Example sentences of "[noun sg] taken [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family firm of Swannson-on-Wheels made a contract with Computex Ltd by exchange of correspondence , The following extract taken from a letter dated 30 July 1985 on Computex Ltd headed notepaper gives the essential terms of the haulage contract : |
| 2 | The test is done on a small sample of blood taken from a vein in the arm in the standard way . |
| 3 | So the influence on teachers ' attitudes is probably greater than any immediate action taken as a result of analysing one child 's miscues . |
| 4 | The most obvious example of such a sanction , of course , is the action taken by a state against those who break its laws . |
| 5 | ‘ Any action taken by a driver should be done properly . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It was not honest help , and any action taken by a driver should be done properly . |
| 7 | This requires action taken by a trade union to be supported by a majority in a secret ballot of all those reasonably expected to take part in the action , and in view of the practicalities of organising a ballot and the fact that advance approval of action is valid for only four weeks puts a serious constraint upon the taking of effective action even where that has overwhelming support . |
| 8 | Villains snatched the rare bird when they entered Cockerton Aquatics in Darlington , using a spare key taken from a car two weeks earlier . |
| 9 | A home movie taken at a party just before the earthquake showed her dancing , a pretty young woman , a little overweight , a little overdressed . |
| 10 | The discovery of a Thomas Barton harpsichords throws fresh light on the scribbled information in the Talbot Manuscript taken from an instrument we know only as ‘ Jenny 's harpsichord ’ The stringing list is almost identical . |
| 11 | One close-up taken with a zoom lens . |
| 12 | A test taken within an hour of her death found a very high level of insulin in blood taken from Becky 's heart . |
| 13 | For example , the Laki eruption taken as a whole constitutes a splendid example of a fissure eruption , but along its twenty-five kilometre length dozens of small volcanic cones were built up , none of them very big , although each one , if considered separately , could be called a central vent volcano . |
| 14 | So , for example , a teacher who had already manifested an inability to ‘ control ’ a class , will have this failure taken as an insult by the pupils and this weakness will be played on by further messing around which is designed to explore its extent , ratify the insult and perpetuate the cycle . |
| 15 | That 's a picture taken from a helicopter or an aeroplane . |
| 16 | It had gone now , its place taken by a summer suit Claudia loved at first sight , but she was n't here to buy clothes — she must find Dana . |
| 17 | She felt certain that he intended her no harm and her fear began to recede , its place taken by a surge of excitement and anticipation . |
| 18 | The silver cigar box on it was empty — the last £200 Corona taken by a mystery smoker before it could be sold . |
| 19 | The basis is the plc taken as a paradigm in the previous section . |
| 20 | Judgements about profitability , net worth , and creditworthiness are judgements about the PLC taken as a whole . |
| 21 | But in practice this has come to mean that the C. and A. G. examines , certifies and reports on the annual summarized accounts of the National Health Service taken as a whole , i.e. as the appropriation account presents them . |
| 22 | ‘ Stranger here myself ’ the title taken from a number from One Touch of Venus ( recorded by Teresa Stratas with the original orchestration on Elektra-Nonesuch CD 12/88 ) , is a tour de chant that Angelina Réaux has performed with success in New York and London . |
| 23 | Two men were later arrested — one was shot by an Army marksman and the other taken from a house following a siege . |
| 24 | This is realism taken to an extreme . |
| 25 | Our one positive control specimen was lung tissue taken from a carcinoma in a region of apical fibrosis in a patient aged 45 years . |
| 26 | A comment taken from a mathematics survey observes that too many children have a ‘ fragile ’ grasp of decimals , some 33% of 11 year olds considering that a number of 3 decimal places was invariably smaller than a number with 2 decimal places regardless of the digits involved . |
| 27 | They 're testing grass taken from a field next to a nuclear power station . |
| 28 | But besides unintentional incorrect reporting in newspapers there is also the problem of bias , much of which may emanate from the political stance taken by a newspaper in an uncensored society . |
| 29 | This first example illustrates an impulsive overdose taken by a woman who had experienced a recent loss and had been unable to discuss her problems with her family . |
| 30 | The poet writes as if the train were a woman to give it a more human and emotional element and to allow the reader to be involved with the journey on a deeper level than would be necessary if it were a simple poem taken from an objective rather than a personal view . |