Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation of refugees worsened as Croatia refused to allow in those fleeing from Jacje and Travnik , leaving some 6,000 in camps at the frontier ; Germany agreed to take 1,000 on Nov. 11 and others were accepted by Spain and Austria . |
| 2 | These actions do not support the allegations that Dista Products failed to take appropriate action on this issue . |
| 3 | Arguably only if the Library Association failed to take disciplinary action against its members for not putting professional loyalty and practice above employers ' decisions would the Code be discredited — as a paper tiger . |
| 4 | On March 5 the police department undertook to take tough action against the country 's top criminal " godfathers " ( chao phor ) . |
| 5 | In this reply the United States undertook to take certain action at the request of either or both of the parties in the event of an actual or threatened violation of the agreement , and thus guaranteed the continued observance of the Peace Treaty . |
| 6 | On Saturday 16 February SPAG decided to take legal proceedings against Mogul , as they feared the company would continue to do nothing to rectify the situation . |
| 7 | In the face of such concerted action it was clear that the Library Association had to take strong action on behalf of its members who , individually , could have little chance of opposing the ban . |
| 8 | She had wanted to stay with her brother , but he had called her a child , he had referred to Tallis as the woman whom he loved , and Morthen had taken both statements to her young heart . |
| 9 | However , whilst there is no need to take account of the attributes of a particular contracting partner , if a business contracts with people of a particular class , the steps must be reasonably sufficient to bring the terms to the notice of a member of that class — in Richardson , Spence & Co v Rowntree [ 1894 ] AC 217 , terms on a steamer ticket for carriage in steerage class were not incorporated into a contract because the defendant had taken insufficient steps to bring them to the notice of steerage class passengers . |
| 10 | He had moreover , unlike Boethius , had the experience of seeing what Viking pirates did to his defenceless subjects ; and again unlike Boethius had taken such drastic measures against evil as hanging Viking prisoners , and rebellious monks , and in all probability cutting the throats of any wounded pirates so unlucky as to be left on the battlefield . |
| 11 | According to the Croatian Assembly election results after the second round of voting on May 6-7 , the HDZ had taken 205 out of the 356 seats in the three Assembly chambers . |
| 12 | The voters of the Shankill Road in Belfast , traditionally the home of working class populist independent unionism , had supported Johnny McQuade rather than the UDA or UVF and McQuade had taken that vote into the DUP when he joined it in 1971 . |
| 13 | For example 1,530 persons were reevacuated to the Saratov guberniia in early June , despite the fact that the Central Evacuation Department had taken 2,151 refugees away from there in late May . |
| 14 | But hardly any kids had taken hard drugs like heroin and cocaine . |
| 15 | The Dragoons had taken several prisoners and the Covenanters decided to intercept the soldiers and free the captives . |
| 16 | Mr Threlfall , who is still awaiting the letter , said he would investigate , while an ambulance service spokesman said the ambulance had taken 24 minutes to respond . |
| 17 | A spokesman for the ambulance service said 95pc of all emergency calls in rural areas were responded to within 19 minutes , the government guideline , and that this ambulance had taken 24 minutes to arrive . |
| 18 | It was already half-past twelve and unlikely that the lads had taken three hours buying bread . |
| 19 | The completion had taken two weary years . |
| 20 | A special analysis of this showed that a quarter of all people entering unemployment in May 1980 who had found a job within 10 months had taken one which they knew to be temporary . |
| 21 | The wind had taken more of my energy than it saved , and without the sail , the wheelbarrow was much easier to control . |
| 22 | In the newly emerging cities this meadow was symbolized in the Broletto , even after the communes had taken all powers in the making of laws and handing out of justice away from the church . |
| 23 | But as Office Talk snapped Take That arriving in their mean looking black Mercedes , Drury House was rocked by the screams of fans lining the pavement for a glimpse of Robbie , Mark , and the rest of the boys . |
| 24 | On Aug. 22 a new company formed by three leading West German companies agreed to take 75 per cent of shares in the East German state-owned electricity concern , with the remaining 25 per cent to be made available to other investors . |
| 25 | At the 1983 election the Conservatives promised to take fresh powers to curb local recalcitrance . |
| 26 | But Euric did take some of the advice offered . |
| 27 | Janice had taken that day off from the library . |
| 28 | Important work had to take first place . |
| 29 | By this time , the climate in the Council was increasingly hostile to tramways , and the Management had to take desperate measures to secure the future of the Promenade and Fleetwood lines . |
| 30 | At first Canadian settlement had been largely along the border with the United States , south of the 50th parallel , and American railway companies had taken Canadian grain to the world market . |