Example sentences of "have take [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , not only the evangelical church has taken opportunity of the open door — cults are also active , notably Bahai and Jehovah 's Witnesses . |
| 2 | Carlton 's second arm , set up only in September to create a promotional books business for Hodder and Pan Macmillan , has taken £1.5m of orders to date . |
| 3 | Obviously , I do not know the answer , nor do I trust the American claim that only one in 10 therapists over there has taken advantage of the opportunities afforded . |
| 4 | ( One has taken advantage of a night call ) . |
| 5 | When ivy is seen growing throughout the crown of a dying tree it has rarely been responsible for the tree 's decline but has taken advantage of the crown which now lets through enough light for the ivy to grow away . |
| 6 | One of the few American dealers to take an interest in British Romanticism , Richard L. Feigen has taken advantage of the excellent exhibition of Sir Thomas Lawrence 's work at the Mellon Center at Yale to mount his own show , coupling Lawrence with Sir David Wilkie , an artist barely known to Americans . |
| 7 | The company has taken advantage of the exemption from presenting its own profit and loss account . |
| 8 | ‘ And the odd thing is that of all the people who complained to you after that sermon that they 'd never been to Rome only Sister Dew has taken advantage of this opportunity to go there . ’ |
| 9 | It is an organism that has taken advantage of a man-made ecological niche , created in buildings ' water systems . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't feel anyone here has taken advantage of your grandmother , Matthew . |
| 11 | As for certainties , ’ he frowned , ‘ I am a friar as you see , one who has taken vows of poverty but I am also a little of a philosopher and certainties I do not believe to exist . ’ |
| 12 | The extended partnership of business , local education service , university and polytechnic , in Sheffield has taken ownership of the Sheffield Record of Experience and Achievement . |
| 13 | When Nell and the old man flee after Quilp has taken possession of their home , the Old Curiosity Shop , he determines to track them down , being convinced that the grandfather has some secret hoard of wealth . |
| 14 | But her mind still works only dimly , and she can not make the connection now , she must trudge forward , following the one impulse that has taken possession of her : to escape . |
| 15 | Whether or not a person has taken possession of land is a question of fact depending on all the particular circumstances . |
| 16 | Valerie , whose hobbies include tennis , squash , hiking and , more recently , golf , was presented with a Coalport plaque which she said has taken pride of place in her lounge . |
| 17 | A test which requires the judge to ask if the decision-maker has taken leave of his senses is too strict and is scarcely judicial . |
| 18 | ‘ I sometimes think that the Oxford and Cambridge Examination Board has taken leave of its senses , ’ said Mr Crumwallis , in his inconsequential tenor drone . |
| 19 | She 's had a hectic Christmas — one long round of shopping , cleaning and cooking for the entire family , including Malc 's brother and his wife and his mother , who has become confused and forgetful since Dad 's death and Lynda has taken care of her with selfless dedication . |
| 20 | Baden has taken care of its past , rescuing old houses from decay , restoring where necessary and always taking care that new colours blend . |
| 21 | Newco and its advisers should consider how the target has taken care of the well-being of its employees , and whether it has conformed to health and safety legislation . |
| 22 | THE Chancellor has taken heed of small businesses by attempting to boost confidence in his Budget yesterday , says Jim Wellerd of North and Mid-Essex Chamber of Trade . |
| 23 | The construction equipment giant has been a customer since the early Seventies , and has taken delivery of 150,000 engines to date . |
| 24 | AFTER three years of negotiations with Irish Rail , the Irish Traction Group has taken delivery of its first locomotive , 201 ( c ) class No. 226 , the first Irish mainline diesel to pass into private ownership . |
| 25 | China has taken delivery of 26 SU-27 fighter aircraft from Russia , and is expected to buy 26 more . |
| 26 | A new detention centre for immigrants has taken delivery of its first inmates , despite protests from local people . |
| 27 | Cleveland fire service has taken delivery of two all-terrain Pinzgauers vehicles which can climb embankments , drive smoothly over the roughest of ground and keep going in water . |
| 28 | The LDDC has taken control of the Docklands Light Railway from London Underground and has made some progress . |
| 29 | Spain 's Alcatel Sesa SA has taken control of two Polish companies , PZT Telkom , which employs 640 people in Warsaw , and Teletra , which has about 1,300 employees making public telephone exchanges ; Alcatel Sesa said it would guarantee jobs for 1,650 people at the two firms for the next 18 months and committed itself to increasing the capital of the two companies by another $25m within a year ; it plans to start manufacturing the Alcatel 1000 S-12 exchange in Poland , where it says it has already built eight digital exchanges in Poland with a $60m credit that was put up by the Spanish government . |
| 30 | The rhetorical innuendo suggests that a foreign religion ( Judaism ) has taken control of the financial life of the country . |