Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [been] take a " in BNC.

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1 This week news comes from Australia that this technique has been taken a stage further ( p 271 ) .
2 It has been known for some time that the Inland Revenue has been taking a close interest in the marketing practices of livestock farmers in parts of Wales and the West Country .
3 Kim Barnes has been taking a look at what went wrong , and at the hopes for the New Year .
4 Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd has been taking a break from the Bosnian crisis , to tackle less troubled waters closer to home .
5 In Ulster the application of the theory has been taken a stage further and much effort has been spent , in addition , on ways to discredit and alienate non-terrorist opponents of the government from their host populations .
6 A working group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has been taking a fresh look at the problem , and its report was endorsed by the college this week .
7 The traditional role of the tape back-up unit has been to take a complete copy of your hard disk .
8 In the latest in our occasional series , Inside the Globe , Wesley Smith has been taking a look behind the scenes at the Weather Department .
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