Example sentences of "have taken [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs. Harvey is the second defendant but has taken no part in the proceedings .
2 The matter may also arise indirectly in situations in which the decision-maker belongs to an organisation which initiated the proceeding , but where he himself has taken no part in the decision to prosecute .
3 The WRC suggested it should be banned , but the government has taken no action .
4 Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine has taken no action against 56 of the 79 English waste disposal authorities which have failed to fulfil their legal obligation of 10 years ' standing to draw up plans for waste disposal .
5 Our discussion of semantic constituency has taken no account of whether the elements under consideration are parts of words , words , or sequences of words .
6 IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES TO COMPLETE .
7 IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 50 MINUTES TO COMPLETE .
8 IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 70 MINUTES TO COMPLETE .
9 Third , more recently , local government auditors have been given powers of early intervention when a local authority has taken a decision which would involve unlawful expenditure or a course of action which would lead to unlawful loss .
10 It is most certainly true that Kenyans must decide their own future , but in this case the Kenyan president has taken a decision which does not serve his people well .
11 . 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 .
12 Duggan has taken a ski-ing holiday in the United States while the tricky negotiations were taking place this weekend .
13 He has taken a freebie holiday at enormous expense and the jury has found it is clearly not on .
14 It 's clear that ace coach Eddie Futch has taken a shine to him .
15 IT has taken a year for the new formula to be agreed — at a time when ITN was coping with a budget squeeze in the wake of the crippling cost of covering the Gulf War .
16 Another journal has taken a year to respond on more than one occasion .
17 The youth has taken a year off from his studies at Edinburgh University to fight his trial .
18 We know of a person from Churchstoke who has taken a Video of the remains of the old trackbed , but so far this Video has not been seen .
19 Anglo-French relations has taken a turn for the worse and Queen Victoria 's enthusiasm for the project evaporated .
20 Now the weather has taken a turn for the worse we realise we need to heat it .
21 Until I can do this , the entire complex cascade I have described in the previous section , and which has taken a decade of work to map , might simply turn out to be a consequence of a bad taste in the chick 's mouth and nothing to do with learning and memory at all .
22 ‘ Black Will has taken a fancy to your little brother — what think you of that !
23 Looks like egg-laying has taken a beating .
24 If they sign an ‘ income received ’ deal , they will only receive their proportion of the royalties sent to their UK publisher , after the foreign publisher has taken a percentage .
25 Lake , who is getting out , has taken a bit of a battering and feels that her spontaneous outpourings the other day were probably misconstrued .
26 Lake , who is getting out , has taken a bit of a battering and feels that her spontaneous outpourings the other day were probably misconstrued .
27 One of the reputations that has taken a bit of a bashing is Sigismond Thalberg 's .
28 I 've been working hard with Gill to get into top form for the Olympics so singles play has taken a bit of a back seat .
29 I 've been working hard with Gill to get into top form for the Olympics so singles play has taken a bit of a back seat .
30 The British banger has taken a bit of a grilling today .
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