Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] taken [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The EEC has taken a direct interest in the problem of acid deposition , and in November 1988 a directive was agreed upon by EEC environment ministers concerning the sulphur emissions of large combustion plants .
2 At the same time as his hon. Friend the Member for Monklands , West ( Mr. Clarke ) is saying that pay beds are to be driven from the health service and given to private companies , Lord Ennals has taken a leading position as a director of a private healthcare company — while remaining a Front-Bench spokesman on health for the Labour party .
3 There is no authority for these propositions , and a leading critic in the United States has taken a contrary view , as did the court in the case of The Application of the President and Directors of Georgetown College Inc. , holding that ‘ death resulting from failure to extend proper medical care , where there is a duty of care , is manslaughter . ’
4 In the past , Mrs Aquino has taken a conciliatory stance towards ambitious factions in her armed forces , but , instead of appeasing mutineers , this policy has stoked rebellion in the barracks .
5 INTERNATIONALLY-renowned cartoonist Bill Stott has taken a humorous look at the Wirral for his latest book .
6 Perry has taken a generous hit from his lover and is now nodding off .
7 Now the referee 's given it and what we reckon here is Rozario 's taken the free kick to Gemmell but Gemmell is now offside .
8 Nissan has taken the whole thing one step further with its series of weird and cute limited production models .
9 So far , however , Liffe has taken the modest route of allowing access to APT through any authorised carrier , such as Telerate , with whom agreement was announced yesterday .
10 Kingston upon Thames SSD has taken a different route , targeting part of its homecare service on people with less complex or intensive needs , particularly clients needing household cleaning .
11 KOP legend Ray Kennedy has taken the heartbreaking decision to sell his prized collection of soccer memorabilia .
12 Dean Richards has taken a well-earned holiday in Cyprus — and is unfit , anyway .
13 In lead : President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has taken a big lead in Iran 's presidential election , winning nearly 70% of the votes counted , according to the first partial results issued by the interior ministry today .
14 The FA has taken the extraordinary step of bringing the clubs to book because of the tightrope football is walking between the laws of the game and the law of the land .
15 He 's confident , too , claiming : ‘ Benn has taken a great risk in fighting me because , like Ruddock , he is very predictable and I aim to exploit his lack of variety .
16 The national energy crisis in the Philippines has taken a new turn with President Fidel Ramos being granted emergency powers to charge higher rates for electricity , after the World Bank suspended a $250 million loan to the state-owned National Power Corporation .
17 It is only in the last hundred years that the West has taken a serious interest in exactly where the different Anatolian rugs were made .
18 RBS has taken a hard look at its branches in England , and decided to shut isolated outposts or develop new outlets to support them .
19 But Connors has taken no serious breaks from the game and its stylistic progress ; his game in itself has durable , idiosyncratic features ( whereas Borg 's became the prototype on which newcomers based their own playing patterns ) ; and he has been able to take his audience along with him through the very gradual decline in his competitive expectations .
20 Realising that an individually tailored , quality service at a competitive cost could no longer be fully satisfied by a traditional branch network , Midland has taken the unique step of establishing 13 District Service Centres ( DSCs ) to process cheques centrally .
21 THE Prince of Wales has taken an extraordinary interest in next Monday 's Royal Variety Performance .
22 The Princess of Wales has taken the rare step of issuing a statement on recent newspaper reports about her relationship with the Queen .
23 There are 72 horses at Manton this year , and Luciano Gaucci has taken a big interest in the yard since acquiring Dr Devious last autumn .
24 Thomas has taken the outré directors Oshima and Bertolucci in hand , and presented them in a more ‘ respectable ’ form .
25 The singer Elton John has taken a national newspaper to court over an article last December which claimed he was hooked on a bizarre diet which meant he spat out food without swallowing .
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