Example sentences of "have take a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , it has taken a major tragedy to focus the minds of hauliers and their professional advisers sharply on these problem areas . |
| 2 | As you will be aware the Council has taken a major initiative to investigate the levels of participation and standards of performance in sport and physical recreation among young people . |
| 3 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 4 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 5 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 6 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 7 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 8 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 9 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 10 | The Commission can also impose penalties upon parties for failing to provide this information once the Commission has taken a formal decision requesting the information from the parties . |
| 11 | The so called ‘ new man ’ of the nineties has taken a conscious decision to split childcare with his working wife/partner . |
| 12 | As a result , she has taken a calculated decision to ensure that the royal grandchildren remain — whatever the cost — under her influence . |
| 13 | To my surprise , she 'd taken a regular job selling frames and contact lenses and had stuck it and was boss of the shop . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 15 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 16 | As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools . |
| 17 | Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant . |
| 18 | It would have taken a bold investor to put 40% of a stock portfolio in the Tokyo market in the mid-1980s , even though that was what Japan 's share of global stockmarket capitalisation had become . |
| 19 | While this pattern was reproduced only imperfectly in the ECSC and while a timetable of functional spillover might have taken an unconscionable time to achieve , what in the end counted for the ECSC was that it did provide an atmosphere of mutual confidence among the leaders of the member states — despite the disputes , none contemplated leaving the Community — and that this helped to pave the way for the creating of the European Economic Community in 1957 . |
| 20 | You 'll have to take a good swim to find him the night , over to Holland , I 'd say . |
| 21 | You do n't have to take a medical examination to join AA Hospital Plus : in fact , your acceptance is guaranteed . |
| 22 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
| 23 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Lord Hulton had only about thirty suckling cows but it had taken a three-hour rodeo to test them . |
| 26 | The class had taken a whole afternoon to find him buried beneath his precious collection and he had been more concerned about his stones than himself . |
| 27 | He had to take a deep breath to stop himself tasting the delicate spot again . |
| 28 | This time I had to take a double dose to return to my old shape . |
| 29 | The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge . |
| 30 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |