Example sentences of "was taken [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Demands for action to clean up sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations , widely believed to be responsible for the ‘ acid rain ’ that was killing forests , lakes and rivers — not just in Scotland , but as far afield as Germany and Scandinavia — were brushed aside on the grounds of inconclusive evidence ; a similar attitude was taken towards the radioactive discharges from the nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield . |
| 2 | The first sailing from the port after midnight on the New Year was taken as the official start of the Single Market ; the first piece of freight on board was actually an unidentified light van and trailer — the driver no doubt blissfully unaware that he had made history — which , along with several vehicles turning round from the inbound convoy , sneaked back on board the 01.00 return sailing of the Pride of Kent while the official welcoming party was still in progress at the other end of the port . |
| 3 | The resting pressure was taken as the mean pressure of all measurements in each of the three catheters — that is , six determinations in each patient . |
| 4 | The movies had created a false world and what was taken as the ultimate proof of that was the way in which they had failed to deal directly with real Americans and their dilemmas . |
| 5 | The mean value of the fasting samples obtained at 15 minutes and immediately before the meal was taken as the basal gastrin value . |
| 6 | Although Hayman was over-age for recruitment , he was taken into the Diplomatic Service as a first secretary in 1954 and posted the next year to Belgrade . |
| 7 | Finally it was taken into the adjoining paint shop where the painting was done by hand , a laborious task . |
| 8 | Oliver was taken to the nearest police station . |
| 9 | On his return he was taken to the sleeping cell and , following the usual routine , was locked in , but on the next day the cell was empty ; he had broken the stone to which the iron grid was fixed . |
| 10 | Three more lids were shut and boxes returned home and finally a large pinch of the selected substance was taken to the right nostril , another to the left . |
| 11 | She was taken to the Western Isles Hospital but was found to be dead on arrival . |
| 12 | He was taken to the Jinan el Kabir palace , set in an oasis outside Marrakesh , with a splendid view over the Atlas Mountains . |
| 13 | The man was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for treatment . |
| 14 | A BRITISH Rail supervisor was taken to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital with leg injuries yesterday after he touched a live rail while working on the track . |
| 15 | The man was taken to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital . |
| 16 | The victim was taken to the Royal Infirmary where he received 20 stitches . |
| 17 | Brian Craig , of Rennie Road , Kilsyth , was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow suffering from head and arm injuries . |
| 18 | Notwithstanding the views that have found favour with others I consider this to be a reasonable construction of the statutory provisions and I am comforted in the fact that , apart from an attempt to tax airline employees , which was taken to the special commissioners who decided in favour of the taxpayer , this has been the practice of the Inland Revenue in applying the relevant words where they have occurred in the Income Tax Acts for so long as they have been in force , until they initiated the present cases . |
| 19 | Endill was taken to the main corridor and strapped into a pair of lead boots . |
| 20 | Miss Stott was taken to the Medical Centre of Louisiana , where she died at 7.30am on Wednesday . |
| 21 | On arrival , like all refugees , he was taken to the Patriotic School at Wandsworth where he was interrogated and his background checked . |
| 22 | Right then Jesus was taken to the High Priest 's house where all the chief priests , the Elders and the Teachers of the Law were gathering . |
| 23 | He was taken to the same King 's Bench Prison in June 1810 to await his trial , not for debt but seditious libel in The Political Register . |
| 24 | The driver was taken to the same hospital , but later moved to Wolverhampton for his own protection as angry relatives and friends of the girls ' families gathered in corridors . |
| 25 | Herzog , ( 74 ) , was taken to the cardiac unit of Tel Aviv 's Sheba Hospital with a respiratory infection . |
| 26 | Herzog , ( 74 ) , was taken to the cardiac unit of Tel Aviv 's Sheba Hospital with a respiratory infection . |
| 27 | The queen was taken to the west-coast town of Dumbarton in February . |
| 28 | He was taken to the intensive care unit at the colony 's St Bernard 's Hospital but his life is not believed to be in danger . |
| 29 | Norman Askew , 59 , of Victoria Avenue , Redcar , was taken to the intensive care unit of Middlesbrough General Hospital with serious head injuries last night after he was struck by a car in Redcar Road , Marske . |
| 30 | She was taken to the intensive care unit of Addenbrookes Hospital , Cambridge , where she died early yesterday . |