Example sentences of "[noun] have taken [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( a ) General considerations Once the drafter has taken full instructions , the first draft of the terms can be prepared . |
| 2 | If , however , a creditor has taken reasonable steps , such as advising the surety to take independent advice , or , if the surety declines to do so , offering a fair explanation of the security document before the surety signs it , I can see no reason why equity should intervene . |
| 3 | 233 seems to be that if a wife signs a security document at her debtor husband 's request , the creditor will be unable to enforce the security unless either the debtor or the creditor has taken positive steps to try and ensure that the wife understands the import of the security documents or unless she has obtained independent advice . |
| 4 | Moscow has taken various measures aimed at overcoming Latin American mistrust of the Soviet Union , including academic and cultural exchanges , which are facilitated by the Soviet friendship societies now existing in most Latin American countries . |
| 5 | But the first reason was religious : ‘ part of the leiges has taken new opinions of the scripture , and has done against the law and ordinance of holy kirk ’ . |
| 6 | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has taken new evidence which has been received and is being assessed by my Department . |
| 7 | ( 4 ) The subsection relieves an applicant from the consequences of the failure to exhibit a notice in compliance with subss. ( 2 ) ( b ) or ( 3 ) ( b ) where the failure has been caused by the removal , obscuring , etc. , of the notice through no fault of the applicant and the applicant has taken reasonable steps to protect and replace the notice . |
| 8 | However , whilst there is no need to take account of the attributes of a particular contracting partner , if a business contracts with people of a particular class , the steps must be reasonably sufficient to bring the terms to the notice of a member of that class — in Richardson , Spence & Co v Rowntree [ 1894 ] AC 217 , terms on a steamer ticket for carriage in steerage class were not incorporated into a contract because the defendant had taken insufficient steps to bring them to the notice of steerage class passengers . |
| 9 | But hardly any kids had taken hard drugs like heroin and cocaine . |
| 10 | Furious at what they call roughshod treatment at the hands of their area tourist board executives over the merger issue , members of the Dunoon and District Hoteliers Association have taken legal advice which they say has confirmed that rules have been violated . |
| 11 | Teesdale District councillor Phil Hughes , who also represents Bowes parish council on the accident prevention panel , said : ‘ The people doing the roadworks have taken adequate measures and could not have put up any more ‘ no overtaking ’ signs or 50mph speed limit signs . |
| 12 | Experts settle issues on which the parties have not taken defined positions : where the parties have taken defined positions , which become " disputes " or " ( formulated ) disputes " , the referee must be an arbitrator : see 15.5 . |
| 13 | In all other cases it is artificial to draw this distinction between : ( 1 ) " issues " where the parties have not taken defined positions ; and ( 2 ) " disputes " or " formulated disputes " where the parties have taken defined positions . |
| 14 | The notion that a " formulated dispute " ( ie an issue on which the parties have taken defined positions ) is necessary to make the valuer or expert into an arbitrator is deep-rooted . |
| 15 | However , the radius of commuting tends to be more circumscribed , so that conflict between local residents and incoming urban dwellers has taken other forms . |
| 16 | The Irish Institute has taken bold steps to reduce the expectation gap , lobbying the government for changes in legislation that would allow implementation of several key recommendations put forward in the Ryan Report . |
| 17 | The message added : ‘ The district council has taken legal advice from senior counsel who have confirmed that the district council did have a case which it could competently pursue against the local paper . |
| 18 | Slavery has taken different forms , depending in part on the particular economic use to which slaves have been put . |
| 19 | At first Canadian settlement had been largely along the border with the United States , south of the 50th parallel , and American railway companies had taken Canadian grain to the world market . |
| 20 | It appeared that Goble had refused to pay a sum charged against him as owner of some houses , and the Commissioners had taken legal proceedings against him , and he had then submitted and paid , with costs . |
| 21 | President Mobutu of Zaire has taken drastic measures to silence all journalists and publishers who criticise his policies . |
| 22 | Caro has taken personal responsibility for the selection of the sculptures which have been chosen to complement the markets ' strong architectural identity . |
| 23 | The Directorate of Public Service Management dismissed an estimated 12,000 strikers on Nov. 6 , after some 60,000 to 70,000 government and public-sector workers had taken industrial action in support of a 154 per cent wage rise , originally agreed between the National Amalgamated Union and the government , but which government officials now said could not be met in view of the budget deficit . |
| 24 | I know this is a very foodie ( and fattening ! ) time of year , but Moyra Fraser , our Cookery Editor , and the rest of the GHI team have taken enormous care to see that you have a marvellous variety of recipes for festive entertaining at your fingertips . |
| 25 | Claims will be paid on condition that the Insured Person has taken reasonable steps to complete the journey to the U.K. departure point on time . |
| 26 | However , Lee has taken considerable trouble to provide detailed instructions and many examples to help clarify this issue . |
| 27 | ‘ We struggled badly last summer because the SSD had taken terrible cuts and lost management and closed services ’ , says Roycroft . |
| 28 | Only two other teams have taken full points from McDiarmid Park this season — Rangers and Aberdeen . |
| 29 | However , few studies of relative achievement have taken social class into account and this is very unfortunate as there is now overwhelming evidence of a strong relationship between social class and educational achievement ( for a recent overview see Mortimore and Blackstone , 1982 ) . |
| 30 | The chicks have taken Indian names after regions of their natural habitat , Sisquoc was born on 30 March and has more than doubled his weight of 201.9 grams . |