logic to it , which I 'd like to talk about .
2 The following lists other areas in which the Council has taken a lead and , to varying degrees , also involves local authority land .
3 I am pleased to see that the Chancellor has taken a step in this direction in his Budget , though it is nowhere near enough .
4 The Institute has taken a leaf out of CIMA 's book and joined Opportunity 2000 , the business-led initiative launched by John Major , which aims to put more women into top management jobs by the beginning of the next century ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1991 , p 15 ) .
5 Closer to home the constant noise through the night has taken a lot of people in Abingdon by surprise .
6 Members of the European Commission [ EC ] have reached an agreement to control and reduce emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and the UK has taken a step towards this with new legislation governing all industrial processes [ See page 5 ] .
7 Therefore the Commission has taken a number of actions to attempt to minimise its occurrence .
8 While making it easier for people to build up considerable capital assets , and to pass these on intact , the Government has taken a number of measures that have allowed many people to acquire capital assets for the first time .
9 The youth has taken a year off from his studies at Edinburgh University to fight his trial .
10 ‘ I did n't find out until after I 'd taken the lease on , but the department store on the corner has taken a lot of our casual trade . ’
11 The company has taken a £47m hit above the line and another £23m below .
12 The School has taken a number of steps to maintain these numbers by continual monitoring and updating the programmes it offers ; the Financial Studies degrees have recently been re-structured to make them more attractive to students wishing to enter the financial services industry ; Mathematics continues to expand the portfolio of the degree combination it offers .
13 Now the weather has taken a turn for the worse we realise we need to heat it .
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