Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] taken " in BNC.

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1 Where there is a slight risk in the event of a swing , a pilot may be said to have made a simple error of judgement or taken an unnecessary risk .
2 Has the next generation of unemployed white youth followed in the footsteps of their elder brothers or taken a new route ?
3 For a Part B mark , no injunction or other relief is available to a plaintiff if the defendant can show that the use complained of is not likely to deceive or cause confusion or taken as indicating a connection in the course of trade between the goods and the person having the right to use the mark ( section 5 ) .
4 These include , the significance of the inaccuracy ; whether reasonable steps where taken by the data user to check the accuracy of information held and what procedures were followed by the data user once the inaccuracy was brought to light ( DPR Guideline 4 ) .
5 Lovat had gone , probably tied to a stretcher , placed on a jeep and taken at full speed to the First Aid post .
6 The Marquess was arrested at his flat in west London on Tuesday and taken to prison for failing to pay the maintenance arrears within the stipulated two weeks .
7 His story was that he had collapsed with exhaustion and thirst when a passing American schooner had seen his distress signals and taken him aboard .
8 Many baby orangs are caught in the forests of Indonesia and taken by ship to Taiwan , where they are sold as pets , shop props and showbiz gimmicks — so many , in fact , that there is said to be a greater density of orangs in Taiwan 's capital city , Taipei , than in their own habitat .
9 The man , in his mid-forties , was rescued by fire fighters and taken to hospital , where he was treated for smoke inhalation .
10 During the course of the story Tottle is arrested for theft and taken to a sponging-house , from which he is rescued by Parsons .
11 Remember that if it should roll , once you have grounded the club and taken your stance , you will incur a one-stroke penalty and be required to replace the ball in its original position .
12 Tod and I are feeling so terrific that we 've joined a club and taken up tennis .
13 Bothwell 's men had to carry their leader back to Hermitage , where he was greeted by the mortifying news that the prisoners had overpowered their guards and taken charge of the castle .
14 She was helped from her seat and taken to the rear of the cinema .
15 If you wish to invite your Principal please apply for a complimentary ticket from the office should you do this please ensure that any V.I.P. you have invited is met , conducted to their seat and taken to tea and is generally made to feel welcome .
16 What had been intended as a warning shot across the government 's bows has sunk a government that had given Poland a year of political continuity , maintained budgetary austerity against populist opposition and taken the first steps on two essential reforms that now go into limbo .
17 Well , if you are typical of your birth sign , you will have already made up your mind and taken your leave around August 6th , when it became apparent that certain associates had sided against you or even gone so far as to hatch some kind of plot .
18 Differing tendencies are brought within the Party fold and taken up by the leadership ; otherwise , they perish .
19 Rowse was at that time in London , or I might ( I said ) have asked him to tea and taken some soundings .
20 and given them a dish of trifle I think a lot would have just eaten the trifle , had a cup of tea and taken the rest home .
21 However , in spite of having continually plundered Arabia through the centuries and taken thousands of its best horses , by the beginning of this century few of their descendants remained and those that did were in a very sorry state of deterioration .
22 She had lost weight and taken to wearing just her underwear and a nightie .
23 The scrap was loaded into a narrow boat at the bottom of the incline and taken to North Kilworth for transshipment by rail .
24 It was not so long since that the fashionable had discarded their wigs and taken to cultivating natural heads .
25 Some , mainly those of war time subjects and taken in the 30 's and 40's were given to the National Portrait Gallery , but the best were retained by the V. and A.
26 First , an enraged she-bear had barged through the undergrowth and taken the throat out of his horse with one swipe of her paw .
27 We have now carried out a very careful appraisal and taken staff views into consideration .
28 ‘ She was dragged into a car and taken to a house .
29 A woman aged about 35 was cut free from one car and taken to hospital with various injuries .
30 Maybe he 'd been scared off by the snow and taken Caspar home .
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