Example sentences of "united [noun prp] have taken " in BNC.

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1 The United States had taken the initiative in this development , since it appeared the only means by which the Americans could disengage gradually from Korea with some hope that the UN could produce a solution that would sustain south Korea for at least a limited period .
2 Credit agencies in the United States had taken a hammering , and people on the lists were now entitled to a report annually or on demand .
3 There is no authority for these propositions , and a leading critic in the United States has taken a contrary view , as did the court in the case of The Application of the President and Directors of Georgetown College Inc. , holding that ‘ death resulting from failure to extend proper medical care , where there is a duty of care , is manslaughter . ’
4 For the most part , the literature of the United States has taken as its concern the architecture of a new white man .
5 Since 1983 the United Kingdom had taken a series of measures to tackle the problem of quota hopping .
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