Example sentences of "has take [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Dr. Mawhinney has become accustomed over the years to bring in the middle of political contention and has taken very good care to cultivate his patch .
2 It has taken too long to persuade the police that racial attacks even exist for the press to adopt some absurd pretence to being colour-blind now .
3 It has long been clear that IBM Corp 's latest restructuring into 13 somewhat autonomous business units has taken too long and has not gone far enough , and the company has called an extraordinary board meeting for this Tuesday to decide what cuts need to be made to meet 1993 targets .
4 One of the reasons that this report has taken so long to appear is that , scanning the literature arriving in my library , I kept coming across new relevant areas of work .
5 Oh I 've forgot to say under advisory committee , I , this has taken so long , I 've completely forgot about it .
6 Secondly , at the time when the flight from the land became a cultural European fact , a time evoked in rural England by Laurie Lee in Cider with Rosie , David Thomson witnessed the same poignant development in Ireland , but with undertones of old scores and the curious mixture of religion and politics that has taken so long to biodegrade .
7 I am sorry it has taken so long to send you a copy and return your slides .
8 Many of us may wonder why it has taken so long to achieve the last two objectives , but I am delighted that the proposal is now to go ahead .
9 But the final reconciliation has taken so long .
10 The MPs called on health boards to act quickly to ensure adequate cover in a number of important related areas and said : ‘ We are concerned that it has taken so long to achieve such important improvements in the balance of medical staffing . ’
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