Example sentences of "has [verb] take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gould has threatened to take legal action and has written to the Prime Minister claiming his civil liberties were infringed . |
| 2 | THE Taoiseach , Albert Reynolds , has threatened to take disciplinary action against Fianna Fail backbenchers who criticise his Northern Ireland policy . |
| 3 | THE Wine and Spirit Association has threatened to take formal complaints of environmental health officers ( EHOs ) ‘ deemed to have abused their authority ’ to Government level . |
| 4 | FOLLOWING the completion of his assignment to co-ordinate the integration of Johnson Brothers into the Wedgwood Group management structure , managing director Robert Johnson , has decided to take early retirement from the Company . |
| 5 | Royal Dutch Post Horn Lager , brewed by the United Dutch Brewery , has had to take similar action , recalling 200,000 of its 25ml bottles in Britain after reports of glass in some batches . |
| 6 | ‘ Even if the Mad Killer epithet will be attributed to me by the media , I consider myself a rational erudite that only the arrival of the Grim Reaper has forced to take extreme acts . |
| 7 | Jeff Dujon has tried to take evasive action from a ball that has climbed from just short of a length , but has gloved it . |
| 8 | THE recession has continued to take heavy toll of National Westminster Bank , Britain 's second-largest clearer . |
| 9 | With this defence the defendant is saying that the plaintiff has failed to take reasonable care and thereby been partly responsible for his own injuries , loss or damage . |
| 10 | He has chosen to take early retirement to protect his long-term health having undergone major heart surgery three years ago . |