Example sentences of "has take [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But Connors has taken no serious breaks from the game and its stylistic progress ; his game in itself has durable , idiosyncratic features ( whereas Borg 's became the prototype on which newcomers based their own playing patterns ) ; and he has been able to take his audience along with him through the very gradual decline in his competitive expectations .
2 Indeed , the model outlined in this chapter has taken no explicit account of the monetary sector and as such is sometimes called the ‘ simple ’ Keynesian model .
3 Bazaar rumour has it that as many as 100 of these anti-American clerics have been locked away ; but the government has taken no public stand against them .
4 Dean Richards has taken a well-earned holiday in Cyprus — and is unfit , anyway .
5 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 .
6 In particular , it has taken a strong line against price fixing ( e.g. dyestuffs , glass containers ) and market sharing or quantity agreements ( e.g. cement ) to the extent that such practices are now unlikely ever to be granted an exemption .
7 My hon. Friend has been a close supporter of the industry for many years and has taken a close interest in its activities .
8 The war has taken a serious turn against us .
9 It is only in the last hundred years that the West has taken a serious interest in exactly where the different Anatolian rugs were made .
10 Silicon Graphics Inc has taken a worldwide licence for San Rafael , California-based Z-Code Software Corp 's Z-Mail electronic mail management software which runs under Motif : SGI is also to distribute Z-Mail on its entire hardware range — prices go from $300 for a single-user licence .
11 In Costa Rica , Panama and Peru , where economic development has taken a distinct path unlike the rest of the continent , the formal proletariat represents a quarter of the EAP .
12 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 .
13 PC Week , which has taken a new interest in Unix since the Novell announcement and will reportedly even grace us with its presence at Uniforum , attacked Microsoft 's NT last week in a pair of front-page stories headlined ‘ NetWare Casts Shadow Over NT . ’
14 Our discussion has taken a broad view of qualified defences , commenting also on some qualified defences which might be recognized but which do not feature in contemporary English law .
15 The law centre , in particular , has taken a broad view of its obligation to service the local community and some have been active in stimulating and articulating local protest .
16 A matter which has taken a great deal of time was the proposal before ITAC in relation to future arrangements for the Electronic Distribution of the Crown Court List .
17 He 's confident , too , claiming : ‘ Benn has taken a great risk in fighting me because , like Ruddock , he is very predictable and I aim to exploit his lack of variety .
18 As many of you will have noticed from your Q.T. day programme Beryl will not be teaching this year ; for some time she has taken a great interest in the Back Pain Association and has now become involved particularly at weekends in special classes for back-pain sufferers .
19 She has been a member of the Finance Committee for the past two and a half years and has taken a great interest in the Society 's financial affairs .
20 NEWTON Transport Services has taken a five-year lease on a 4,300 sq ft unit on the Greylaw Trading Estate in Aintree , Liverpool , paying in the region of £2.75 a square foot per annum .
21 Argus , which is employee-owned and unaffiliated in any way to Addamax , has taken a royalty-based licence to Addamax 's Compartmented Mode Workstation technology and will develop , market and support it along with all of Addamax 's existing customers .
22 Argus , which is employee-owned and unaffiliated in any way to Addamax , has taken a royalty-based licence to Addamax' Compartmented Mode Workstation ( CMW ) technology and will develop , market and support it along with all of Addamax' existing customers .
23 More important , in the second case the Court has taken a major step by allowing notions of classical freedom of contract to play an important part in its interpretation of the Directive .
24 President Alan Garcia 's socialist government that took office in July 1985 has taken a tolerant view of the informal sector .
25 It travels easily and has taken a tremendous shine to Australia , where it is planted successfully in all wine areas .
26 It is here that Aspect has taken a crucial step with his latest experiment .
27 It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived .
28 It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement .
29 We increasingly face a racism which avoids being recognized as such because it is able to link ‘ race ’ with nationhood , patriotism and nationalism , a racism which has taken a necessary distance from crude ideas of biological inferiority and superiority and now seeks to present an imaginary definition of the nation as a unified cultural community .
30 The Education Committee has taken a similar decision in principle for teaching staff and is likely to finalise the matter later this summer .
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