Example sentences of "taken a leading [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Orleton once again seems to have taken a leading part , delivering a harsh and bitter address to the king . |
| 3 | While it was aware of the threat of a general strike of seamen in May 1911 , it saw little support for this outside the United Kingdom and the United States , where Andrew Furuseth , president of the International Seamen 's Union and a close ally of Wilson 's , had taken a leading part in the agitation for an international dispute . |
| 4 | Hugh Dalton , returned to parliament in 1935 , had taken a leading part in reconciling the Party to rearmament and in this he was backed by Bevin , Citrine and the TUC . |
| 5 | The reason for our excursion was that , back in the USA , Beth had taken a leading role in one of the films now showing . |
| 6 | For over a decade the medical and nursing professions in Britain have taken a leading role in calling for a clearer national commitment to tackling social inequalities in health . |
| 7 | The Shah had taken a leading role in this process . |
| 8 | However , the problems were so huge and required so much finance that other resources were required and the European Community has now taken a leading role . |
| 9 | The Division has taken a leading role in developing research into the assessment of work based learning ( AWBL ) . |
| 10 | Quite rightly strategies to cope with the problems of electronic records are being implemented from the top down , with the various national archives taken a leading role ( Higgs 1992 ) . |