Example sentences of "has [adv] take the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pitt , who camped out in a tent roasting hot dogs with Deacon for a week at a time during filming , has since taken the sport of fly fishing to heart . |
| 2 | In the present difficult financial situation , SERC has regretfully taken the decision to cancel EASE 91 conference and exhibition which was to be held at the University of Birmingham on the 25th–27th March 1991 . |
| 3 | However , relatively little work has been put into the development of design techniques for mechanisms , and what there has been has mostly taken the form of analysing specified mechanism trains to obtain their motion throughout the operating cycle . |
| 4 | He has obviously taken the Echo 's Fun Fortnight very seriously indeed … perhaps a little too seriously . |
| 5 | Specifically , it is to query the new received wisdom , that the alternative party to the Conservatives in British politics has only to take the consumerist road , and present itself as the protector of the individual against Big Business and Big Government . |
| 6 | Next , the tenor , who was engaged as a stop-gap , is a church singer from Lodi who has never before acted on such a big stage , who has only taken the part of the primo tenore a couple of times , and who moreover was only engaged a week before the performance . |
| 7 | Inspired by the success of Film On Four and the ITV companies ' recent forays into film-making ( like Granada 's My Left Foot ) , the BBC has finally taken the plunge into the feature-film market , in partnership with Palace Pictures and British Screen . |
| 8 | Gorbachev has already taken the West by surprise by agreeing to a reduction of intermediate nuclear weapons and then suggesting further reductions in long-range missile systems . |
| 9 | ‘ She has already taken the house from you . ’ |
| 10 | He has already taken the trouble to obtain the opinions of a carefully selected group of North Britons ; what then can be his objection to ascertaining what the ordinary Scot in the street thinks ? |
| 11 | Event risk protection has generally taken the form of either protective covenants or a put-at-par option , which is exercisable if specific designated events occur that lead to a deterioration of credit quality rating to non-investment grade level . |
| 12 | Nobody has ever taken the trouble to build a cairn on the bare top but the Ordnance surveyors have erected a triangulation column to mark the highest point at 2058 feet . |
| 13 | Nobody who has ever taken the trouble to visit General Gouraud 's observation post on a cold , dank winter 's day , could ever escape the hell-hole ambiance of such a deathly place which seems to reach out over the decades of time to shame and sicken the human race . |
| 14 | Over the centuries many tribes have fought over and occupied Black Crag , and the most powerful tribe has always taken the crag as its homeland . |
| 15 | Because it has followed public opinion in the past , the EPA has always taken the view that governments are there to stop people having to run risks , however small . |
| 16 | He may not be able to see the political and general interest wood for the specialist trees , and there is a sense in which there are obviously dangers of that kind erm and the generalist has always taken the view that it 's for the specialist to be able to explain his problems in language which , after all , politicians who take the final decisions will have to be able to understand . |
| 17 | But because Dorothy Heathcote has always taken the importance of content for granted it has made her less than tolerant with dramatic activity that appears to lack significantly focused meaning . |
| 18 | When told of my 6lb line , or whatever it was , the reply has usually taken the form of , ‘ Six pound ! |
| 19 | SAVE , on the advice of its lawyers , has repeatedly taken the view , with successful results , that if any work of demolition , although not total , is sufficiently substantial to alter or remove the identity of the building , then listed building consent is required . |
| 20 | Although it may be distressing to the mother to find that she has now to take the child back , nevertheless there is no escape in my judgment from the conclusion that the child 's return should be ordered in this case . |
| 21 | The project has now taken the population from 18 animals to more than 300 at the end of the 1991 breeding season . |
| 22 | Young Francesca has even taken the pig to school , and says she enjoys playing games . |
| 23 | Young Francesca has even taken the pig to school , and says she enjoys playing games . |
| 24 | USL again endorsed OSF layered products such as Motif and DCE , and has even taken the baton from OSF for the commercialisation of ANDF — the Architecture Neutral Distribution Format , see below . |
| 25 | The Labour party has consistently taken the view that the monarchy is simply an irrelevance . |
| 26 | ‘ The Holbein case ’ has undoubtedly taken the focus off the Canaletto and Zoffany , which are arguably also strong candidates for British national collections . |
| 27 | Mrs Thatcher 's heart would not be in that approach , any more than the Labour Party has yet taken the need for high interest rates to its bosom . |
| 28 | The Polytechnic has recently taken the decision to enter the conference market during vacations and the standard of furnishings , fittings and facilities has been improved with a view to attracting this type of business . |