Example sentences of "[noun pl] have take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | But hardly any kids had taken hard drugs like heroin and cocaine . |
| 3 | The Dragoons had taken several prisoners and the Covenanters decided to intercept the soldiers and free the captives . |
| 4 | It was already half-past twelve and unlikely that the lads had taken three hours buying bread . |
| 5 | In the newly emerging cities this meadow was symbolized in the Broletto , even after the communes had taken all powers in the making of laws and handing out of justice away from the church . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | At present 342 schools have taken this course , but the Department of Education has reported a sevenfold increase in parental ballots since the equivalent period last year . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | However , the radius of commuting tends to be more circumscribed , so that conflict between local residents and incoming urban dwellers has taken other forms . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Nearly 50 trade associations have taken one step further and had their codes of practice approved by the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) . |
| 15 | These gardens have taken many years to complete and now include a children 's Play area , a small lake with swans and fountains and a large sloping grassy area surrounded by trees and seats . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Only a small minority ( 5 per cent ) of all temporary workers had taken such jobs because they were tied to a course of training , and most of these were young adults . |
| 18 | Simmons ( 1978 ) noted that geographers had taken little notice of the wave of concern for environment which peaked about 1972 and he proceeded to argue in favour of a humanistic biogeography ( see p. 124 ) . |
| 19 | The health managers have taken another look at the options examined by the Royal Commission . |
| 20 | Only two other teams have taken full points from McDiarmid Park this season — Rangers and Aberdeen . |
| 21 | Police officers have taken 1,500 statements from youngsters during the last year . |
| 22 | Traditionally other open systems vendors have taken this approach , which is to say we 'll have the entire application on the desktop and we 'll centralize the server resource on a server hardware machine . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Breeders have to take great care and trouble rearing the Raza Prat , slow-growing birds that command premium prices . |
| 25 | Empirical studies have taken three forms : ( a ) controlled experiments , usually observing how selected persons respond to higher benefits ( negative taxes ) ; ( b ) questionnaires based on random samples , and ( c ) econometric studies using data on how people have responded in the past to tax changes . |
| 26 | Outside the script departments of a few studios , too many producers have taken lazy routes to their scripts . |
| 27 | I mean the furore about actually leasing trains has taken several years to develop erm And you just have to look at at the moment now and he does n't know if he 's sinking or swimming basically . |
| 28 | However , in most cases the crucial question will be whether the person seeking to rely on the terms had taken reasonable steps to give the recipient notice of their existence . |
| 29 | Although nine patients had taken oral contraceptives before gall stone dissolution , only one did so afterwards . |
| 30 | OTHER spurned wives have taken public revenge on their husbands . |