Example sentences of "taken on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | taken on long pole alternating between maggot and caster . |
| 2 | In his opening remarks US President George Bush called for further research before any action was taken on global warming . |
| 3 | Churchill 's decision to set up S Branch and his support for the economists within the Cabinet Office stemmed from an enduring distrust of official advice on economic policy which can be dated back to his unhappy time at the Treasury in 1924–29 , particularly his much criticised decision , taken on official advice , to return to the gold standard in 1925 . |
| 4 | In many ways I wish we 'd taken on that girl now who we saw right at the very beginning with |
| 5 | The final straw , as it were , came when we were back home : none of the photographs we had taken on that day came out . |
| 6 | Mr. Beloff accepts that there remain issues between Lautro and Winchester and he further accepts that there may be room for argument as to whether the material now available would , if it had been produced before 30 October , have made a difference to the decision taken on that day . |
| 7 | b ) prevent any business ( whether on the Bill or not ) from being proceeded with on any day after the completion of all such proceedings on the Bill as are to be taken on that day . |
| 8 | ( 1 ) In this Order — ’ allotted day ’ means any day ( other than a Friday ) on which the Bill is put down as first Government Order of the day , provided that a Motion for allotting time to the proceedings on the Bill to be taken on that day either has been agreed on a previous day , or is set down for consideration on that day ; ’ the Bill ’ means the Local Government Finance Bill . |
| 9 | ( No vote was taken on that point ) . |
| 10 | Martin Hardwidge , the General Secretary , left in April and Stuart Waddington has taken on that role . |
| 11 | Erm because although they accept that there are certain conditions within the , within the tower block which affect the block as a whole , they would say that they would affect each individual flat to a greater or lesser degree and that they would have to be taken on individual merit . |
| 12 | The decisions taken are taken on legal advice . |
| 13 | With the advent of the Youth Training Scheme ( started in 1983 ) one or two of the dairy farmers had taken on 16 year olds for the one year of the Scheme to lessen their own work load . |
| 14 | record the decision taken on each change , ie. approved or rejected , on the Changes Log |
| 15 | ( 3 ) If you are wise , you will have written the minutes of the previous meeting in such a way that the action to be taken on each item is recorded against it . |
| 16 | Visa records do not yet appear to have long-term reusable value , whereas 20th Century-Fox 's Movietone film has taken on such value . |
| 17 | It takes a hard heart not to get involved in at least some of the games and sports on offer — especially when everything 's free — and even aerobics taken on greater appeal when there 's an inviting pool to plunge into to cool down . |
| 18 | Since the powers of the European Parliament were enhanced by the Single European Act in July 1987 , lobbying of MEPs and the European Parliament 's committees has taken on new significance . |
| 19 | Empowerment , which has its roots in the US , has taken on new significance recently as American corporations try to find a way to compete more effectively with the Japanese . |
| 20 | But the post office says the original ballot taken on industrial action maynot cover this strike over a suspension as it 's an entirely different issue . |
| 21 | With the development of New Technology , in-house training by Industry has been better facilitated and has taken on increased importance . |
| 22 | The village Neighbourhood Watch scheme is now fully operational , thanks to Clifford Watts who has taken on overall responsibility . |
| 23 | Day 6 ) From the guidebook : ‘ More stupid pictures are now taken on Grand Canyon trips than the combined total of all stupid pictures taken elsewhere . ’ |
| 24 | They had taken on extra teaching staff . |
| 25 | In recent years an increasing proportion of married women even with pre-school children have taken on part-time work . |
| 26 | Particularly when VATable goods are usually taken on firm sale and have tighter credit periods than bookselling . |
| 27 | Courses in the first , second and third years are chosen from biological and management sciences , Ecological Science and Agriculture ; in the fourth year study units will be taken on rural land management . |
| 28 | The photographs in the Leica were the only pictures of the flier that were ever taken on British soil . |
| 29 | That can not be promised here , though a holistic perspective is taken on literary stylistics in addressing science fiction . |
| 30 | You 'll get little or no value from notes taken on scrappy paper , which ca n't be filed and retrieved at will or which are difficult to decipher . |