Example sentences of "[noun] have [adv] taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | Building , agriculture and dams have also taken their toll . |
| 2 | Winger Martin Offiah , whom the Central Park fans have clearly taken to their hearts after his world recordtransfer , scored two tries in glorious demonstrations of his devastating pace . |
| 3 | For Clarke , football hooliganism developed at the intersection of these trends : the fans have now taken the traditional values of toughness , masculinity , local identity , collective action and partisanship and made them part of the game 's new , more spectacularised style . |
| 4 | ALTHOUGH the first course in business ethics was offered by Harvard Business School back in 1915 , it is only since the mid-1980s that business schools have truly taken the subject to their hearts . |
| 5 | Trips have already taken place to Edinburgh Castle , Luss on Loch Lomond and up the Clyde Valley . |
| 6 | Since seals , dolphins and porpoises can cause severe damage to fishermen 's nets in addition to scaring away the fish , the fishing industry have recently taken to playing underwater recordings of the Killer whale near salmon and pilchard nets to keep away such marauders . |
| 7 | Russian designers have certainly taken advantage of anything they could learn from the West . |
| 8 | The authors have obviously taken note of the thousands of users of the first release to bring you this wonderful educational program . |
| 9 | Each project has had problems with builders -buildings have always taken longer than anticipated . |
| 10 | Computerisation of the Land Registries is virtually complete , and land and charge certificates have therefore taken on a slightly different style . |
| 11 | I do n't think the theatre 's ever been endowed with a great deal of fundings but one or two companies in the town that have been prepared to fund obviously the one that strikes me is Gilbey 's cos the Gilbey bar I mean that was funded and like they 've been over the years they have given money even fact as a sad note cos Gilbey 's have actually demised now erm General Portfolio have actually taken on the role in Harlow of funding many things if you actually look all most things that have sponsored until recently have been sponsored by General Portfolio so they 've been to the fore in er fundering funding . |
| 12 | Nevertheless the promoters have already taken action . |
| 13 | Indeed , policy developments in each of these three areas have largely taken place in complete isolation from the others ; only very recently has the importance of social security to the effectiveness of ‘ community care ’ been recognised in any official document ( House of Commons Social Services Committee , 1990 ) . |
| 14 | Damp , bookworms and even hungry rats have all taken their toll . |
| 15 | Fee-based activities such as fund management have also taken off in Singapore because of its strategic location in southeast Asia 's fast expanding financial markets . |
| 16 | A number of far-reaching evaluations have recently taken place , culminating in the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 ( abbreviated to RCA ) . |
| 17 | Several companies have now taken the printing of their annual reports to P&W as a result of its expansion in London . |
| 18 | But these companies have always taken out a separate source licence with Unix System Labs , something that BSDI does not appear to have done . |
| 19 | The amphibians have also taken to the habit . |
| 20 | But speaking about the possible loss of a new community centre , she added : ‘ The parish council have reluctantly taken the view that the Junior School is paramount at this time but , should land values improve by the time the site is actually sold , the community centre should still be a possibility . |
| 21 | Pesticides and gamekeepers have also taken their toll . |
| 22 | Auditions have already taken place in Londonderry . |
| 23 | Habitat destruction and overfishing have also taken their toll . |
| 24 | Three of its board directors have also taken on additional responsibilities and have duly been retitled group executive directors . |
| 25 | P&O Distribution have already taken delivery of the first new vehicles dedicated to the contract , which includes delivery of finished goods from the IDEM mill in Cardiff to customers in the UK and to Arjo Wiggins ' Belgian distribution centre . |
| 26 | As from January , the Cranleigh class will be taught by Marion Grainger , seen above at her new home — The Queen 's Head , Bucks Green — which she and her husband have recently taken over . |
| 27 | The Initiative began at the ‘ Drawing on London ’ weekend at the RIBA and workshops have now taken place in eighteen cities nationwide . |
| 28 | Brazil and Argentina 's governments have recently taken drastic steps to wipe out their four-digit inflation rates . |
| 29 | Hitachi have also taken the trouble to make the control large enough to operate when wearing thick gloves . |
| 30 | The major vehicle for the campaign will be television coverage ; but extensive briefings of Japanese officials have already taken place and other measures , including in-flight film footage on Japanese flights , are being considered . |