Example sentences of "[adv] taken the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Especially as voiced by an American who had disloyally taken the wrong side in a war just successfully completed ‘ for democracy ’ , the sentiments must have seemed — in 1948 , when The Pisan Cantos appeared — nothing short of shameless ! |
| 2 | It had obviously taken the wrong channel and become wedged on a rising shelf of rock strata which traversed the trough about fifty yards before it reached the lake surrounding the breakwater . |
| 3 | Erm , there 's many suggestions I 've got here , where I 've just taken the necessary action in view of the procedures and I do n't feel that it 's necessary for us to discuss it , if you 're happy with that . |
| 4 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 5 | It has just taken the unusual step of calling home its ambassador to Guatemala ‘ for consultations ’ . |
| 6 | It has certainly not been the only movement , nor has it always taken the same form or led to the same conclusions . |
| 7 | When I worked er for in the mid eighties , we had been through a period where we 'd always taken the cheapest tender . |
| 8 | The Introduction to the Finale is given with a beguiling simplicity , and therein lies the key to this performance ; Rozhdestvensky has clearly taken the generic title ‘ Serenade ’ at its face value . |
| 9 | For ten months after his father 's death he had unquestioningly taken the same train home , cooked a meal to be eaten at 7.30 ( as he had always done when his parents were alive ) , watched television , made a cup of tea at 9.30 ( as he had done when his parents were alive ) , and gone to bed . |
| 10 | The United Kingdom has now taken the first step towards European Monetary Union which is intended to lead eventually to a single European currency . |
| 11 | Imminence : of course he saw it before the impulse had even taken the first step on its journey from her mind to her body . |
| 12 | SURGEONS at Harefield Hospital near London have secretly taken the first step toward implanting Britain 's first artificial heart . |
| 13 | A group of Hartlepool women have successfully taken the first step towards a career in creche work . |
| 14 | She has thereby taken the first step towards adult sexuality in developing a wish for a baby . |
| 15 | The structure of this is interesting as over the last few years most software house have added default actions , verbs or options to their interface — Sierra have almost taken the opposite course by simplifying their system which now has a basic choice of some half a dozen actions . |
| 16 | Steve Cauthen , who rode Balla Cove , had earlier taken the other feature race on the card , the Godolphin Stakes , on Spritsail — a victory that should have been the subject of a stewards ' inquiry . |
| 17 | I 've never taken the easy way out , I 'll have you know . |
| 18 | Long at the Bridgewater Arms in Winston , they 've more recently taken the Black Horse at Ingleton and , last year , the Bridge on Whorlton green . |