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

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1 Business studies have taken precedence for the 25-year-old Stokesley sprinter thus far into the season , but she steps belatedly on to the Olympic trail at Stanley Park on Sunday .
2 Moreover , the political interests of Eastern Europe 's regimes have taken precedence over the economic interests of society .
3 To date more than 200,000 refugees have taken shelter in Bangladesh , putting further strain on its economy as well as on its relations with Burma .
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5 Raleigh International ( formerly Operation Raleigh ) ( 071 351 7541 ) is the biggest and best known of these organisations : nearly 6,300 young adventurers from 17 to 25 have taken part since 1984 .
6 His shiksas and replicas , hostilities and escapes , have taken part in a great game of long duration , and he can be said to be reviewing the state of play .
7 Around a hundred of the staff have taken part in the buyout , which we are very pleased with .
8 By now , over 250 volunteers ( mostly university students ) have taken part in our experiments , the duration of which varies from 12 to 22 days .
9 TWENTY-NINE students and staff from the Lycée Victor Grignard in Cherbourg have taken part in the third annual exchange with Alton College .
10 Every year for the past four years , some of the veterans I was with in Normandy have taken part in the annual Paulton memorial service .
11 Other members have taken part in running the Grand Canyon of the Colorado on three separate occasions and in expeditions to Greenland , Norway , Sweden , Finnish lapland , Turkey , Yugoslavia and Morocco among other venues in search of wild water rivers as yet unknown to most of us .
12 More than 1,500 cyclists have taken part in the past — raising over £250,000 .
13 ( Article 37 provides that a carrier who has paid compensation in compliance with the provisions of this Convention , shall be entitled to recover … from the other carriers who have taken part in the carriage …
14 Many of them have taken part in earlier Himalayan Kingdoms ventures , including Broad Peak , Changtse ( Everest 's northern outlier ) and Himalchuli .
15 You realise you have taken part in the best game of rugby that has ever been played ’ — JEREMY GUSCOTT ( Bath and England centre ) .
16 Would all the energies and the enthusiasm of the teachers who have taken part in the records of achievement movement be rendered pointless ?
17 Two of the senior males of the group , whether or not they have taken part in the hunt , tear the body in two .
18 The need to extend one 's knowledge of primary health care and the need for knowledge of research results on the impact of community-based health care projects , was a sound motivating force for Family Development Nurses and the majority have taken part in various courses and research projects .
19 The first is that the principal postwar task will be the search for peace , an idea which will naturally commend itself both to those who have taken part in the war , and to those who have not .
20 Those who have taken part in nights of prayer can no doubt , all recall such times when the Holy Spirit has led people to pray in harmony , with intensity , with breadth , with perseverance and assurance .
21 Since its inception , almost 4,000 employees have taken part in the scheme and Heartwatch co-ordinator Andrew Smart said that he was pleased that the project had proved so popular .
22 HUNDREDS of couples have taken part in a dream Wedgwood offer to mark their marriages .
23 Our picture shows the Torness Financial Department , one of the sections who have taken part in the process , discussing their action plan which emerged from Working Group Training , Standing ( left to right ) are Donald McLaughlan , Vera Stoddart , Janine Ord and Donald Laird , with Joanne Cornwall and June Denholme sitting .
24 More than 3.1 million young people have taken part in youth training since 1983 .
25 In the second protocol to the Geneva convention of 1977 , article 7 specifies : ’ All the wounded , sick and shipwrecked , whether or not they have taken part in the armed conflict , shall be respected and protected ’ .
26 That is why I support the call of several hon. Members who have taken part in this debate for new consideration of how to make the 1968 nuclear non-proliferation treaty more effective .
27 Members of the Working Party have taken part in visits to organisations throughout the United Kingdom in order to study examples of good practice .
28 It has come from people who are well informed about the governors ' aspect of management , who know how to take the influence and information of parents into account and who , because they have taken part in one specific but widely shared exercise in adult education , have had the chance to understand and contribute to a wide field of public and community affairs ( Sallis 1988 ) .
29 Vehicles from the collection have taken part in almost every ceremonial occasion in Scotland since 1946 .
30 Local people have taken part in a mass trespass to protest the building of Britain 's biggest dump on a historic Yorkshire site .
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