Example sentences of "have [be] taken [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In the open intellectual milieu where Catholic exegetes and theologians now move among colleagues of other traditions of faith or of none , the traditional term ‘ hermeneutics ’ ( the art and the principles of interpretation ) has been taken over for a mode of philosophical discussion so technical that its products are usually baffling even to a well-educated reader .
2 Spitalfields , once a wholesale fruit and vegetable market , has been taken over as a leisure venture with around 200 stalls selling crafts and bric-a-brac plus sporting attractions in a covered area larger than Covent Garden .
3 Perhaps the company has been taken over by a larger group which is not interested in building it tip .
4 Has been taken over by a stagecoach .
5 Since then , it has been taken over by the firm of Heber , who specialise in high tech electronics research .
6 TAP ( Training Access Points ) systems of user-friendly computer terminals located in libraries , shopping centres , careers offices and businesses — has been taken over by the TEC and is the focal point of a marketing campaign to extend career opportunities .
7 She withdrew because her case has been taken over by the local authority , her solicitor Alistair Babbington said .
8 Until 1976 the Commission had responsibility for England , Wales and Scotland , but thereafter its role in the latter countries has been taken over by the Welsh and Scottish Development Agencies ( Carney and Hudson 1978 , 1979 ) .
9 Mr Maxwell , who lives in Oxfordshire , has been taken on as a part-time consultant for the London recruitment agency , Morgan Chase Associates .
10 But the story is essentially the same : England 's long aristocratic hangover ( the idea of an English ancien régime , outlandish to Whiggish historians , has been taken up on the right by Jonathan Clark and others in interpretations that contest but also defer to Anderson 's own ) ; its early industrialisation ; a weak-kneed bourgeoisie ; an inward working-class addicted to ‘ Labourism ’ ; the distraction of empire ; the more recent hollow heroics of ‘ Ukania ’ ; and the failure to develop a progressive intellectual culture grounded in a radical sociology .
11 The bulk of this chapter has been taken up with a discussion of the relationship between the undergraduate curriculum and just two of Lawton 's eight ‘ cultural sub-systems ’ — the social and the economic although the latter has led us into areas which are a long way from the purely economic , and seems to yield a useful typology of undergraduate courses .
12 The current status of computers and microcomputers in R&D , and the probable course of development in their use , is a more useful area of study and has been taken up by a group at Manchester Business School , UK ( Morse , 1984 ) .
13 The cause of recovering Greenham Common for the people has been taken up by the author of Watership Down , Mr Richard Adams , who knew the area before it was requisitioned during the second world war .
14 The idea has been taken up by the British Library , and by Scottish university libraries , though no dramatic results appear to have been registered so far as acquisition practice is concerned .
15 With the almost total demise of these courses , the running has been taken up by the education sector with an increasingly comprehensive variety of accredited programmes .
16 Ever since punk brought fetishwear on to the street , S&M imagery has been taken up by the mainstream .
17 I mean I do think that this is we have n't yet , I go back to the claim I made before that in the hundred days since he 's been Prime Minister his concentration has been taken up by the Gulf war , obviously .
18 If he can not stand , the patient might be transferred to his bed before being cleaned , but if he is using a commode , it is usually possible to clean him from under the commode seat , once the pan of the commode has been taken out of the way .
19 One thing 's for certain , though : committing this kind of money on equipment is a serious business , so buying all the components from the same company makes sense from the back-up point of view , and as the hard work has been taken out of the design — ie. flightcase , patch cables , mains feeds etc. — it makes even more sense .
20 But can we then be quite sure that at a later stage , when the same kind of performance has been taken out of the service and then out of the church , the signal is unambiguously to ‘ art ’ ?
21 This has been taken out of the local economy in Notts .
22 William who was a widower told his son he could believe he 'd been taken in by the conmen .
23 They make the poor girls look as though they had n't been properly unpacked , as though they 'd been taken out of the box and someone had left half their wrappings on . ’
24 They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place .
25 They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place .
26 In spite of the causal theory 's having been taken over from the rationalist , Descartes , it could be put to use in the interests of empiricism .
27 The amendment also provided for the election to public office of independents and candidates put forward by " organizations with recognized representation " , and allowed for the recreation of the post of Prime Minister ( the functions of this post having been taken over by the President in 1979 ) .
28 They are likely to include the following : ( a ) the execution and exchange of the acquisition agreement ( by which Newco will buy the business from the vendor ) ; ( b ) the managers having subscribed in cash for ordinary shares in Newco ; ( c ) the passing of any necessary shareholders ' resolutions ; ( d ) receipt by the investors of a satisfactory accountants ' report , audited accounts and management accounts ; ( e ) the managers having entered into service agreements ; ( f ) receipt by the investors of certificates of title ; ( g ) the investors being satisfied with the loan and banking facilities being provided to Newco ; ( h ) keyman insurance having been taken out for the benefit of the company over the lives of each of the managers .
29 The only real difference is that it now seems to have been taken over by the 22 clubs who , having escaped Football League control , no longer find their pursuit of commercial success frustrated by the decisive voting power of their poor relations .
30 The boarding plank had been taken up for the night .
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