Example sentences of "[noun] [be] taken [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps not surprising that when older pupils come to sit their leaving examinations , they generally view the prospect of the examinations without much apprehension ; this may be because most decisions about their future are taken on the recommendation of their teachers rather than directly on the basis of examination results . |
| 2 | The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public . |
| 3 | They demanded that no action be taken on the SED-PDS proposal , involving creation of a new Office for the Protection of the Constitution , until after the general election . |
| 4 | Whatever action is taken on the final report of the Buea project ( and I have fears that the heavy reliance on expatriate experts in the project and in drawing up the report may not contribute to its being widely read and followed in Cameroon ) there can be no question that the project marks an important landmark in curriculum planning in Africa . |
| 5 | Unless action is taken only the rich will be able to contemplate being solicitors and only those firms doing commercial work are going to offer traineeships . |
| 6 | A suitable break-point was taken on the death of Magnentius in 353 , and of the reports examined from 334 buildings , no less than 199 offered no satisfactory evidence and it could be argued that the remaining 135 hardly offer a sufficient quantity for any serious statistical study . |
| 7 | So no action was taken on the ideas of the Layfield Committee . |
| 8 | Action was taken on the poll tax . |
| 9 | No legal action was taken so the locals were left to seethe with no redress . |
| 10 | The methods used for controlling debate are the power to apply the closure by a simple majority , though normally the majority must consist of a hundred members ; the power to send bills upstairs for their committee stage to a standing committee and the power , when bills are taken on the floor of the House or in committee , to impose a guillotine . |
| 11 | I think it 's important these matters are taken on the floor of the house because they are very , very serious . |
| 12 | The holes for the cold feeds must be at least 30mm above the base of the cistern to prevent any dirt or debris in the bottom of the cistern being taken down the pipes . |
| 13 | Lunch was taken on the terrace alone beneath the warming rays of the April sunshine , and after that she continued her exploration of the house , amazed at the number of rooms that were apparently shut up and wondering why it was that a man like Marc Alexander Vila would choose to live alone in this enormous and obviously expensive mausoleum . |
| 14 | When these ideas are taken up the employees receive bonuses of one kind or another . |
| 15 | Four 15 minute collections were taken over the hour . |
| 16 | CONTINGENCY plans to cope with a serious accident to a nuclear weapon being taken over the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow are flawed , councillors heard yesterday . |
| 17 | If the mid-point were taken arbitrarily the implication is that the UK manpower in R&D could be increased to 13–14 per cent of total manpower with continuing improvement in productivity . |
| 18 | Few realise the toll erosion 's taken on the 200 year old structure . |
| 19 | That first presidential order to send American troops into possible combat was taken on the run , as Bush was preparing for his first superpower summit with Mikhail Gorbachev at Malta . |
| 20 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
| 21 | Thus evidence was taken on the need for the bill and why it was proposed to deal with problems in a particular way . |
| 22 | An appeal can be marked without significant cost being incurred at that stage and frequently appeals are marked as a holding operation while advice is taken on the prospects of the appeal succeeding . |
| 23 | So now Ron 's taken on the role , with help … of sorts from grandaughter Yasmine . |
| 24 | The EEB declaration makes it clear that European environment groups ‘ believe that when decisions are taken on the respective competence of the Community , Member States and regional and local government in actions to protect the environment , the overriding objective must be to secure the highest quality of life for the Community 's citizens . |
| 25 | After 1945 these interests were taken over the by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia . |
| 26 | MAJOR-GENERAL Michael Skinner , who has died aged 60 , was Director General , Weapons , from 1986 to 1988 , when many important decisions were taken on the future equipment of the Army . |
| 27 | If it appears that the original decisions were taken on the basis of assumptions which have not stood the test of time it is as well to re-run the exercise . |
| 28 | The House will wish to satisfy itself that any decision to enact the Bill is taken on the basis of a full consideration of that assessment of the Bill 's environmental effects . |
| 29 | As a result , Frank Bates was taken on the strength . |
| 30 | The French minister of industry , Dominique Strauss-Kahn , Thursday announced that the French government has paid SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV the first part of the $466m in research and development aid it agreed to pay over five years — the Italian government is supposed to pay the same amount over the same period : ‘ I have signed with SGS-Thomson a contract for a multi-year development effort in France ; the sums for 1993 , $83m from both sides , have been paid , ’ he said ; a spokeswoman for SGS-Thomson in Paris said she had not yet been able to confirm Strauss-Kahn 's assertion ; the separate recapitalisation , which Brussels recently approved , is still conditional on a firm decision being taken on the Italian side , and would be effected in three payments — $227m split evenly between the two partners and an identical payment three months later ; the third payment of $455m is set to be made in 1995 . |