Example sentences of "been taken by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such caution is prudent in a business where errors of judgement can be extremely expensive ; at least the reader of an auction catalogue knows clearly what view has been taken by the cataloguer on a number of questions . |
| 2 | In 1984 , when his successful playing career still had a few years to run , and his gambler 's mantle had been taken by the rugged striker Alan Brazil , Macari moved into management with Swindon Town . |
| 3 | Significant moves to achieve this have already been taken by the Library Association , including , as we have seen , its efforts to amend Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 . |
| 4 | Where all these steps have been taken by the balance sheet date , the cost of the redundancy programme will be reflected in the accounts for the year . |
| 5 | Ceauşescu 's family and favourites have gone , but their places have generally been taken by the prominent figures of the new regime — some of whom have not had to move far . |
| 6 | Where was he , had he been taken by the constables ? |
| 7 | Now it is probably extinct as a breeding bird in Shetland , and its place has been taken by the reed bunting . |
| 8 | Both crises arose from discontent over the financing of the war , but it is perhaps a measure of the king 's failing powers that whereas in 1340–1 the lead in attacking his ministers had been taken by the king himself , the initiative now rested with a group of lay nobles , chief amongst whom , if some of the chroniclers are to be believed , was the young Earl of Pembroke . |
| 9 | A small step in this direction had already been taken by the Smallholdings and Allotments Act 1908 , a response to a long-standing Liberal interest in the land question . |
| 10 | Completely the wrong approach had been taken by the Government . |
| 11 | The disease is , however , attended by secondary symptoms , the well known purging and vomiting which , because they are so dramatic , have frequently been taken by the inept as indicating the primary seat of the infection … |
| 12 | Gradually , he led her through the centuries to later years , years that brought about the attempt to overthrow the Faith by the English under Henry , and of the increasingly repressive measures that had been taken by the Lord Deputies under Elizabeth in the last fifteen years . |
| 13 | ‘ When I was there I was given a copy of a US Senate foreign relations report which alleged that a large number of British POWs from the Second World War had disappeared in Soviet hands , and that a number of United Nations troops had been taken by the Soviets from the Chinese during the Korean War and never returned . |
| 14 | Which view has been taken by the courts with regard to Donoghue v. Stevenson ? |
| 15 | It was also one which , in all the circumstances , should have been taken by the hospital authorities themselves on the Monday . |
| 16 | Even more radical steps have been taken by the electricians union ( EETPU ) . |
| 17 | Erm the decision to inset the village of Skelton erm has ha h has been taken by the authority , the er the consideration and assessment of where the boundaries of the inset should lie erm is what we 're considering today . |
| 18 | Although she could have sworn she had blacked out , she still somehow recalled the journey on which she had been taken by the tall man and a few others . |
| 19 | The final tally of pictures ‘ after ruthless editing ’ amounts to 1000 , some of which have been taken by the agencies ; Tony Stone Worldwide and Landscape Only . |
| 20 | For his heart had been taken by the sight of Neva , as hers with him , and he had followed her . |
| 21 | Distraught with grief and shock , rejected by her own mother and father , Melissa had been taken by the warm-hearted Craigs into their own home ; the small matter of illegitimacy had been discreetly dealt with by a statutory change of name and a wedding-ring , and the bereaved parents had found consolation for the loss of their only child in caring for his son . |
| 22 | Its place has been taken by the ‘ tenor-bass ’ B flat/F instrument . |
| 23 | In numerous jurisdictions , steps have been taken by the judiciary or legislature to limit or abolish the marital rape exemption . |
| 24 | This view has not , however , been taken by the courts , which have generally insisted upon some evidence of consent before a jury direction on consent is required . |
| 25 | It is for this reason that when a Kingdom has been taken by force of arms , it is said to have been taken by the sword . |
| 26 | Mr. Dear says that almost no action that could be registered and measured by Her Majesty 's inspector has yet been taken by the police committee . |
| 27 | What steps have been taken by the CITB to ensure a maximum register of employers and that none slips through the net ? |
| 28 | But the man said he ‘ understood ’ a decision had been taken by the leadership of the UDA/ UFF to raid the homes of RUC officers in loyalist areas and ‘ subject their wives and children to similar treatment . ’ |
| 29 | Despite the referendum result , opponents of the change argued that the vote was only an opinion poll and had no legal force ; the original decision to name the city after Lenin having been taken by the USSR Supreme Soviet , they claimed , it could only be rescinded by its modern equivalent — the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 30 | The decision to apply had been taken by the government in May 1991 . |