Example sentences of "has taken [adv] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past few years the bourgeoisie has taken probably £10bn of completely untaxed , totally unearned capital profit from selling their houses . |
| 2 | London-based Hoskyns Group Plc has re-named its former AS/400-based Hoskyns Insight division Hoskyns Application Products ; the new division has taken on staff from Hoskyns ' former Open systems division and is to market Unix and open systems products as well as its predecessor 's original portfolio , including the Hoskyns ' Financial Management System and the AS/400 Advanced Management Information Systems range ; the move underlines Hoskyns ' growing interest in supplying packaged software ; it also reflects the company 's decision to align its business operations into five major lines — Consulting , Project Services , Information Systems Management , Education and Training and Software Products . |
| 3 | Although total revenues generated in the first-class game increased in actual terms , by seven and a half per cent , to the £24.5 million mark , the inexorable rise in costs has taken over £1 million out of the combined surpluses of the counties , which have descended to a dangerously low level of just under |
| 4 | The 140-acre park — which has taken about £2.2 billion and four years to build — will be open from 9am to midnight every day of the year . |
| 5 | By far the biggest single item is newspaper , which has taken around 18% of landfill volume for 30 years . |