Example sentences of "[vb base] been taken [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But pain often persists after all steps have been taken to relieve the cause , and practical investigators looked for drugs which gave the benefits of morphine without causing addiction or other inconvenient effects . |
| 2 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system which all of us have to operate can not cope with today 's problems . |
| 3 | ‘ Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation , but these are merely tinkering at the edges of a wider , more fundamental issue — the system can not cope with today 's problems ’ |
| 4 | If neither of these provisions applies , the affidavit must be sworn by a person having direct personal knowledge of the means adopted for service , and must specify the steps which have been taken to serve the demand , the means whereby ( those steps having been ineffective ) it was sought to bring the demand to the debtor 's attention , and the date by which , to the best of the knowledge of the person making the affidavit , the demand would have come to the debtor 's attention . |
| 5 | This is roughly halfway between 5 years of age ( Krashen , 1973 ) and puberty ( Lenneberg , 1967 ) which have been taken to mark the end points of the process of lateralisation . |
| 6 | Even if reasonable steps have been taken to bring the exemption clause to the notice of the buyer , it will not be incorporated if it does not clearly cover the particular transaction in question . |
| 7 | In no small measure , the issue of incorporation of terms is relevant here which includes the question of notice , such as a previous course of dealings ( compare Olley v Marlborough Court [ 1949 ] 1 KB 532 ) , or trade usage ( s55(1) of SGA 1979 ) , or where reasonable steps have been taken to bring the exclusion clause to the attention of the contracting party ( Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [ 1989 ] Q B 433 ) . |
| 8 | Although the right to conscientious objection has been increasingly recognised in Russia in recent years , no concrete legislative steps have been taken to address the situation of conscientious objectors . |