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

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1 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 .
2 Moreover , the political interests of Eastern Europe 's regimes have taken precedence over the economic interests of society .
3 A new survey claims that more than forty per cent of students at Oxford University have taken drugs at some time .
4 THE number of under-25s who have taken drugs in Britain has almost doubled in the last three years .
5 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 .
6 Crowds have taken Mota to their hearts .
7 And yet some philosophers have taken questions like this one about whiteness very seriously .
8 ‘ I have taken souls to my Masters , Wolfprince , and every one I give them is placed on the Silver Scales of Justice . ’
9 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 .
10 Erm , erm the first , finally liked to add that erm my personal thanks to all those who have taken part on the panel I 've found it immensely enriching and have been
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Around a hundred of the staff have taken part in the buyout , which we are very pleased with .
14 By now , over 250 volunteers ( mostly university students ) have taken part in our experiments , the duration of which varies from 12 to 22 days .
15 TWENTY-NINE students and staff from the Lycée Victor Grignard in Cherbourg have taken part in the third annual exchange with Alton College .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 More than 1,500 cyclists have taken part in the past — raising over £250,000 .
19 ( 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 …
20 Many of them have taken part in earlier Himalayan Kingdoms ventures , including Broad Peak , Changtse ( Everest 's northern outlier ) and Himalchuli .
21 You realise you have taken part in the best game of rugby that has ever been played ’ — JEREMY GUSCOTT ( Bath and England centre ) .
22 Would all the energies and the enthusiasm of the teachers who have taken part in the records of achievement movement be rendered pointless ?
23 Two of the senior males of the group , whether or not they have taken part in the hunt , tear the body in two .
24 The need to extend one 's knowledge of primary health care and the need for knowledge of research results on the impact of community-based health care projects , was a sound motivating force for Family Development Nurses and the majority have taken part in various courses and research projects .
25 The first is that the principal postwar task will be the search for peace , an idea which will naturally commend itself both to those who have taken part in the war , and to those who have not .
26 Those who have taken part in nights of prayer can no doubt , all recall such times when the Holy Spirit has led people to pray in harmony , with intensity , with breadth , with perseverance and assurance .
27 Since its inception , almost 4,000 employees have taken part in the scheme and Heartwatch co-ordinator Andrew Smart said that he was pleased that the project had proved so popular .
28 HUNDREDS of couples have taken part in a dream Wedgwood offer to mark their marriages .
29 Our picture shows the Torness Financial Department , one of the sections who have taken part in the process , discussing their action plan which emerged from Working Group Training , Standing ( left to right ) are Donald McLaughlan , Vera Stoddart , Janine Ord and Donald Laird , with Joanne Cornwall and June Denholme sitting .
30 More than 3.1 million young people have taken part in youth training since 1983 .
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