Example sentences of "[noun prp] have take the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In vetoing repeated efforts by the state legislature to adopt the death penalty ( it is still one vote short of a veto override ) , Mr Cuomo has taken the moral high ground — and does not seem to have lost votes by doing so . |
| 2 | Few people in Polruan knew much about what went on behind the big iron gates that guarded the entrance to Roscarrock Hall , because Sir Gregory had taken the prudent step of making his household almost self-sufficient , and traders were seldom required to call . |
| 3 | No one should get the impression from this that Rotherham had taken the gay community to its bosom . |
| 4 | Now the referee 's given it and what we reckon here is Rozario 's taken the free kick to Gemmell but Gemmell is now offside . |
| 5 | ‘ Phar-Mor has taken the illogical and outrageous action of suing Coopers in a blatant attempt to twist the truth , avoid responsibilities for their own actions and shift the blame from themselves , ’ said the firm . |
| 6 | Nissan has taken the whole thing one step further with its series of weird and cute limited production models . |
| 7 | So far , however , Liffe has taken the modest route of allowing access to APT through any authorised carrier , such as Telerate , with whom agreement was announced yesterday . |
| 8 | In early November Coleridge and the Wordsworths , whose deep and intuitive friendship had begun by now to exclude not only Sara but even Tom Poole , set out on the road to Porlock which Coleridge had taken the previous month . |
| 9 | Dolly had taken the young gipsy girl to her heart once it was established she would not be marrying Seb . |
| 10 | KOP legend Ray Kennedy has taken the heartbreaking decision to sell his prized collection of soccer memorabilia . |
| 11 | White South Africa had taken the black men , herded them into workers ' barracks and townships , kept them supplied with beer and prostitutes , then sent them back home with their rand , their tuberculosis and their venereal disease . |
| 12 | Delaney had taken the first watch with Forster . |
| 13 | Giugiaro had taken the unusual step of displaying a chassis too , letting the world see the high standard of carbon-fibre work in his monocoque , the cockpit-adjustable anti-roll bars and the massive 14ins drilled racing disc brakes . |
| 14 | By this period ( 1987–8 ) , the DHSS had taken the unusual step of organizing an elaborate exercise of disseminating the results of the research studies , using the summarizing ‘ pink book ’ ( DHSS , 1985b ) as a focus for examining local policy and practice . |
| 15 | Jinny had taken the little girls home and Sarah and Mrs Bennet left . |
| 16 | The FA has taken the extraordinary step of bringing the clubs to book because of the tightrope football is walking between the laws of the game and the law of the land . |
| 17 | As soon as he 'd switched the light off , Zeno had taken the same route through the yard as Sophie had done a little earlier . |
| 18 | On June 25 President de Klerk had taken the unprecedented step of effectively declaring an official day of mourning , when he announced that the government would allow its employees to attend the funeral and " related mourning services " on June 29 and called on the private sector to do likewise . |
| 19 | She approached by the same route she and Beador had taken the previous day . |
| 20 | Nora Simpson had taken the early bus to Chollerton to do her weekend shopping . |
| 21 | He had completely lost his temper when he had heard the news that Clasper had taken the giant Merseyside plant out on strike . |
| 22 | Realising that an individually tailored , quality service at a competitive cost could no longer be fully satisfied by a traditional branch network , Midland has taken the unique step of establishing 13 District Service Centres ( DSCs ) to process cheques centrally . |
| 23 | WEN have taken the important step in their book too by outlining the basics of organic chemistry . |
| 24 | Three secretaries who in March had taken the unprecedented step of tendering their resignations to the GPC [ see also p. 37333 ] were also affected : Izz al-Din Mohammad al-Hinshiri , hitherto Justice Secretary , was moved to the Secretariat of Transport and Communications while Mubarak al-Shamikh and Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim , hitherto Secretaries for Transport and for Higher Education respectively , stood down . |
| 25 | Limberger had taken the first set 6-4 when Cash , a candidate for Australia 's first-round Davis Cup match against the United States in late March , decided the tendinitis in his knee was too painful to continue . |
| 26 | Unable to ‘ hit the bottle ’ , Gary had to take the official doctor home with him before he could provide the required sample . |
| 27 | In fact , the NRPB had taken the unusual step in 1987 of moving ahead of the notoriously conservative International Commission on Radiological Protection , which provides the generally accepted international standards , and had recommended dramatically reduced radiation dose limits both for people living near nuclear power stations and those working inside them . |
| 28 | The Princess of Wales has taken the rare step of issuing a statement on recent newspaper reports about her relationship with the Queen . |
| 29 | Thomas has taken the outré directors Oshima and Bertolucci in hand , and presented them in a more ‘ respectable ’ form . |
| 30 | Adrian had taken the first one he came to , which turned out to be Black Cherry . |