Example sentences of "have taken [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An importer or wholesaler will not be able to rely on this defence if he has taken no steps to require his supplier to supply goods which correspond with the relevant legal requirements . |
| 2 | . I hardly dare say this in this context , but if we well now the Council has taken a decision to close this elderly person 's home , there is actually a logic to it , which I 'd like to talk about . |
| 3 | Another journal has taken a year to respond on more than one occasion . |
| 4 | It has taken a woman to remind us all that there are people out there who are determined that Northern Ireland will not be dragged down to the level of barbarity displayed by the terrorists . |
| 5 | Each of you has taken an oath to return a true verdict according to the evidence , but , of course , you have a duty not only as individuals , but collectively . |
| 6 | In his chairman 's statement , Terry Shand explains why the group has taken the opportunity to overhaul the presentation of the annual report and accounts and to include operating and financial reviews . |
| 7 | erm Rusty in the fact that erm we have n't been able to sort of erm get out on the field with a ball in our hand , erm but erm our coach erm Ian McMillan has taken the opportunity to drag us into the gym and give us quite erm hard fitness sessions , so the fitness is still erm quite high on our side , but erm handling the ball will be a little bit rusty , but hopefully this week , now all the snow 's gone , we 'll be able to get out and erm move the ball about at training . |
| 8 | Well since that debate the government has taken the decision to introduce the duty into a fifth regulated sector friendly societies and a negative resolution order under the friendly societies act nineteen ninety two is also is also prop be N reasons for taking action across this wide front Madam Deputy Speaker , first and most important , the relevant provisions in the various acts are very similar and if we are to bolster the arrangements in relation to banks then we should do the same for other sectors entrusted with the public 's investments . |
| 9 | Davies ' description provides additional information and the writer has taken the liberty to amalgamate those which concern the 6th Work : |
| 10 | If the customer has taken the trouble to complain ( which is far better than not complaining — the Profitboss would never know about lapses in service otherwise ) , the Profitboss takes the trouble to respond . |
| 11 | One well-organised practice which is currently computerising its patient registers has taken the trouble to check the corresponding FPC register . |
| 12 | Everyone who has taken the trouble to contact them and to work with them speaks of their high qualities and commitment . |
| 13 | My attitude is that if somebody has taken the trouble to write a letter , they deserve a reply . |
| 14 | Candidates will be reassured if they find that the interviewer has taken the trouble to become familiar with the details on the form . |
| 15 | It is good that this union has taken the trouble to prepare this report with so much E C legislation in the pipeline . |
| 16 | This is n't sculpture from the gimmicky , pile-of-bricks school as anyone who has taken the trouble to observe how a flock behaves will instantly recognise . |
| 17 | They immediately brighten , become more animated and are often quite grateful that someone has taken the time to listen to them . |
| 18 | The cast and crew of The Viking had been filming on location and , finding herself for once with little to do , she 'd taken a break to watch the great Dane Jacobsen in action . |
| 19 | His mother , called Erica , who wore a straw hat to cricket matches , and who was obviously as kind as he was , since she 'd taken the trouble to drive the Colonel — a complete stranger — all the way to Taunton in order to watch the one-day county match and — and … |
| 20 | It would have taken a battalion to root the fanatics out , and the casualties would have been horrendous . |
| 21 | She must have taken a knife to push the cord through , she said , there was hardly any room for it . |
| 22 | In the night they had moved , so that now she lay with her arm about his waist , her body pressed so tightly against his back that it would have taken a can-opener to prise them apart . |
| 23 | He should have taken the decision to allow women to be ordained instead of opening the issue to a damaging debate that has succeeded only in widening rifts within the Church . |
| 24 | Coleridge must soon have taken the poem to read to the Wordsworths , and in the following month had an even more substantial achievement to show them . |
| 25 | It may not be , and Hakel and Reimer might have taken the opportunity to sow more seeds of doubt , or at least put the certified cause of death in an historical perspective : 100 years ago a recorded cause of death from heart disease ( except for congenital malformations and valve defects ) was barely known , yet ischaemic heart disease must surely have existed . |
| 26 | When the present Secretary of State addressed the House on that occasion , he might also have taken the opportunity to draw to the attention of the House and to remind the public outside , particularly in Scotland , that the nature of sovereignty in the Scottish constitutional tradition is different from that of Westminster . |
| 27 | If Yuri Rudakov , undressing in the front bedroom of their bungalow , had not been so tired , he would have taken the time to admire the new nightdress that his wife wore as she sat against the pillows and turned the pages of a picture magazine . |
| 28 | It was enough that he should have taken the trouble to visit her and offer his apologies . |
| 29 | It is unlikely that Eliot would have taken the trouble to defend Kipling against the charge of race superiority if he had believed in it himself . |
| 30 | And a mere pickpocket would not have taken the trouble to steam the envelope open . ’ |