Example sentences of "taken by [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the same may be equally true of other apparently arbitrary decisions taken by the courts in relation to bail or custody , and venue for trial . |
| 2 | I think the regrettable thing about the parking in in the town is the way that some of the disabled slots at the surgery are taken by the cars of people who are perfectly able to walk from the car park , and I think the great problem we 're going to have is we 're going to rely on the public spiritedness of our fellow townspeople and there does seem to be a fair group of people who are extremely selfish when it comes to come to parking . |
| 3 | As is often the case in matters of corporate governance , the lead is likely to be taken by the chairmen of companies in which standards of governance are already high , rather than by those who head companies with the greatest scope for strengthening their public accountability . |
| 4 | If other powers saw Scotland mainly as France 's back door to England , this was certainly not the view taken by the kings of Scotland themselves , who roared for attention , like the most demanding of lusty infants . |
| 5 | What is being suggested is a softening of the hard line taken by the Tories in Scotland over the past five years in the use of political patronage . |
| 6 | Decisions could either be taken by the heads of departments or referred back , perhaps for legislation , to the respective assemblies . |
| 7 | The decisions taken by the heads of government — in the face of Mrs Thatcher 's lone opposition — mean that the Community will deliberately accelerate progress to supra-national monetary union . |
| 8 | There is no record of any action taken by the rebels against Charles , nor of his reaction to these events . |
| 9 | Each quotation describes a journey in a carriage taken by the protagonists of works which are in many cases those whose titles bear their names : Emma , Madame Bovary , Clarissa , etc . |