Example sentences of "have take [art] opportunity [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his chairman 's statement , Terry Shand explains why the group has taken the opportunity to overhaul the presentation of the annual report and accounts and to include operating and financial reviews . |
| 2 | erm Rusty in the fact that erm we have n't been able to sort of erm get out on the field with a ball in our hand , erm but erm our coach erm Ian McMillan has taken the opportunity to drag us into the gym and give us quite erm hard fitness sessions , so the fitness is still erm quite high on our side , but erm handling the ball will be a little bit rusty , but hopefully this week , now all the snow 's gone , we 'll be able to get out and erm move the ball about at training . |
| 3 | It may not be , and Hakel and Reimer might have taken the opportunity to sow more seeds of doubt , or at least put the certified cause of death in an historical perspective : 100 years ago a recorded cause of death from heart disease ( except for congenital malformations and valve defects ) was barely known , yet ischaemic heart disease must surely have existed . |
| 4 | When the present Secretary of State addressed the House on that occasion , he might also have taken the opportunity to draw to the attention of the House and to remind the public outside , particularly in Scotland , that the nature of sovereignty in the Scottish constitutional tradition is different from that of Westminster . |
| 5 | Practical Experience Applicants will be expected to have taken every opportunity to gain relevant practical experience of handling animals . |
| 6 | Apart from the two social occasions when he had been with another girl , Liza had seen little of him , even though she had taken every opportunity to pass by the farmhouse where he was billeted . |
| 7 | Giovanna , smiling as she left , said that the bambina had never stirred and she had taken the opportunity to do a pile of ironing . |
| 8 | Her brother had taken the opportunity to entertain a large group of teenage friends while his parents were out of the country . |
| 9 | Carrie 's young brother was waiting to tie up a brace of barges to a river tug for their journey back to the Royal Albert Dock and he had taken the opportunity to visit his sister and her husband in the dining rooms . |
| 10 | The court was told Terence Jowers had his own grievance against Mr Archer and had taken the opportunity to sort it out . |
| 11 | She had taken the opportunity to read so much about the social work of the Army she felt she knew the history , background , areas of special need inside out in theory . |
| 12 | Comfort had been in Paris for a fortnight , officially to sort out details of an exhibition of her paintings , and she had taken the opportunity to replenish her depleted wardrobe and see as many of her old friends as she could find . |
| 13 | He had before him the example of the barons of the kingdom who had taken the opportunity to extract from Henry far-reaching legal and financial concessions at the time of his coronation . |
| 14 | In the move between the last position and this , a number of the Jocks had taken the opportunity to make a hot drink , and as the chill of early morning crept into them , the sweet tea lifted their morale . |
| 15 | Around 200 workers made redundant due to Defence Budget cuts have taken the opportunity to use training credits to buy training best suited to their new career paths . |
| 16 | The National Governing Bodies whose sports can be accommodated in the facilities have taken the opportunity to promote their sport to a potential audience of four million people and are organising displays , coaching clinics , tournaments and so on . |
| 17 | Since 1964 six polytechnics and colleges have taken the opportunity afforded them by the Council for National Academic Awards to design and develop courses culminating in the C.N.A.A . |
| 18 | WITH the forthcoming visit by the South Africans looming large , the RFU have taken the opportunity given them by the All Black and Wallaby tours to South Africa to get in some early homework on the Boks . |
| 19 | Aside from the many companies which have gone into liquidation , those which survive have taken the opportunity to improve their operating efficiency , often achieving this by reduction in staffing levels . |
| 20 | In some cases schools have taken the opportunity offered by a delegated budget to create new posts . |
| 21 | Should not John Major have taken the opportunity to cut away more of the dead wood from among the cabinet 's other 20 members ? |
| 22 | No fundamental changes are , therefore , proposed in the Bill , but we have taken the opportunity to make two improvements in the way in which the charges are levied . |
| 23 | ‘ Some schools have taken the opportunity to involve team members in pre-exclusion meetings and in general discussions about issues of race and racism . |