Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] have taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | My word , that 's very true , ’ and turned with relief to Fribble , who was trying to explain about their journey and about Medoc having taken Tara . |
| 2 | There was a pause on the line long enough for Pascoe to have taken a nap . |
| 3 | Since 1934 the elections of the presidents of Czechoslovakia have taken place here . |
| 4 | It is the responsibility of all candidates to find out their results and of unsuccessful candidates to request their course director or senior course tutor to provide them with a written record of the decision which the Board of Examiners has taken about their progress . |
| 5 | The General Synod of the Church of England votes on the matter next week , but already the Bishop of Chester has taken action to head off a split in his church . |
| 6 | This latter business was undertaken in the most difficult financial circumstances and , even after the newly founded Bank of England had taken over from Herne , it was his credit that kept the artillery train in Flanders from starving late in 1694 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | President Mobutu of Zaire has taken drastic measures to silence all journalists and publishers who criticise his policies . |
| 10 | However , in a concession to a veto threat delivered by US President George Bush , Congress allowed Bush the authority to restore the aid programme if he could certify " that the government of Jordan has taken steps to advance the peace process in the Middle East , or that furnishing assistance to Jordan would be beneficial to the peace process in the Middle East " . |
| 11 | The United States House of Representatives on June 20 voted by 410 to eight to cut off military aid to Jordan worth US$27,000,000 , pending assurances that " the government of Jordan has taken steps to advance the peace process in the Middle East " [ see p. 38119 ] . |
| 12 | It was announced on May 9 that the government of Byelarus had taken over the former Soviet troops in the Byelorussian Military District . |
| 13 | The Hand of Gooch has taken over from the Hand of God Maradona 's — in sporting legend . |
| 14 | My lords of Strathearn and of Atholl have taken the rest of the horses to Rhind . |
| 15 | THE death of the Dowager Duchess of Rutland has taken from us the last and most loved of our nieces ( for niece she was , although older than the present writers by five and ten years ) . |
| 16 | By the eleventh of February , followers of Khomeini had taken control of the administrative , police and judicial functions in several cities . |
| 17 | Itar-Tass news agency said several hundred demonstrators in the Siberian city of Irkutsk had taken to the streets yesterday to demand Mr Yeltsin 's resignation while his supporters had begun collecting signatures in favour of a referendum . |
| 18 | If the Hindus and Sikhs of Punjab have taken over the concept of Izzat from the Muslims , the Muslims and Sikhs have adopted the dowry system from the Hindus . |
| 19 | I think that the districts there possibly given the exception of Selby have taken a rather cautious approach as to what they anticipate being built in their areas within the Greater York area itself er over the next thirteen years . |
| 20 | An estimated 20,000 indigenous Indians from 300 communities in the Andean province of Chimborazo had taken part in widespread demonstrations in June , primarily over land rights . |
| 21 | This was the first time that an archbishop of Canterbury had taken disciplinary action against a Welsh bishop . |
| 22 | I was thrilled that someone as important as the Archbishop of Canterbury had taken the time to call me , although I could n't help but think it odd that an Archbishop was now leaving messages on the same answering machine as my mum . |
| 23 | THE Prince of Wales has taken an extraordinary interest in next Monday 's Royal Variety Performance . |
| 24 | The Princess of Wales has taken the rare step of issuing a statement on recent newspaper reports about her relationship with the Queen . |
| 25 | Among the prime movers of La Rete , was Leoluca Orlando , who as DC mayor of Palermo had taken vigorous measures against the Mafia , but had alienated his own party hierarchy by refusing to work with the PSI and forming instead an alliance with the PCI and Greens . |
| 26 | He had moreover , unlike Boethius , had the experience of seeing what Viking pirates did to his defenceless subjects ; and again unlike Boethius had taken such drastic measures against evil as hanging Viking prisoners , and rebellious monks , and in all probability cutting the throats of any wounded pirates so unlucky as to be left on the battlefield . |
| 27 | With Norway having taken control of the group , and Holland yet to discover their best form , it is important England get goals as well as two points under their belt . |
| 28 | The extended partnership of business , local education service , university and polytechnic , in Sheffield has taken ownership of the Sheffield Record of Experience and Achievement . |
| 29 | This has largely occurred on the Downs , where perhaps the greatest changes likely to affect birds in Sussex have taken place . |
| 30 | Three secretaries who in March had taken the unprecedented step of tendering their resignations to the GPC [ see also p. 37333 ] were also affected : Izz al-Din Mohammad al-Hinshiri , hitherto Justice Secretary , was moved to the Secretariat of Transport and Communications while Mubarak al-Shamikh and Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim , hitherto Secretaries for Transport and for Higher Education respectively , stood down . |