Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] taken [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moscow has taken various measures aimed at overcoming Latin American mistrust of the Soviet Union , including academic and cultural exchanges , which are facilitated by the Soviet friendship societies now existing in most Latin American countries . |
| 2 | President Mobutu of Zaire has taken drastic measures to silence all journalists and publishers who criticise his policies . |
| 3 | Caro has taken personal responsibility for the selection of the sculptures which have been chosen to complement the markets ' strong architectural identity . |
| 4 | However , Lee has taken considerable trouble to provide detailed instructions and many examples to help clarify this issue . |
| 5 | ‘ We struggled badly last summer because the SSD had taken terrible cuts and lost management and closed services ’ , says Roycroft . |
| 6 | Mr Kinnock has taken High Court libel action over a front page story , A Man For All Reasons , in the Sun on April 3 . |
| 7 | Herrick had taken great pains to make sure he was protected . |
| 8 | In addition Bill has taken great care to create structure and all the year round interest with shrubs and conifers . |
| 9 | It is understood that , because the victims of the Awiel plane crash were badly mutilated , doctors who had packed the bodies before shipment to France had taken extra precautions , and an explosion from decomposition was therefore said to have been unlikely . |
| 10 | In explaining the sequence of thought which led Keynes to the General Theory , Dr Clarke has taken full advantage of recently discovered sources , including students ' notes of Keynes 's lectures at Cambridge . |
| 11 | Not just in the alleys of St Jude 's , where John-William had taken good care never to be devoured himself , but everywhere . |
| 12 | Middlesbrough would have been dead and buried if Taylor had taken other scoring chances before the break . |
| 13 | It is reported ( EP , 28 December 1987 ) that in the past five years Slovenia has taken full advantage of this arrangement . |
| 14 | Sutton had taken great care over his written application for the editorship ; even his later detractors say it was brilliant . |
| 15 | Under this programme , students from Lublin in Poland have taken National Certificate Modules in Business Studies ( in English ) via open learning . |
| 16 | Among the prime movers of La Rete , was Leoluca Orlando , who as DC mayor of Palermo had taken vigorous measures against the Mafia , but had alienated his own party hierarchy by refusing to work with the PSI and forming instead an alliance with the PCI and Greens . |
| 17 | This was the first time that an archbishop of Canterbury had taken disciplinary action against a Welsh bishop . |
| 18 | Both Harald and Swegen had taken Slavonic consorts and thought it desirable to subjugate Norway . |