Example sentences of "have taken [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a natural reluctance to make criminals of suppliers who have taken reasonable steps to ensure that their goods accord with modern standards . |
| 2 | There 's been something like twenty per cent cut over the last few years and erm some faculty members have taken early retirement and left , so a lot of subjects have lost some of their most able people . |
| 3 | That 's obviously been accepted by the labour group because they have taken extra money out of reserves , we 're simply going to take some more out to meet our er our figure that we 're trying to achieve . |
| 4 | Beck explained : ‘ We have taken adverse publicity over the way we play . |
| 5 | They are like scraps from a tailor 's cutting room which have taken clumsy wing . |
| 6 | Outside the script departments of a few studios , too many producers have taken lazy routes to their scripts . |
| 7 | The local community-based organizations that have since formed have been more basic in their opposition to any mining and have taken political organization — through lobbying , petitions , demonstrations and public meetings — as their mode of operation . |
| 8 | ‘ We have taken short-term action in Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh , but we need a comprehensive review , ’ said Coun Walsh . |
| 9 | Many have taken part-time jobs in service industries in order to earn money while caring for their children . |
| 10 | But Andy Barnes warns that while the insurers argue , innocent relatives are suffering financial hardship … some have had to move , other have taken long periods off work . |
| 11 | Some states , such as that of Ceara in the north east , have taken radical steps . |
| 12 | In Lesotho , forestry programmes have taken grazing land out of use causing immediate pressure on remaining land , without a displacement of the actual homes of land-users . |
| 13 | If you have taken the recommended Norwich Union insurance cover you must make an insurance claim under the Legal Expenses section in respect of any legal fees incurred abroad for that purpose , and if you have taken alternative insurance , you must do likewise under any Legal Expenses cover provided by it . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's obvious that bands like The Sisters Of Mercy and Fields Of The Nephilim have taken various things from The Birthday Party . |
| 15 | The studies themselves have taken various forms , some directly addressing the issue of creativity and psychosis , others reporting results that bear indirectly on it . |
| 16 | Erm we have taken various steps immediately , one is that the vandalism that taking place over the erm we have immediately re-secured , I have to say there 's been about fifty erm tickets out to re-secure those those , that site over the summer but they have been re-secured and tomorrow morning there will be the commencement of bricking up of the doors and windows of the ground floor of block D , block . |
| 17 | We have taken various risks looking back over the years , like Wapping . |
| 18 | We have taken great care to make sure that the foods recommended on the diet are all widely available , little influenced by seasonal variations . |
| 19 | Furthermore , we have taken great care during twinning visits to make sure the teams are fully representative . |
| 20 | ‘ I have taken great pains to stress that aspect in the sometimes heated discussions , ’ he said , adding he was not enthusiastic about the original proposals and still had serious reservations . |
| 21 | They have taken great pains to eliminate explanations based on freak signals from side walls , or from inanimate objects ( although we can not entirely discount such hypotheses until we have specifically investigated them ) . |
| 22 | They have taken oral evidence from ministers more frequently . |
| 23 | ‘ I can not comment any further , except to say that I have taken legal advice on this matter . ’ |
| 24 | Furious at what they call roughshod treatment at the hands of their area tourist board executives over the merger issue , members of the Dunoon and District Hoteliers Association have taken legal advice which they say has confirmed that rules have been violated . |
| 25 | The pair have taken classic rock songs like Stairway to Heaven and given them their own distinctive treatment . |
| 26 | Given a method , we can avoid mistaken ideas which , confirmed by the authority of the past , have taken deep root , like weeds in men 's minds . |
| 27 | Now Wales hope he can boost their World Cup qualifying hopes against the Group Four leaders who have taken maximum points from their opening four games . |
| 28 | ‘ I have taken human life , ’ she cried . |
| 29 | Council officers have a different explanation : it has only one-third its usual tally of accountants because so many have taken voluntary redundancy . |
| 30 | In the case of the Product Liability Directive ( 1987 ) , individual states , such as the UK , against determined consumer opposition , have taken full advantage of the possible exemption for development risks . |