Example sentences of "and have taken [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission has shown that it is able to act with relative speed under this procedure and has taken a variety of actions under it , including ordering a party to supply another party , refusing to allow undertakings to acquire further shares in a company in a takeover situation , ordering the cessation of predatory pricing and an order requiring the execution of a detailed supply agreement under which the Commission was to be notified of any price changes by the offending party or any case where it was unable to fulfil orders . |
| 2 | The second trend in current conservation thinking concerns the relationship between the programme and its clients or government and land-users , and has taken a number of different forms . |
| 3 | He sleeps on the floor , rises at 4.10am , is in his own words ‘ fanatical ’ about dusting , and has taken a vow of chastity and celibacy . |
| 4 | IT IS HIS SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND HAS TAKEN THE DAY OFF . |
| 5 | Higher education within further education has also grown apace and has taken the form of both vocational and non-vocational provision following the creation of the polytechnics and the merging of the colleges of education into the further education sector . |
| 6 | The local authority says it 's against the idea and has taken the property off the market . |
| 7 | He was going back into the National Health Service and had taken a consultancy in a drug dependency unit based at the Lurie Foundation Hospital for Dipsomaniacs on Hampstead Road . |
| 8 | On another occasion I took Hellen to meet two English ladies , Dorothea and Olive Kerr , who had retired from secretarial work in Hollywood and had taken a flat on Jervis Street not far from my own . |
| 9 | If the Policyholder had been aware of the faulty roof for some time and had taken no action to prevent damage to the home , there may have been a breach of the reasonable care condition . |
| 10 | The court was told Terence Jowers had his own grievance against Mr Archer and had taken the opportunity to sort it out . |
| 11 | In between , and amid the unprecedented furore over the axing of Clive Rice and Jimmy Cook , Wessels had become South Africa 's new captain and had taken the squad to Australasia for the World Cup . |
| 12 | After a long series of preliminary earthquakes , a circular area of ground began to rise slowly and steadily in January 1944 ; by April the area affected was three kilometres across , and had gone up fifteen metres ; by June it had gone up fifty metres , and had taken the village of Fukaba and all its inhabitants with it . |
| 13 | Sor de Naves , here with his brother , had also bowed to Primaflora at her table and had taken the chance , stopping Nicholas , to congratulate him on his marriage . |
| 14 | This man had known exactly who she was and had taken the trouble to speak in English . |
| 15 | He was a man whose sexual energies had been forced inwards through his crippling disease , and had taken the form of mental passion which found relief in meticulous scholarship and mild prurience . |
| 16 | One of the sons had done the right thing and had taken the pressure off me for a while . |
| 17 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 18 | Despite warnings , Mrs Thatcher stressed her leadership role in Europe , saying that it was Britain which had put up an alternative scheme to the Delors plan and had taken the initiative over the idea of associate EC status for East Germany . |
| 19 | Clarkson had pre-dated Wilberforce in organised work against the slave trade and had taken the initiative , it was generally agreed , in raising the issue with him . |
| 20 | Again these changes have been in response to legislation and have taken a number of forms . |
| 21 | General Accident is supporting this request and have taken the decision to continue with payment of benefit when a claimant attends such a course . |
| 22 | ‘ The main Parcelforce ads have had a halo effect on international services and have taken the pressure off corporate image building for us , ’ says Parcelforce International 's services manager Andy Young . |
| 23 | ‘ Joisey ’ is still the butt of jokes made by New York sophisticates , but its political leaders , like the outgoing Governor Kean , now have national stature and have taken the lead in forming social policy for the rest of America on welfare reform , school financing , public housing and care of the environment . |
| 24 | Some are well prepared and have taken the trouble to find out how to conduct a selection interview , especially if they are highly trained personnel officers . |
| 25 | Oxford have now won 16 of the last 17 races , and have taken the Beefeater Gin Trophy for the sixth year running . |