Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the bitterest fighting during the last nine months has been taking place between these two factions in and around Mogadishu , particularly since November 1991 , with neither yet gaining control . |
| 2 | Only when these key steps have been taken will government and individuals alike be able to plan for the long term , instead of focusing on the short term and the next election . |
| 3 | According to casualty figures for the conflict in 1991 issued by Nagorny Karabakh 270 Armenians , 216 Azerbaijanis and 15 servicemen of various nationalities had died ; 400 Armenians , 180 Azerbaijanis and 34 servicemen had been wounded ; and 599 Armenians had been taken hostage , of whom 226 had not yet returned . |
| 4 | Closures of railway lines had been taking place for many years , accelerated by the growing availability of cars in the 1950s . |
| 5 | The new EC Framework Programme for 1990–94 was adopted earlier this year and since then negotiations about the individual programme lines have been taking place . |
| 6 | A further 450 Palestinians had been taken prisoner . |
| 7 | Excavations have been taking place almost continuously in Carlisle since the early 1950s , and a number of useful summaries have been published , beginning with Shaw 's in 1923 . |
| 8 | Two families had been taken hostage to force the managers of a bank and supermarket to hand over £96,000 . |
| 9 | In fact this is the whole point of introducing D. By assigning a relative permittivity to a dielectric material all these problems have been taken care of . |
| 10 | Under its new chief executive , John Houliston , big changes have been taking place at Dairy Crest as it prepares for a stock market flotation next year . |
| 11 | Cave rescue teams have been taking part in a hazardous exercise to gain experience of an emergency underground . |
| 12 | However , breeders have been taking steps to reduce calving problems and also to breed longer , taller animals . |
| 13 | One of the problems , I am sure , is that they are going on package tours which are very well organized , a lot of things laid on , and they think , fair enough , that most things have been taken care of . |
| 14 | The study , carried out by researchers led by Steve Wilcox , of Cardiff University , shows that council housing transfers to other bodies have been taking place in England on a much larger scale than has happened so far in Scotland . |
| 15 | These and others were named as Members of the new London Passenger Transport Board in May 1933 , but moves had been taking place behind the scenes from the beginning of the year . |
| 16 | The Society needs more teachers ; many of teachers have been taking classes for 20 years or more ! |
| 17 | Overall it is clear that two parallel developments have been taking place in adult education for the unemployed . |
| 18 | To Zvi , Wine was an upstart — an interloper who had suddenly appeared in the community a year ago ( real name , Zvi had been told , was Benny Wineberg from Brighton ) , set up as a dentist , and by charging ludicrously low fees had been taking clients from Zvi . |
| 19 | On energy , consultations have been taking place on generation , conservation and solar energy . |
| 20 | Once the foregoing points have been taken care of , independent achievement of the balance conditions is possible through variation of R 2 and R 3 . |
| 21 | Negotiations have been taking place for almost two years and their failure is a big setback to the ambitions of the Edinburgh-based financial institution set up with £26 million in 1991 as a building society acquisition vehicle . |
| 22 | Further negotiations have been taking place and a short while ago the Abingdon staff began clearing the six day backlog . |
| 23 | Discussions had been taking place since the middle of last week . |
| 24 | One of the oldest races has been taking place in the village of Olney since ( 1445 ) fourteen forty five . |
| 25 | Both boys had been taken prisoner and tortured ( according to Dr Caskie , who told the story in his book The Tartan Pimpernel ) ‘ until the blood came out of their ears ’ ; but they managed convincingly to deny their activities , and eventually they were released . |
| 26 | On June 2 , ECOMOG headquarters in Monrovia announced that six other Senegalese soldiers had been taken hostage by Taylor 's men . |
| 27 | Although the British Government ruled out the prospect of the US company buying Austin Rover , within days of it leaking out that talks had been taking place , Bob Lutz , Ford of Europe chairman , said : ‘ I honestly believe it would have been best for Britain . ’ |
| 28 | Closures have been taking place over the past 10 years . |
| 29 | A SERIES of team-building initiatives have been taking place across AEA to give staff at all levels the opportunity to work together to formulate team action plans which can be applied in the workplace . |
| 30 | DISCUSSIONS have been taking place in Birkenhead over the future of St Laurence 's parish , and one proposal is that it should be joined to Our Lady 's Parish . |