Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Olshan makes Susan a powerful , smart , sensual woman moving surefootedly through the opulent Westchester County jungle where the Kaplans live : she issues orders to the au pair , knows the Manhattan-Hartsdale train times , and deals honestly with a husband who has taken a sexual vacation from her on the very afternoon of the Rosen drowning . |
| 2 | Mr Louis-Dreyfus , who has taken a 15 per cent stake in the new company , has been joined by the UK-based investment company , Coatbridge Holdings with 15 per cent whilst an unnamed investment fund , which is advised by the US money-center bank Citibank , has taken 19.9 per cent . |
| 3 | Our Chairman , Richard Newcombe , who has taken a particular interest in the museum , then spoke , welcoming the guests and thanking them for their support . |
| 4 | The diocese had found him a housekeeper , a Miss Lambe , who was as small and anxious as a hamster , and who had taken a tiny , remote bedroom as her burrow , and already filled it with crocheted mats and pictures of the Royal Family . |
| 5 | Marked eels from Europe never reach the Sargasso sea , only their counterparts who had taken a shorter journey to the American mainland . |
| 6 | Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , had been a critic of the policy of outgoing Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae who had taken a tough stance with creditors on the renegotiation of Nigeria 's foreign debt . |
| 7 | Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , had been a critic of the policy of outgoing Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae who had taken a tough stance with creditors on the renegotiation of Nigeria 's foreign debt . |
| 8 | Some run efficient remedial courses , which could surely be used for youngsters who had taken a broader sixth-form course . |
| 9 | For example , Lord Kemsley , who had taken a 30 per cent interest in one of the successful bidders ( and been a major factor in its success ) decided sub-sequently to withdraw . |
| 10 | More information is required before gastric lavage can be abandoned completely in favour of giving activated charcoal , but a reasonable alternative to lavage could be to give 50–100 g of activated charcoal to adults who have taken a substantial overdose of a toxic substance no more than two hours previously . |
| 11 | The course is designed to enable students who have taken a first degree in German to increase their knowledge of modern German literature and to extend their competence to the medium of film . |
| 12 | The course is designed to enable students who have taken a first degree in more than one European or Latin American language to extend their knowledge of European and/or Latin American literatures through a range of optional courses . |
| 13 | The output of the growers is marshalled by half a dozen highly organised and professional marketers who have taken a huge slice of the market , including the multiples . |
| 14 | Most teachers are graduates who have taken a one-year Postgraduate Certificate of Education course . |