Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the old system , it was possible , if a shortage of any one part occurred , to complete a large number of bodies up to the point at which this particular part was required , and even if the whole of the body shop floor eventually became taken up by partially built bodies , it was still possible to keep the body makers employed in splicing bottom sides and cantrails and fitting the pillars in position alongside the partially erected bodies . |
| 2 | Training of users is also an issue and , helpfully , BT BIS has taken the line that their natural user group , the smaller firms , not only need training in how to use the system — which is , after all , not terribly difficult — but also in what the information available can be used for and , to some extent , how to use it . |
| 3 | Jorg Sambetn , a Givaudan engineer who investigated the accident after it happened , says it should only have taken 15 minutes , and can not understand why the workers omitted it . |
| 4 | It would only have taken a word and the simple , undeniable proof . |
| 5 | At the stage in the growth of a scientific discovery when it is no longer just internal but has not yet become a formal paper , then the scholarly interchange would have depended on whom individuals knew or knew of , the letter writing would be unmanaged and survive by chance ( often only one side of the story ) and , due to concern that ideas should not be stolen , may only have taken place at a late stage of the discovery process . |
| 6 | Had he pressed on he might none the less have taken Newcastle , which contained many Jacobite sympathisers , but while he dallied , turning aside to Hexham , 15 miles [ 24 km ] west of the city , the Newcastle magistrates called out the militia and trained bands , mobilised a force of 700 tough keelmen , who worked on the lighters in the harbour , patched up the ancient city wall , though they lacked cannon to defend it , and bricked up the gates . |
| 7 | From a sample of 162 eventual fellows of the society who had been over sixteen in 1642 , and therefore old enough to have taken sides in the civil war , and discounting foreigners not in England during the war years ( and a further 22 for whom there is inadequate documentation ) , 38 fought for , or supported , Parliament , while 85 were royalist in 1642 . |
| 8 | There was a further element to Mr McLean 's rapidly boiling anger : the sudden arrival of Mr Uppal , who hitherto had taken no interest in the case . |
| 9 | He said that he respected the views of his colleagues at SO , but added that they obviously had taken their decision on the information they had , while the SSO was still in the process of getting information from the management about the proposal . |
| 10 | She led the way into the communal hall which she personally had taken upon herself to brighten up with a vase of dried flowers and a couple of good , but ancient , rugs which she had picked up for a song at an auction sale . |
| 11 | They did n't seem to know what it was , so had taken her into hospital for observation — or so I understood . |
| 12 | The FA obviously have taken note of Leeds fans ' good behaviour despite some horrible recent results . |
| 13 | Subsequent of that of course to meet the need we had Stage Directions come into being very vibrant thrusting young people theatre 's company and really what 's happen is that Stage Directions in part anyway has taken over the mantle of the old Harlow youth theatre . |
| 14 | The empiricists , although they may not have taken up Descartes ' idea that the mind is an immaterial substance , followed him in treating the contents of mind as objects private and internal to the individual and different from physical objects . |
| 15 | The astonishing achievements of Western civilisation in controlling and exploring the resources of the world , and the consequent increase in material wealth and standards of living , would not have taken place if the procurement of knowledge for its own sake had not mapped out the paths of which technology and investment for profit thereafter took advantage . |
| 16 | In our January issue , we omitted to say that we could not have taken the photographs of readers in all the colours of the rainbow without the cooperation of Debenhams in Western Road Brighton . |
| 17 | If only they had possessed just a little more of that rare commodity , plus the assistance of a blind man with an abacus , it might not have taken both channels until 1.30 in the morning to start predicting an absolute majority for Mr Major . |
| 18 | The growth of formal education systems could not have taken place without the incorporation of sectors in society , which had previously been excluded . |
| 19 | Many pieces of information given to the reader are subsequently contradicted , many of the events recounted are then said not to have happened , there are conversations which may or may not have taken place and characters are themselves then someone else , or themselves and someone else . |
| 20 | On 10 May 1794 , Huntingford wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons ( who had himself been elected a vice-president of the College ) as follows : ‘ Honble Sir , I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you on the subject of the Veterinary College did not the recent business of Wm Stone who stands charged with High Treason prove the cause of his exerting himself to my prejudice in favor of M Vial the late Professor , to be that he might establish a French Connection in that Institution in order that he might through the channel carry on his correspondence with the enemy . |
| 21 | To Angela I convey my grateful thanks for undertaking the needlework responsibility in 1986 ; without whom this exhibition would not have taken place in such a lavish way . |
| 22 | Social workers and the police would not have taken the action they had , in the way they did , unless they had been absolutely sure there was a reason . |
| 23 | Had we followed the advice of our so-called revolutionary counsellors , this substantial move toward a political revolution would not have taken place to anything like the extent shown by the figures . |
| 24 | We wish to thank both these bodies for the support without which the Conference could not have taken place . |
| 25 | And a mere pickpocket would not have taken the trouble to steam the envelope open . ’ |
| 26 | What these figures will not have taken account of is , for example , the 54,000 kilos of frogs legs imported in 1986 mainly from Bangladesh and Indonesia . |
| 27 | Great disorders had occurred among the children which would not have taken place had proper influence been exerted by the master . |
| 28 | In his younger days Edward VII might not have taken his calling so seriously . |
| 29 | Obviously the limits : we should not have taken the wires infinitely thin . |
| 30 | The fall in birth rate , the growth of the elderly population , the rise in the divorce rate , the increase in the number of one-parent families and other factors leading to lower average household size , along with such developments as the increase in the number of working wives , can not have taken place without having measurable effects on the geographical distribution of population , especially since , as argued in the previous chapter , these changes have tended to occur much more rapidly than the housing stock can adjust to their new requirements . |