Example sentences of "[noun pl] have taken a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | However , the weaving of Turkoman rugs has taken a different direction in each country , and there are now certain variations in the overall quality and characteristics of the rugs , as well as in the manner in which they are made . |
| 2 | The Yang brothers had taken a prominent part in quelling the " turmoil " in mid-1989 and presided over a massive programme of political education within the army . |
| 3 | Protestant commentators were very aware that the papacy retained the right to depose excommunicated rulers , and took little comfort from the fact that many English recusants had taken a special oath of allegiance to the crown . |
| 4 | Even her emotions had taken a recent battering , she reflected wryly , with the unpleasant outcome of her relationship with Mortimer Harrison following not so very long after the shattering loss of her mother … |
| 5 | Don Caskie , chairman of the Independent Schools ' Bursars ' Association , said : ‘ Parents have taken a terrible hammering . |
| 6 | The ‘ characters ’ ( the only real selling point ) make them extremely awkward to use , and the licences have taken a hefty toll on the price — a wallet-busting £12.99 ! |
| 7 | Driving long distances has taken a vicious toll . |
| 8 | The increase in trade in manufactured goods has taken a particular form of trade . |
| 9 | If the Maronites had taken a similar path , perhaps seeking a confederated state within a Greater Lebanon , the catastrophe that befell their grandsons might have been averted . |
| 10 | Other investors have taken a similar line . |
| 11 | In some countries the dairy producers have taken a comparable line , and manage to live profitably while accepting the growing evidence against high-fat diets in general and saturates in particular . |
| 12 | ‘ The truth is men like gadgets , they like to control their environment , ’ points out Dr Margaret Shotton , author of Computer Addiction ? and one of the few academics to have taken a serious look at video game culture . |
| 13 | Here in Stuttgart today we shall see the final of an unofficial mini-Masters , the masters having taken a lucrative detour away from the pressures of the circuit . |
| 14 | For 70 years British royals have taken a frosty view of Ireland . |
| 15 | These developments have taken a specific form through the theory of ‘ public choice ’ . |
| 16 | A few of the men had taken a rare day off from the quarries and the recognitions were more generous than Harrison had anticipated . |
| 17 | Local pupils have taken a great interest in the British Gas work , which is bringing gas supplies for the first time to the Bere Alston and Bere Ferrers communities , where more than a third of the 1042 homes in the area have taken up the offer of gas . |
| 18 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
| 19 | She described a case where the Guardians had taken a whole family into the workhouse , the father being ‘ hopelessly out of work ’ . |
| 20 | NEWTON Transport Services has taken a five-year lease on a 4,300 sq ft unit on the Greylaw Trading Estate in Aintree , Liverpool , paying in the region of £2.75 a square foot per annum . |
| 21 | But if this were the case , then the fleas had taken a terrible revenge for the loss of their erstwhile companion through history , their life-support system . |
| 22 | Evergreen Recycled Fashions have taken a novel approach by producing fashionable , quality garments and other textile items using a very high proportion of recycled fabrics . |