Example sentences of "taken a [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission has shown that it is able to act with relative speed under this procedure and has taken a variety of actions under it , including ordering a party to supply another party , refusing to allow undertakings to acquire further shares in a company in a takeover situation , ordering the cessation of predatory pricing and an order requiring the execution of a detailed supply agreement under which the Commission was to be notified of any price changes by the offending party or any case where it was unable to fulfil orders . |
| 2 | Interference theories have taken a variety of forms . |
| 3 | The important point is that the two-stage sampling process involves a sample of the primaries from each member of which is taken a sample of secondaries . |
| 4 | Detective Constable David Hemes told the inquest that Mr Ryder had left his home and gone to his chemist 's shop in Old Town Lane , Formby , and taken a bottle of barbiturates . |
| 5 | Having taken a change of clothes and underwear to the beach with her , she was able to put on a fresh dress before tucking the children into bed . |
| 6 | Harrison had arrived for the Sports on the previous evening , taken a couple of glasses of beer in the Fish — complimented the landlord on his brew — and then gone to sleep out the night in a barn . |
| 7 | It must have taken a couple of hours or more to reach the machan , a platform raised on poles . |
| 8 | He had taken a couple of tablets of synthesized dope . |
| 9 | I had taken a couple of slices of bread up the tree with me , with the intention of feeding small pieces of pinched flake into their midst to see if they would accept them . |
| 10 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 11 | Then , entering Henry 's land once more , they had taken a couple of fences in good style and returned home in excellent spirits , congratulating each other warmly . |
| 12 | She had hardly taken a couple of steps before she was surrounded by clubgoers , and was forced to swallow a quick rush of impatience , summoning up her brightest smile as she accepted their compliments . |
| 13 | ‘ Better ? ’ she said when he 'd taken a couple of swallows , and he managed to nod again . |
| 14 | Whether or not horses understand landing procedure ( they do n't smoke or have to cope with seat-belts ) , it occurred to me that we had taken a couple of bites at the cherry on our approach — I could only guess how near we came to dismantling the gateway to India , for there are no windows in those vehicles . |
| 15 | Up to the fifth floor , then walk down to the third , where he 'd taken a couple of rooms . |
| 16 | The cost of this exercise was considered prohibitive , and the time factor to effect the alterations involved had it been financially acceptable , would have taken a couple of years . |
| 17 | We 've taken a number of factors into account one of which is the lower occupancy levels at Beaver Vale . |
| 18 | Therefore the Commission has taken a number of actions to attempt to minimise its occurrence . |
| 19 | The Scottish Office has taken a number of initiatives on homelessness , as the hon. Gentleman knows . |
| 20 | This has taken a number of forms and has not spread as widely as some of its supporters might have hoped . |
| 21 | Again these changes have been in response to legislation and have taken a number of forms . |
| 22 | While making it easier for people to build up considerable capital assets , and to pass these on intact , the Government has taken a number of measures that have allowed many people to acquire capital assets for the first time . |
| 23 | The School has taken a number of steps to maintain these numbers by continual monitoring and updating the programmes it offers ; the Financial Studies degrees have recently been re-structured to make them more attractive to students wishing to enter the financial services industry ; Mathematics continues to expand the portfolio of the degree combination it offers . |
| 24 | The Government have taken a number of steps to promote the provision of affordable homes for exactly the people whom the hon. Gentleman mentions . |
| 25 | Since that point we have taken a number of steps to reduce students ' reliance on benefits . |
| 26 | Both people entering unemployment as a result of losing a temporary job and people taking temporary jobs as a way out of unemployment seemed more likely to have taken a number of jobs , to have experienced a number of spells of unemployment , to have had less time in work and more time in unemployment than people becoming unemployed for other reasons , or managing to obtain a permanent job on leaving unemployment . |
| 27 | It had only taken a matter of yards for her to acknowledge that her sandals made abysmal hiking boots . |
| 28 | Now listen answer the question I asked you , answer the question I asked you , she has taken a lot of drugs in the past , not Prozac . |
| 29 | Wilkinson has battled hard and taken a lot of knocks this season . |
| 30 | If only could have stayed behind to hear this being said , he could 've taken a lot of messages back to his friends in government . |