Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a student who has performed outstandingly well in the HNC/HND examinations or has taken a combination of units particularly well matched with the requirements of the degree course may be considered for exemption from appropriate parts ( normally up to half ) of the second-year ( or the part-time equivalent ) of the degree course . |
| 2 | A court , if it wishes to interfere , can always characterise an alleged error as having resulted from asking the wrong question , or having taken account of irrelevant considerations . |
| 3 | Patients are so grateful to get treated they do not complain or get taken seriously . |
| 4 | Perhaps she had scarcely heard them , or had taken them as a mere mechanical rejoinder to her own ‘ Do n't hate me ’ . |
| 5 | They were worried about her being alone in the fiat and had wondered whether she was pregnant or had taken drugs . |
| 6 | As a private registry it was available only to the trading partners , and not to third parties interested in knowing whether a given shipment was sold , pledged , or had taken place . |
| 7 | None had any complicating medical condition or previous history of gastric surgery , or had taken antibiotics or bismuth preparations in the previous six months . |
| 8 | None was receiving antibiotics or had taken acid inhibitory agents within the previous week . |
| 9 | None of the patients were pregnant at the time of the study or had taken any drug which could potentially interfere with gall bladder motility . |
| 10 | Although he was a fully qualified pilot , he never to my knowledge ( certainly not whilst he was with No 7 Squadron ) was ever captain of an aircraft ; he had been second pilot , or flown as mid- upper , or rear gunner or had taken some other crew function , but at the same time he would be researching and demonstrating some aspect of a project that he was currently engaged with at the Institute . |
| 11 | In 1881 , the leader of the Blue Ribbon Mission came to town and it was estimated that a quarter of the 32,000 population were ‘ blue-ribboners ’ , or had taken the pledge . |
| 12 | Alex Goldfarb , executive director of the ISF and formerly a biochemist at the Engelhardt Institute in Moscow , sees the gap between the number of applicants and the number of eligible scientists as a sign that many of his colleagues have left the country for greener pastures in the West or have taken up another occupation . |
| 13 | Even allowing for the reluctance of the courts to subject operational police decisions to judicial review , it may be apparent that the police have failed to take into account in their decision making a relevant consideration , or have taken into account an irrelevant one , which would leave the decision open to review . |
| 14 | Considering geography as the description of the changes that take place or have taken place in or at the surface of the earth Linton ( 1965 ) suggested that any changes which occur in the real world imply that work has been done and energy expended . |
| 15 | To suggest that the Government have taken no action , or have taken no action against the specific problem of advertising directed at children , is a charge that does not stand up . |
| 16 | THORN EMI Software , the computer services division of the electronics and entertainment group , has been bought out by its staff and management in an £82m deal and has taken a new name . |
| 17 | Sir William Shelton , Streatham , aims to tighten the law against kerb crawling and soliciting , and has taken on board a Home Office proposal to abolish the presumption that a boy aged under 14 is incapable of sexual intercourse . |
| 18 | He starts with the pioneering days at Brooklands and has taken care not to omit the Donington grands prix in 1937-38 where Germany 's Auto Unions and Mercedes were so dominant . |
| 19 | The construction equipment giant has been a customer since the early Seventies , and has taken delivery of 150,000 engines to date . |
| 20 | The second trend in current conservation thinking concerns the relationship between the programme and its clients or government and land-users , and has taken a number of different forms . |
| 21 | In the past year she has won classes at Aldershot and Farnborough , Basingstoke and Woking Festivals and has taken part in a week-long performers ' workshop at the Edinburgh Festival . |
| 22 | He also enjoys motorcycling and has taken and passed the British Motorcycling Federating course and exam . |
| 23 | Dr. Mawhinney has become accustomed over the years to bring in the middle of political contention and has taken very good care to cultivate his patch . |
| 24 | Dr Halden is married to my daughter and has taken her on an extended tour of the Continent . ’ |
| 25 | The Commission has shown that it is able to act with relative speed under this procedure and has taken a variety of actions under it , including ordering a party to supply another party , refusing to allow undertakings to acquire further shares in a company in a takeover situation , ordering the cessation of predatory pricing and an order requiring the execution of a detailed supply agreement under which the Commission was to be notified of any price changes by the offending party or any case where it was unable to fulfil orders . |
| 26 | The Neighbourhood Watch Committee provides a regular newsletter for the village and has taken over the distribution of Christmas parcels to the pensioners . |
| 27 | He sleeps on the floor , rises at 4.10am , is in his own words ‘ fanatical ’ about dusting , and has taken a vow of chastity and celibacy . |
| 28 | Although one need look no further than the Institute 's mission statement to appreciate that it sees members ' interests as very much secondary to the public interest , it might be reassuring for practising members to know that the Institute , nevertheless , recognises their concerns and has taken proper account of them in determining its long-term objectives . |
| 29 | In his last year as President , Woodward is desperately keen to give Essex their first senior national title and has taken up the role of joint-manager to that end . |
| 30 | Liverpool , Merseyside computer games company Psygnosis Ltd , which has quadrupled its exports in the last three years — and has taken Japan by storm , was another winner as was Ipswich , Suffolk-based BT & D Technologies Ltd , the joint optoelectronic manufacturing venture between British Telecommunications Plc , E I du Pont de Nemours & Co Inc of Wilmington , Delaware . |