Example sentences of "been take [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final Russian snub , though it does not appear to have been taken as such by the Belorussians , came in January 1921 when the Belorussian SSR was constituted . |
| 2 | Some serious steps had been taken towards that outburst of anticlericalism and , in particular , antipapalism which marked the later fourteenth century : suspicions had been raised about the church 's landed wealth and envy of it had been fanned ; resentment against the papacy — by the clergy as well as by the laity — was growing ; above all parliament was providing an assembly where hostility could be orchestrated , diffused and preserved . |
| 3 | The photograph was taken on a favourable day or it could not have been taken at all . |
| 4 | This ignores repeated steps which have been taken at several levels of management to reduce uncertainty . |
| 5 | Philip of Swabia , meanwhile , was maintaining the illegality of the meeting on the grounds that there was a legitimate heir , that oaths had been taken to that heir by all the princes and that , furthermore , few of them had been present at Andernach . |
| 6 | Article 20 of the Brussels Convention provides that where a defendant domiciled in one Contracting State is sued in a court of another Contracting State the court shall stay the proceedings so long as it is not shown that the defendant has been able to receive the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence , or that all necessary steps have been taken to this end . |
| 7 | All I 'm saying is , what account has been taken of that other ingredient , which is the strategic guidance for West Yorkshire ? |
| 8 | Advantage has also been taken of this facility by Czechoslovakia . |
| 9 | Note has been taken of these and some of them appear in the panel 's revision . |
| 10 | Many of the deliberations of the LDDC have been taken with little or no public scrutiny . |
| 11 | Had the attack been properly organized and coordinated , these vital heights might have been taken with little loss and the successes consolidated . |
| 12 | The Prince was sitting quietly there , his hands clasped , staring down at the table , so silent he could have been taken for some studious monk ; his robes , however , were splendid , his fingers covered in precious rings , and his hair and golden beard carefully combed and oiled . |
| 13 | His eyes gleamed with what might have been taken for some inner illumination . |
| 14 | One of my greatest frustrations is having to tell my electors , in correspondence and personally , that there is nothing I can do about a proposal because a decision has already been taken somewhere else — albeit by ministers , one of whom is a Member of the House — that there is nothing that anyone can do because the decision has been taken outside these shores , so there is no point in writing to me . |
| 15 | Section 12(1) states : … a person shall be guilty of an offence if , without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority , he takes any conveyance for his own or another 's use or knowing that any conveyance has been taken without such authority , drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it . |
| 16 | Section 12(5) provides : … a person who , without having the consent of the owner or other lawful authority , takes a pedal cycle for his own or another 's use , or rides a pedal cycle knowing it to have been taken without such authority , shall … be liable … |
| 17 | It had been taken after some of the wettest Spring weather we had ever experienced in Norfolk . |
| 18 | Three or four of these youngsters will approach the elderly person , try and confuse them by speaking to them about something completely irrelevant , and just er disappear during which time of course er valuables have been taken from these people . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , these implications have been taken by many readers , who feared a return to learning definitions off by heart . |
| 20 | Exception has been taken by some commentators to the words ‘ Reg. v. Morris … decides , ’ but the proposition which is stated in the judgment of the court follows inevitably from Lord Roskill 's statement as to the meaning of appropriation . |
| 21 | In addition , the subtle nuances of British socialist and Liberal ideas have been charted in detail , while similar care has been taken by those historians who have surveyed the rich and varied political ideologies of the right in Wilhelmine Germany . |
| 22 | His attention had been taken by another notice outside the Town Hall . |
| 23 | He did not take long in drinking his tea but by the time he had finished it , he saw that she was no longer at the counter , her place having been taken by another girl . |
| 24 | He was all ready to be wheeled into theatre at Oxford 's John Radcliffe Hospital for an artery replacement in his heart when he was told this afternoon that the operation was off.The intensive care unit bed he would use to recover from after surgery had been taken by another , more urgent case . |
| 25 | A course of ampicillin and metronidazole had been taken by this subject within four weeks of endoscopy . |
| 26 | She added : ‘ My heart absolutely bleeds for those people of my age who have been taken in that collapse and are now suffering hardship . |
| 27 | It was desperately hard to accept that this serene man , so calm , so dignified , such a majestic cricketer , could have been taken in this way . |
| 28 | But so far only Brodsworth has been taken in this way and the signs are that English Heritage , which is under severe financial pressure , is not likely to take on many , if any , further houses . |
| 29 | No decision had been taken in those first decades of the sixteenth century . |
| 30 | Some action has been taken in most countries to support the survival at least of the more important communities in such areas . |