Example sentences of "[to-vb] taken [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forty-one per cent of the known opioid users were also known to have taken other types of drug , although this is probably an underestimate since some agencies do not routinely record or receive information about all drugs used by people on their files . |
| 2 | Senior members of the SDLP are believed to have taken great exception to the criticism . |
| 3 | President Desmond Hoyte was reported to have accepted the resignation " reluctantly " , and to have taken temporary charge of the Foreign Affairs portfolio . |
| 4 | For married women this tendency was even more pronounced — Temporary workers working part-time were also more likely to have taken temporary jobs because they did not want Permanent jobs , whilst among those working full-time inability to find a permanent job was by far the most frequent reason given . |
| 5 | How much of a threat this posed to those drapers who themselves furnished funerals is not recorded , but as none appear to have taken legal action , it can only be assumed that they too had dealings with these manufacturers whilst continuing to offer a funeral service to the general public . |
| 6 | The Council was understood to have taken legal advice before inserting the section on the Director , Dr John Houghton . |
| 7 | The grounds upon which a ban is imposed relate to public disorder only , and if the banning authorities can be shown to have taken irrelevant considerations into account in deciding whether to exercise the power to ban , they have acted ultra vires . |
| 8 | The definitions in the Regulations appeared to have taken full advantage of the enabling power and did not exclude any class of payer . |