Example sentences of "have take [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The following lists other areas in which the Council has taken a lead and , to varying degrees , also involves local authority land .
2 Mr Balladur has taken a gamble that the deflationary effect of higher taxes will be offset by a restoration of public confidence and a continuing fall in interest rates .
3 If a field officer who has taken a risk and opted to negotiate should subsequently have second thoughts , he may find his evidence has disappeared .
4 The Select Committee has taken an interest and has recognised that we have fully funded the programme that we set out .
5 ‘ Barry wants to see how she has taken the race and I do n't think he will make his mind up until next week , ’ said owner-breeder Dick Hollingsworth .
6 Financial software house Quality Software Products Holdings Plc has taken the plunge and decided to go for a full listing on the UK stock exchange ‘ to exploit the business opportunities ’ presented by its newly-launched Universal OLAS product ( CI No 2,116 ) .
7 Bob has taken the plunge & acquired a video recorder — masquerading as my birthday present to him .
8 The formal procedures of the House have not , so far , had to be changed following the introduction of television , and the Procedure Committee has taken the view that , unless a powerful case can be made to the contrary , it is not for the House to adapt to televising .
9 Moreover , the Commission has taken the view that a 20% shareholding could lead to joint control in certain circumstances .
10 Also , the Commission has taken the view that pure R&D agreements involving no restrictions on the behaviour of the parties may nevertheless be caught by Article 85(1) where the R&D is central to developing the market in question and the market is oligopolistic in structure .
11 President Nyerere of Tanzania ( as we shall see in greater detail later ) has taken the view that , in a country faced with problems of poverty , ignorance , disease and underdevelopment on a gigantic scale , press freedom should be limited just as it has been in the liberal democracies in wartime .
12 Training of users is also an issue and , helpfully , BT BIS has taken the line that their natural user group , the smaller firms , not only need training in how to use the system — which is , after all , not terribly difficult — but also in what the information available can be used for and , to some extent , how to use it .
13 Our initiative has taken the beauty and exercise world by storm .
14 The new fields into which Mr Reuter has taken the group since the mid-1980s — aerospace , electricals and financial services — are either yielding little or are deep in the red .
15 Westminster City Council has taken the initiative and published its own code of practice for caterers on the implications of the Food Safety Act 1990 .
16 The head has to take the chance and to trust that an opportunity will in the end turn out to have been well handled .
17 The result is that , by and large , the fiscal has to take the case as the police have presented it ; he does not seize the opportunity to come into direct contact with the investigation and has little chance of finding out what the police have ignored .
18 He 'd taken a chance and he 'd been found out .
19 They 'd taken a ballot and the members had agreed .
20 But once I 'd taken the plunge and got myself organised , I found it was n't bad at all , and not nearly as difficult as I 'd imagined . ’
21 Rovers thought they 'd taken the lead when Frazer Digby was forced to save on the line .
22 When we got back , they 'd taken the carpet and some of the furniture away .
23 In some cases ( but only in Newham ) the development officer said she had had to take the initiative or ‘ push ’ to get a client admitted to an institution .
24 It would only have taken a word and the simple , undeniable proof .
25 It would have taken a minute or so to operate the computer .
26 A real thief would have taken a screwdriver and levered off the clasps .
27 And he may have taken a drink or two to steady his nerves .
28 Tom never should have taken a driver because there 's a lot of trouble near the hole ( 316 yards , par-4 ) .
29 ‘ You could have taken the money and kept quiet , ’ he said abruptly .
30 those of Lord Lowry ] been brought to the attention of the other division it would have taken the view that we do today .
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