Example sentences of "have taken a [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moral terrain of the right has taken a strong line with football hooliganism , under-age drinking , heroin addiction , welfare scroungers , young criminals and the unemployed and homeless youth . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is here that Aspect has taken a crucial step with his latest experiment . |
| 4 | Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , had been a critic of the policy of outgoing Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae who had taken a tough stance with creditors on the renegotiation of Nigeria 's foreign debt . |
| 5 | Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , had been a critic of the policy of outgoing Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae who had taken a tough stance with creditors on the renegotiation of Nigeria 's foreign debt . |
| 6 | In September of that year , he had taken a high line with Henry VIII , letting him trundle up to York only to gaze north at an empty road , for James , probably at the persuasion of his council , failed to keep his appointment with the English king . |
| 7 | He had taken a deliberate risk with his own life . |
| 8 | It was cold but not too cold , and dammit , I had caught four fish with hardly any effort ; fish that had taken a big crust with a savage bite that suggested they were very hungry . |