Example sentences of "[noun] have taken a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sun has taken a 10% stake in Elvis+ , but would not reveal the value of the investment . |
| 2 | EUROPE 's video war has taken a series of bizarre new twists as the European Community 's new rules on imports of video recorders from Japan produce results in the market place that nobody predicted . |
| 3 | Since 1983 the United Kingdom had taken a series of measures to tackle the problem of quota hopping . |
| 4 | Amstrad has taken a £7.24 million charge for the restructuring of its Spanish subsidiary , and has also written down computer stock by £3.6 million more . |
| 5 | But the Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , who once lived in the colony , said the governor had taken a series of moves which were supported in the territory and should be supported in Britain . |
| 6 | Insignia has taken a 10% shareholding in Bristol Technology Inc , Bridgefield , Connecticut . |
| 7 | The company has taken a £47m hit above the line and another £23m below . |
| 8 | Pilkington has taken a 40pc stake in the Polish float glass plant and , with the country boasting the largest East European population , was expecting to do well . |