Example sentences of "[noun] has taken [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confidence in road building has taken knocks too . |
| 2 | The re-establishment of religious communities within Anglicanism has taken place only since the middle of the last century , and the tradition upon which their founders drew was mainly that of the Roman Catholic Church . |
| 3 | If there is only one adult resident , a discount of 25 per cent can be claimed ( s79 ) ; it is important therefore that if husband and wife cease to live together each of them should notify the local authority that separation has taken place so as to end joint liability and for the remaining resident spouse to claim the discount ( if applicable ) . |
| 4 | The rich Fenghuo village outside Xian has taken care not to use any mud bricks in the facade of its new houses . |
| 5 | An emotional reunion after more than fifty years has taken place today , between two Britons who were evacuated as children to the United States and their American foster mother . |
| 6 | The igneous complex is composed for the most part of very resistant rocks , and less erosion has taken place here than with the other rock types , so that this region contains some of the highest hills in the Outer Hebrides , such as Roneval , Bleaval and Chaipaval . |
| 7 | Success has n't solved all their problems — Cindy Wilson has taken time off to be temporarily replaced by David Lynch 's protegee Julee Cruise — but it has put the bounce back into the bouffant bop from which their name is derived ( a B-52 being a hairdo ) . |
| 8 | This shift in emphasis has taken place partly because the restrictions on the use of organo-chloride pesticides introduced in the 1960s have enabled some of the more extreme threats to wildlife preservation to recede and partly because pesticide manufacturers countered nature conservationist claims that they were responsible for the reduction in bird population by arguing that hedgerow and woodland removal could be the prime culprits . |
| 9 | KEITH Richards has taken time off from the Rolling Stones to perform with his own band , the X-Pensive Winos . |
| 10 | It can be seen that comparisons between the sub-groups are made much easier if they have been sampled in this way ; there is no problem of having to cope with a preponderance of one group and a dearth of another if stratification has taken place beforehand . |
| 11 | To cut a still very shapeless and incoherent story short , this latest analysis has taken advertising well away , it seems to me , from any possibility of a single , coherent theory of how it can work . |
| 12 | The final stage of the cycle , before reporting , is ‘ taking stock ’ ; a relatively low-key affair , since much of the evaluation has taken place already . |
| 13 | One of TV 's most famous newsreaders has taken time off from her job in front of the cameras to do some stage work . |
| 14 | Much also depends upon local employment conditions , for , with a few exceptions , the greatest decline has taken place where there has been the greatest competition for labour , principally in the South East , in the West Midlands and in South Wales . |