Example sentences of "[noun pl] have taken a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the weaving of Turkoman rugs has taken a different direction in each country , and there are now certain variations in the overall quality and characteristics of the rugs , as well as in the manner in which they are made . |
| 2 | The Yang brothers had taken a prominent part in quelling the " turmoil " in mid-1989 and presided over a massive programme of political education within the army . |
| 3 | Other drivers had taken a break and carried off a number of her fellow spectators , but Simon had yet to appear . |
| 4 | Protestant commentators were very aware that the papacy retained the right to depose excommunicated rulers , and took little comfort from the fact that many English recusants had taken a special oath of allegiance to the crown . |
| 5 | Even her emotions had taken a recent battering , she reflected wryly , with the unpleasant outcome of her relationship with Mortimer Harrison following not so very long after the shattering loss of her mother … |
| 6 | Don Caskie , chairman of the Independent Schools ' Bursars ' Association , said : ‘ Parents have taken a terrible hammering . |
| 7 | The ‘ characters ’ ( the only real selling point ) make them extremely awkward to use , and the licences have taken a hefty toll on the price — a wallet-busting £12.99 ! |
| 8 | Time after time , companies have taken a dive , leaving a mass of dead and dying labels in their wake . |
| 9 | He kept saying how their fortunes had taken a turn for the better from the moment Alice began playing with the group . |
| 10 | He led Leeds to the English championship last season but the team 's fortunes have taken a dive this year . |
| 11 | It is not alone in this view : most City economists have taken a distinctly sceptical stance on the Red Book 's projections . |
| 12 | THE fight for the return of Barnard Castle auction mart 's licence to certify cattle has taken a step forward with the involvement of the town 's MP . |
| 13 | Driving long distances has taken a vicious toll . |
| 14 | The increase in trade in manufactured goods has taken a particular form of trade . |
| 15 | If the Maronites had taken a similar path , perhaps seeking a confederated state within a Greater Lebanon , the catastrophe that befell their grandsons might have been averted . |
| 16 | Then when it was realized that things had taken a turn for the worse and somebody was going to get killed the vicar stepped in and bought them all ice-creams . |
| 17 | Other investors have taken a similar line . |
| 18 | Other unforeseen difficulties have taken a further 4 per cent , but Remington is confident the contingency reserve will cover it . |
| 19 | Both firms have taken a 45 per cent stake in each other 's truck business . |
| 20 | In some countries the dairy producers have taken a comparable line , and manage to live profitably while accepting the growing evidence against high-fat diets in general and saturates in particular . |
| 21 | But now that things have taken a new , altogether creepier turn , and men are actually pulling women up on points of feminist propriety , it 's harder for a woman to know how to react . |
| 22 | Anglo-French relations has taken a turn for the worse and Queen Victoria 's enthusiasm for the project evaporated . |
| 23 | ‘ The truth is men like gadgets , they like to control their environment , ’ points out Dr Margaret Shotton , author of Computer Addiction ? and one of the few academics to have taken a serious look at video game culture . |
| 24 | Interference theories have taken a variety of forms . |
| 25 | Here in Stuttgart today we shall see the final of an unofficial mini-Masters , the masters having taken a lucrative detour away from the pressures of the circuit . |
| 26 | Julie Gibson , Historic Scotland 's monuments officer for Orkney , said yesterday that many archaeological treasures had taken a ‘ hammering ’ from a combination of hurricane-force winds and the highest tides in living memory . |
| 27 | In all , 348/742 ( 46% ; 42.8% to 50.1% ) responders had taken a further qualification after leaving school ( fig 2 ) . |
| 28 | Too many players had taken a rest after the World Cup and there 's no substitute for playing if you want to stay match fit . |
| 29 | Well , they would have showed a wider picture of the actual picture , and apparently they take , co , the photographers had taken a baby away from it 's mother he 's standing in the middle of a desert , and there 's a picture of them with a baby and all these photographers photographing it ! |
| 30 | Such moves have taken a number of different forms : |