Example sentences of "have [adv] taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a massive work and has obviously taken a great deal of your time and trouble . |
| 2 | The Library Association has thus taken a consistent position on censorship over a period of at least 25 years . |
| 3 | Neil Young has just taken a three-minute break between the arrival of the NME and the departure of Radio 1 's Johnny Walker . |
| 4 | Only four results left and so far Lenny Henry has just taken a clear lead from Victoria Wood . |
| 5 | The Prince of Wales , who like the Sultan has a passion for polo , has already taken a close interest in the environmental impact of destruction of the world 's rainforests , a key factor in global warming . |
| 6 | Liz has always taken a great deal of interest in make-up and admits to being ‘ so vain that I wear Revlon 's Aqualash waterproof mascara when diving ’ . |
| 7 | What we can say is that where pollution control has been attempted it has usually taken a crude and simple form . |
| 8 | The industry has also taken a neanderthal attitude towards the training and further education of its workers . |
| 9 | Another senior police officer who more than once captured the headlines , James Anderton , Chief Constable of Greater Manchester , decrying ‘ the rot that has now taken a firm hold in the fabric of our society ’ , was so moved as to describe crime as Britain 's ‘ Top Growth Industry ’ . |
| 10 | However , the problems were so huge and required so much finance that other resources were required and the European Community has now taken a leading role . |
| 11 | The original meaning , as defined by Collins , has certainly taken a mean whipping before re-release into this streetwise prose but we 're talking the same thing here , are n't we ? |
| 12 | ‘ It has certainly taken a great deal of time for myself and the other ten or so members of our committee . |
| 13 | ‘ Mrs Funnell thought it better not to call him because you 'd only taken a small dose . |
| 14 | JASON Livingston 's future in athletics looks even more bleak following his reported newspaper ‘ confession ’ that he must have inadvertently taken a banned steroid before the Olympics . |
| 15 | The controversy stemmed from an equivocal statement on the coup by the BSP on Aug. 19 , and the perception that the party had only taken a clear stand when the coup began to crumble . |
| 16 | It all seemed disjointed and unreal to Donaldson , as if his world had suddenly taken a lurching sideways step . |
| 17 | On Channel 2 , the unctuous host of the Gerry Springer chat show had apparently taken a serious oil overdose as he presided over a freak show of truly terrible cases of giantism and dwarfism by telling his goggle-eyed studio viewers they were each of them there ‘ so that next time we may understand and empathise when we meet a woman 7ft 10ins tall . ’ |
| 18 | He had already taken a major decision : he would stay in Vienna . |
| 19 | The multi-billion-pound business had already taken a severe thrashing last year , as the outside world began to shrink away from growing violence . |
| 20 | I 've already taken a considerable risk by telling you this much . |
| 21 | It it 's a part of the county council I 've always taken a considerable interest in , and I support them in all their efforts . |
| 22 | They 've always taken a special interest in Sefton because of the bomb blast . |
| 23 | My grandfather had always taken a keen interest in my work , and I had an equal admiration of the stories of his time spent in Burma during the Second World War . |
| 24 | In the summer of 1921 she moved permanently to Ireland , in which country 's affairs she had always taken a keen interest . |
| 25 | He had always taken a strong interest in his students but , compared with Camberwell and Central , the College , having more pretensions , had a social side that created greater togetherness . |
| 26 | He said 3i had always taken a long-term view and had not been as badly hit by the recession as the banks had because it had been cautious . |
| 27 | She had always taken a long time over her toilet : a review of her clothes ; a long-drawn-out bath ; massage ; manicure ; then her hair and make-up . |
| 28 | Even as a young man , Ezra had always taken a determined stand on general decencies . |
| 29 | Cam had a vague memory of a glamorous ‘ aunt ’ , who had once taken a remote interest in his father , but it was no more than a shadow . |
| 30 | He had also taken a new Japanese product called Musachi , to replace the proteins lost through training and competitions — after getting the approval of team doctor Malcolm Brown . |