Example sentences of "has [vb pp] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gould has threatened to take legal action and has written to the Prime Minister claiming his civil liberties were infringed . |
| 2 | THE Taoiseach , Albert Reynolds , has threatened to take disciplinary action against Fianna Fail backbenchers who criticise his Northern Ireland policy . |
| 3 | THE Wine and Spirit Association has threatened to take formal complaints of environmental health officers ( EHOs ) ‘ deemed to have abused their authority ’ to Government level . |
| 4 | FOLLOWING the completion of his assignment to co-ordinate the integration of Johnson Brothers into the Wedgwood Group management structure , managing director Robert Johnson , has decided to take early retirement from the Company . |
| 5 | Royal Dutch Post Horn Lager , brewed by the United Dutch Brewery , has had to take similar action , recalling 200,000 of its 25ml bottles in Britain after reports of glass in some batches . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , Central News has had to take second place to Project Video ( which we are shooting at the moment ) but we are aiming for October 1989 publication for Central News 1 ( video and book ) and January 1990 for Central News 2 ( video and book ) . |
| 7 | Does not my hon. Friend find it outrageous that Labour-controlled Northumberland county council has refused to accept economies of nearly £1.5 million , as identified by the Conservative and Liberal groups , and has refused to take enough money out of balances to avoid any education cuts , but at the same time it can find thousands of pounds to issue supplements in the Hexham Courant for party political propaganda to promote the leader of the county council , who happens to be a prospective Labour party candidate ? |
| 8 | ‘ Even if the Mad Killer epithet will be attributed to me by the media , I consider myself a rational erudite that only the arrival of the Grim Reaper has forced to take extreme acts . |
| 9 | Until now , at least publicly , the society has played down the level of anxiety ; it has resisted taking any action that could be seen as anti-government . |
| 10 | Jeff Dujon has tried to take evasive action from a ball that has climbed from just short of a length , but has gloved it . |
| 11 | THE recession has continued to take heavy toll of National Westminster Bank , Britain 's second-largest clearer . |
| 12 | he added , ‘ I know that has meant taking younger men as lifeboat crew to withstand the battering they receive in a heavy sea . |
| 13 | In this particular case , the commanding officer who , to the Pentagon 's distress , would appear to have a human side to his nature , has elected to take twenty-four hours off . |
| 14 | With this defence the defendant is saying that the plaintiff has failed to take reasonable care and thereby been partly responsible for his own injuries , loss or damage . |
| 15 | He has chosen to take early retirement to protect his long-term health having undergone major heart surgery three years ago . |