Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] taken [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( a ) General considerations Once the drafter has taken full instructions , the first draft of the terms can be prepared . |
| 2 | If , however , a creditor has taken reasonable steps , such as advising the surety to take independent advice , or , if the surety declines to do so , offering a fair explanation of the security document before the surety signs it , I can see no reason why equity should intervene . |
| 3 | 233 seems to be that if a wife signs a security document at her debtor husband 's request , the creditor will be unable to enforce the security unless either the debtor or the creditor has taken positive steps to try and ensure that the wife understands the import of the security documents or unless she has obtained independent advice . |
| 4 | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has taken new evidence which has been received and is being assessed by my Department . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) The subsection relieves an applicant from the consequences of the failure to exhibit a notice in compliance with subss. ( 2 ) ( b ) or ( 3 ) ( b ) where the failure has been caused by the removal , obscuring , etc. , of the notice through no fault of the applicant and the applicant has taken reasonable steps to protect and replace the notice . |
| 6 | However , whilst there is no need to take account of the attributes of a particular contracting partner , if a business contracts with people of a particular class , the steps must be reasonably sufficient to bring the terms to the notice of a member of that class — in Richardson , Spence & Co v Rowntree [ 1894 ] AC 217 , terms on a steamer ticket for carriage in steerage class were not incorporated into a contract because the defendant had taken insufficient steps to bring them to the notice of steerage class passengers . |
| 7 | Furious at what they call roughshod treatment at the hands of their area tourist board executives over the merger issue , members of the Dunoon and District Hoteliers Association have taken legal advice which they say has confirmed that rules have been violated . |
| 8 | The Irish Institute has taken bold steps to reduce the expectation gap , lobbying the government for changes in legislation that would allow implementation of several key recommendations put forward in the Ryan Report . |
| 9 | The message added : ‘ The district council has taken legal advice from senior counsel who have confirmed that the district council did have a case which it could competently pursue against the local paper . |
| 10 | Slavery has taken different forms , depending in part on the particular economic use to which slaves have been put . |
| 11 | I know this is a very foodie ( and fattening ! ) time of year , but Moyra Fraser , our Cookery Editor , and the rest of the GHI team have taken enormous care to see that you have a marvellous variety of recipes for festive entertaining at your fingertips . |
| 12 | Claims will be paid on condition that the Insured Person has taken reasonable steps to complete the journey to the U.K. departure point on time . |
| 13 | However , few studies of relative achievement have taken social class into account and this is very unfortunate as there is now overwhelming evidence of a strong relationship between social class and educational achievement ( for a recent overview see Mortimore and Blackstone , 1982 ) . |
| 14 | While research on the agronomic side of conservation has taken considerable strides during the past fifteen years for all its problems of misapplication , there have also been some advances in the thinking on the socio-economic side of soil erosion and the resulting design of conservation programmes as well . |
| 15 | The claims that appear endlessly in newspaper columns are about whether the government has taken proper account of the expected increase in demand and costs . |
| 16 | Speaking in Skelton , in the marginal Langbaurgh constituency , he said the Government had taken tough measures against the scourge of car crime . |
| 17 | But the government had taken elaborate precautions to crush any resistance . |
| 18 | The Heath government had taken statutory controls over prices , incomes , and dividends and its 1972 Industry Act permitted large-scale state intervention in industry . |
| 19 | The World Bank has taken similar action because of $57 million arrears . |
| 20 | The National Executive had taken rigorous action , reimposing all restrictions imposed in 1936 . |
| 21 | Three times in the next ten days the beacons passed news from point to point — from Rubha Nan Gall across the Sound of Mull to Castle Nan Con , back to Aros , across to Ardtornish and back again to Duart — that the threat that had first been hinted in Luch 's arrival had taken solid shape . |
| 22 | THE GOVERNMENT 's handling of the Maastricht bill came under fierce attack yesterday when it emerged that the Prime Minister has taken legal advice on whether he could by-pass Parliament . |
| 23 | The risk of the husband dealing with the property in the period between the court order and completion of the conveyance to the wife or lodgment of the transfer to her at HM Land Registry has already been mentioned ( see above p10 ) and practitioners will no doubt have taken protective steps accordingly . |
| 24 | At the very time that Parliament was debating the garotters , there had been a public sensation when The Liverpool Mercury exposed an eye-witness account of a brutal navy flogging on HMS Majestic in which it was alleged that the officer-in-charge had taken considerable pleasure from the proceedings . |
| 25 | The idea had taken firm root in his brain and Carew knew that he was not going to be easily discouraged . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's obvious that bands like The Sisters Of Mercy and Fields Of The Nephilim have taken various things from The Birthday Party . |
| 27 | The most remarkable thing about this letter was that Knox thought it worthwhile making his appeal even although five days earlier the Lords of the Congregation had taken decisive action . |
| 28 | Her mother had taken great care to provide a lot of love and attention to Mary , often at the neglect of the baby . |
| 29 | His mother had taken special care to remove the dirt from his face and hands at least . |