Example sentences of "[verb] taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dean Richards has taken a well-earned holiday in Cyprus — and is unfit , anyway . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend has been a close supporter of the industry for many years and has taken a close interest in its activities . |
| 5 | The war has taken a serious turn against us . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | From 1981 the Institute of Purchasing and Supply has taken a serious and critical interest in the use of business gifts , especially where the ‘ giving ’ was tied to the placing of orders . |
| 8 | Driving long distances has taken a vicious toll . |
| 9 | Neil Kinnock took eight years to ditch the views of his mentor Aneurin Bevan , John Smith has taken a mere eight months to ditch those of Hugh Gaitskell . |
| 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 | THORN EMI Software , the computer services division of the electronics and entertainment group , has been bought out by its staff and management in an £82m deal and has taken a new name . |
| 13 | THE IDEA that Britain 's leading position in military technology automatically helps its industrial base has taken a new blow . |
| 14 | Perhaps as a result of his unpopularity , speculation about him has taken a new turn . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The scandal of the so-called Dianagate tape has taken a new twist . |
| 18 | The forty-five year old mystery disappearance of American band leader , Glen Miller , has taken a new twist . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | THE messy battle for UNI Storebrand , Norway 's biggest insurer , has taken a pan-European twist . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , it has taken a major tragedy to focus the minds of hauliers and their professional advisers sharply on these problem areas . |
| 30 | As you will be aware the Council has taken a major initiative to investigate the levels of participation and standards of performance in sport and physical recreation among young people . |