Example sentences of "[noun] has taken [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toshack has taken pains to play down the hard-man image he brought from San Sebastian , swearing that the extra training ordered after the poor performance at Castellon was not a punishment . |
| 2 | The General Synod of the Church of England votes on the matter next week , but already the Bishop of Chester has taken action to head off a split in his church . |
| 3 | Royle added : ‘ Olney has taken time to settle in but he is full of running and he is now doing okay . |
| 4 | The Athens meeting has taken months to set up . |
| 5 | ’ — Which is why I imagine Burun has taken steps to remind Artai that it is the ulus of the Kha-Khan to be the Lord of the Earth , ’ he said . |
| 6 | However , in a concession to a veto threat delivered by US President George Bush , Congress allowed Bush the authority to restore the aid programme if he could certify " that the government of Jordan has taken steps to advance the peace process in the Middle East , or that furnishing assistance to Jordan would be beneficial to the peace process in the Middle East " . |
| 7 | The United States House of Representatives on June 20 voted by 410 to eight to cut off military aid to Jordan worth US$27,000,000 , pending assurances that " the government of Jordan has taken steps to advance the peace process in the Middle East " [ see p. 38119 ] . |
| 8 | Unlike Mr Chirac during that earlier experiment , Mr Balladur has taken care to consult Mr Mitterrand regularly . |
| 9 | The Government has taken steps to improve court procedures but it has steadfastly refused to introduce a legal right to interest . |
| 10 | Since that time central government has taken steps to reduce the proportion of local expenditure it funds . |
| 11 | Ahead of the Commission 's recommendations , the Law Society has taken steps to guarantee the competence of police station advice given by unqualified staff by producing a scheme which will provide comprehensive training for solicitor 's representatives , followed by a test which they will have to pass in order to continue to be paid for the work by the Legal Aid Board . |
| 12 | The development of this northern suburb is better understood than its southern counterpart , because enough small-scale excavation has taken place to elaborate the information from the aerial photographs . |
| 13 | Amis has taken time to rehearse the arguments about politics hijacking literature , and in the end the novel may even surprise some readers with its air of amused tolerince : ‘ Even bad poetry had to exist , if only to heighten good poetry by contrast , to make the good poets shine out as even bette . ’ |
| 14 | Management as local activity has taken time to distance itself from the field of administration which belonged , as recently as the 1980s , to varying tiers of government rather than to institutions . |