Example sentences of "have taken [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the political interests of Eastern Europe 's regimes have taken precedence over the economic interests of society . |
| 2 | Business studies have taken precedence for the 25-year-old Stokesley sprinter thus far into the season , but she steps belatedly on to the Olympic trail at Stanley Park on Sunday . |
| 3 | THE number of under-25s who have taken drugs in Britain has almost doubled in the last three years . |
| 4 | Some people , when they have taken drugs , become violent and assault others . |
| 5 | While some of her friends have taken drugs , Caroline 's been in trouble with the police for stealing from shops . |
| 6 | A new survey claims that more than forty per cent of students at Oxford University have taken drugs at some time . |
| 7 | Her wide eyes and waif-like cheekbones have taken Europe by storm and she is currently the toast of New York since modelling in the Calvin Klein campaign . |
| 8 | Thus , for example , students who have taken subject studies in English and History will also take courses in the teaching of those subjects . |
| 9 | Set-aside schemes have taken land out of production in the United States as well as in the European Community . |
| 10 | Crowds have taken Mota to their hearts . |
| 11 | And yet some philosophers have taken questions like this one about whiteness very seriously . |
| 12 | Districts and units have taken initiatives but often they have not been co-ordinated within a district and certainly not as a national service . |
| 13 | ‘ I have taken souls to my Masters , Wolfprince , and every one I give them is placed on the Silver Scales of Justice . ’ |
| 14 | To date more than 200,000 refugees have taken shelter in Bangladesh , putting further strain on its economy as well as on its relations with Burma . |
| 15 | His shiksas and replicas , hostilities and escapes , have taken part in a great game of long duration , and he can be said to be reviewing the state of play . |
| 16 | Around a hundred of the staff have taken part in the buyout , which we are very pleased with . |
| 17 | By now , over 250 volunteers ( mostly university students ) have taken part in our experiments , the duration of which varies from 12 to 22 days . |
| 18 | Raleigh International ( formerly Operation Raleigh ) ( 071 351 7541 ) is the biggest and best known of these organisations : nearly 6,300 young adventurers from 17 to 25 have taken part since 1984 . |
| 19 | TWENTY-NINE students and staff from the Lycée Victor Grignard in Cherbourg have taken part in the third annual exchange with Alton College . |
| 20 | Every year for the past four years , some of the veterans I was with in Normandy have taken part in the annual Paulton memorial service . |
| 21 | Letters are often a hoped-for source of descriptions of events or of personal feelings about certain things ; and one source of written information which , though not in letter form but not wholly dissimilar , can be useful for the researcher , is the description written by children or young people of events in which they have taken part , or about given social situations . |
| 22 | Other members have taken part in running the Grand Canyon of the Colorado on three separate occasions and in expeditions to Greenland , Norway , Sweden , Finnish lapland , Turkey , Yugoslavia and Morocco among other venues in search of wild water rivers as yet unknown to most of us . |
| 23 | More than 1,500 cyclists have taken part in the past — raising over £250,000 . |
| 24 | Four more have been held since , and around 200 midwives have taken part . |
| 25 | ( Article 37 provides that a carrier who has paid compensation in compliance with the provisions of this Convention , shall be entitled to recover … from the other carriers who have taken part in the carriage … |
| 26 | Many of them have taken part in earlier Himalayan Kingdoms ventures , including Broad Peak , Changtse ( Everest 's northern outlier ) and Himalchuli . |
| 27 | You realise you have taken part in the best game of rugby that has ever been played ’ — JEREMY GUSCOTT ( Bath and England centre ) . |
| 28 | Would all the energies and the enthusiasm of the teachers who have taken part in the records of achievement movement be rendered pointless ? |
| 29 | Watching the final were 17 past winners and members of the Mastermind club — a 500-strong organisation of people who have taken part . |
| 30 | Two of the senior males of the group , whether or not they have taken part in the hunt , tear the body in two . |