Example sentences of "[noun sg] have taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exhibition park has taken a staggering six years to construct and ‘ grow ’ using over ½ million flowers , trees and pot plants . |
| 2 | The Division has taken a leading role in developing research into the assessment of work based learning ( AWBL ) . |
| 3 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 4 | Since 1989 defence has taken a growing share of state spending ; the official defence budget has doubled , keeping well ahead of inflation . |
| 5 | THE IDEA that Britain 's leading position in military technology automatically helps its industrial base has taken a new blow . |
| 6 | THE recession has taken a large bite out of profits at Daily Mail Trust , parent of the Daily Mail , Mail on Sunday and the Evening Standard . |
| 7 | THE recession has taken a heavy toll on UK investment levels , which are crucial to sustainable long-term growth . |
| 8 | THE UK recession has taken a giant bite out of McDonalds , the American burger chain . |
| 9 | The recession on the east coast has taken a heavy toll of banks there . |
| 10 | The scandal of the so-called Dianagate tape has taken a new twist . |
| 11 | Despite our own success in funding , we are now concerned that FAN has taken a 100 per cent cut in its financial support from the Arts Council . |
| 12 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 13 | When the idea of a Royal Commission was in circulation , lawyers within the ranks of the Government , notably Sam Silkin , the Attorney General and one of the few front-benchers on either side to have taken a close interest in penal reform , and Alex Lyon , a Minister of State at the Home Office , pressed for the opportunity to be grasped to make an authoritative assessment of the arguments for a public prosecution service independent of the police . |
| 14 | His horse had taken a dozen blows and was weakening . |
| 15 | Thus it seemed , from our work and that of many other labs at about the same time , that brain RNA and protein synthesis were necessary for learning and memory formation , and that the field of biochemical memory research had taken a flying leap forward . |
| 16 | The overall tone of noble criticism remained moderate , yet political consciousness had taken a momentous leap since Nicholas 's death . |
| 17 | The months of dangerous living had taken a savage toll of his health and he had bad conjunctivitis . |
| 18 | No force had taken a worse drubbing in the first mad onrush of Plan XVII than the Second Army that had then been under his command ; yet , in the moment of defeat , he had made an astonishing turnabout . |
| 19 | The Education Committee has taken a similar decision in principle for teaching staff and is likely to finalise the matter later this summer . |
| 20 | The Institute has taken a further tentative step towards opening up its disciplinary hearings to the public , with a recommendation that the Professional Conduct Department should first experiment with fuller reporting of disciplinary cases . |
| 21 | As you will be aware the Council has taken a major initiative to investigate the levels of participation and standards of performance in sport and physical recreation among young people . |
| 22 | ‘ Hitherto , the Council has taken a positive view of franchising , regarding the overall benefits to both the profession and its clients as outweighing the disadvantages which will undoubtedly affect particular firms . |
| 23 | Though he did not reject the methodology and interests of the ‘ new philosophy ’ , nor attempt to go back beyond it to some earlier view , he thought that , in allowing too much to materialism , philosophy had taken a wrong turn . |
| 24 | His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield . |
| 25 | At the other end of the human time-scale , the idea that life could be , and was being , prolonged through man 's skill and foresight had taken a powerful hold . |
| 26 | The war has taken a serious turn against us . |
| 27 | ‘ The housing market remains depressed and confidence has taken a severe blow from the turmoil in the foreign exchange markets that led to sterling 's suspension from the ERM . ’ |
| 28 | The moral terrain of the right has taken a strong line with football hooliganism , under-age drinking , heroin addiction , welfare scroungers , young criminals and the unemployed and homeless youth . |
| 29 | The fatal injury was a blow to the head , not a very heavy blow but the deceased had taken a substantial amount of alcohol in the hours before he suffered the injury , and the effect of alcohol is to increase the flow of blood to the brain so that , et cetera , et cetera , et cetera . |
| 30 | Meanwhile the politics of war had taken a new departure . |