Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] taken a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a student who has performed outstandingly well in the HNC/HND examinations or has taken a combination of units particularly well matched with the requirements of the degree course may be considered for exemption from appropriate parts ( normally up to half ) of the second-year ( or the part-time equivalent ) of the degree course . |
| 2 | One of the reputations that has taken a bit of a bashing is Sigismond Thalberg 's . |
| 3 | The small North Wales town of Wrexham is one example of an authority that has taken a particularly active role in industrial promotion , and figure 3.4 shows one of their many eye-catching advertisements placed in the national press . |
| 4 | Similarly , one would like to see a state of affairs in which many more people read and enjoyed poetry than had taken a degree in it . |
| 5 | It was cold but not too cold , and dammit , I had caught four fish with hardly any effort ; fish that had taken a big crust with a savage bite that suggested they were very hungry . |
| 6 | All the feelings that had taken a back seat since they had slept together resurfaced , and she suddenly felt lost and confused . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The second trend in current conservation thinking concerns the relationship between the programme and its clients or government and land-users , and has taken a number of different forms . |
| 9 | The Commission has shown that it is able to act with relative speed under this procedure and has taken a variety of actions under it , including ordering a party to supply another party , refusing to allow undertakings to acquire further shares in a company in a takeover situation , ordering the cessation of predatory pricing and an order requiring the execution of a detailed supply agreement under which the Commission was to be notified of any price changes by the offending party or any case where it was unable to fulfil orders . |
| 10 | He sleeps on the floor , rises at 4.10am , is in his own words ‘ fanatical ’ about dusting , and has taken a vow of chastity and celibacy . |
| 11 | It travels easily and has taken a tremendous shine to Australia , where it is planted successfully in all wine areas . |
| 12 | My hon. Friend has been a close supporter of the industry for many years and has taken a close interest in its activities . |
| 13 | ‘ Our tour doctor has had one batch of blood tests on Jones but was unable to make an absolutely positive diagnosis and has taken a second set of tests . ’ |
| 14 | Our tour doctor has had one batch of blood tests on Jones but was unable to make an absolutely positive diagnosis and has taken a second set of tests . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In the end , Mungo reasoned that the old man had probably been driving along , had somehow caught a glimpse of him , and had taken a short cut from the road . |
| 17 | On another occasion I took Hellen to meet two English ladies , Dorothea and Olive Kerr , who had retired from secretarial work in Hollywood and had taken a flat on Jervis Street not far from my own . |
| 18 | Now her parents had come home for good , and had taken a beautiful house in Buckinghamshire , where Mrs Grant meant to entertain on a large scale . |
| 19 | He was going back into the National Health Service and had taken a consultancy in a drug dependency unit based at the Lurie Foundation Hospital for Dipsomaniacs on Hampstead Road . |
| 20 | From where they were standing there was no way he could see the hat-and-coat fitment , yet he knew , and had taken a full inventory of its contents . |
| 21 | Again these changes have been in response to legislation and have taken a number of forms . |
| 22 | On Saturday , he had been tied up all day in the stable , but had taken a walk round the Broad over the lunch hour . |