Example sentences of "[noun prp] have taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | Governors , parents and teachers at Cheddington have taken the initiative and they 're actively promoting the school and what it has to offer to the village . |
| 2 | The TEC have taken over responsibility for the service in keeping with their aim to encourage commitment to training . |
| 3 | TWENTY-NINE students and staff from the Lycée Victor Grignard in Cherbourg have taken part in the third annual exchange with Alton College . |
| 4 | Well , Wa Waitrose have taken it , like all the supermarkets , they 've taken it on trial . |
| 5 | Whereas Hibs are still striving to find consistency , Simon Stainrod 's Dundee have taken seven points from eight out of their last four league matches , thank you very much . |
| 6 | Nowell , a solicitor , and his wife Penny have taken thirty years to develop the lovely garden at Baubles which now boasts ornamental and wildlife ponds and a wide variety of trees , shrubs , a tennis court and a swimming pool . |
| 7 | First and foremost , Borland have taken the Windows interface and used it to good advantage . |
| 8 | The scientists at IBM have taken this idea one step further , by using different light frequencies to store extra information at each location . |
| 9 | If Talkin Loud has been criticised in the past for not saying much at all , then the fact that storming releases in 1992 from the Young Disciples and Tammy Payne have taken months to see record shop racks has n't helped . |
| 10 | The Dutch were silver medallists last time and England have taken the bronze in the last two events . |
| 11 | The residents of one housing estate in the north of England have taken their resident pipistrelle bats , several hundred of them , under their metaphorical wing ; holding street-parties ( or at least garage parties ) to pool data . |
| 12 | Such arguments may seem trivial when bodies as thoughtful as the Church of England have taken it upon themselves to ponder the issue of the use of nuclear weapons ; but the bomb has not gone off and when it has receded into the background we will be left with the demand for electricity . |
| 13 | England have taken a well-earned break after four games in the past three weeks , and with Platt proving his recovery from an ankle injury with the opening goal against Brazil on Sunday in Washington , manager Graham Taylor should be able to pick from a full squad . |
| 14 | However Japan and Iceland have taken advantage of a loophole in the regulation which says that a certain number of whales can be killed for scientific purposes . |
| 15 | It is estimated that less than 10 per cent of existing savers entitled to hold a TESSA have taken one out . |
| 16 | The families of nine airmen killed when their Hercules aircraft crashed in Scotland have taken part in a memorial service at RAF Lyneham . |
| 17 | Scotland have taken only two points from their first three games in their qualifying group and trail Switzerland , Italy and Portugal . |
| 18 | So far , Scotland have taken only two points from the first three games in Group I. |
| 19 | Chartered accountants Touche Ross have taken the whole of the 12,000 sq ft fourth floor and is planning to move in later this summer . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a sad fact that Celtic have taken advantage of their top players , ’ he claimed , in his ghost-written biography , ‘ The kind of players who have supported Celtic and been really loyal to the club have been the ones who have suffered the most . ’ |
| 22 | AFTER working on opposite sides in the American presidential election , James Corville and his wife Mary Matalin have taken a romantic trip on the Orient Express from Paris to Venice . |
| 23 | West Midlands have taken the initiative WITH ‘ TOTAL QUALITY ’ : a development strategy which has a number of objectives : |
| 24 | Scientists advising the IWC have taken a similar view . |
| 25 | Why would Jeff and Silvia have taken the speedboat there ? |
| 26 | In recent years the head offices of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have taken steps to increase their influence on this process , and have aroused the resentment of local favourites whose chances of nomination have been jeopardised by this " interference " . |
| 27 | For years bankers in Paris have taken instructions from the government on everything from bailing out troubled companies to keeping base lending rates low . |
| 28 | ‘ But since that match we have progressed , while Liverpool have taken a step back . ’ |
| 29 | Since the Clean Air Act of 1956 governments in the UK have taken responsibility for designating clean air zones in which certain types of pollution , notably the smoke caused by burning coal , are illegal . |
| 30 | But just now it works for all of us that these Pessarane Behesht have taken it into their heads to seize the woman and child . ’ |