Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] [adv] taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company says it has been previewing the new X-stations for three weeks and has already taken orders for over 2,300 units . |
| 2 | My Department commissioned an independent review of noise control policy in 1990 and has already taken action on more than half the recommendations . |
| 3 | In the past 25 years he has also been responsible for the construction of the mortality tables produced by the Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau for use by the life offices and has also taken an active part in the development of a new method of analysing sickness insurance statistics . |
| 4 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 5 | Flight Lieutenant Gareth Williams MHCIMA , formerly training officer at the RAF School of Catering , Aldershot , has been promoted to Squadron Leader and has just taken over as Officer Commanding Catering Squadron , at RAF St Athan , Barry , Wales . |
| 6 | I am delighted that Haringey councillor Ian Willmore has rediscovered the problems of Tottenham and has even taken to pondering the question of which candidate for the Labour leadership is best equipped to tackle these problems ( Letters , 24 April ) . |
| 7 | It is n't going to take any risks , Parker said , and has even taken on US software specialists to provide in-depth knowledge of the local market . |
| 8 | USL again endorsed OSF layered products such as Motif and DCE , and has even taken the baton from OSF for the commercialisation of ANDF — the Architecture Neutral Distribution Format , see below . |
| 9 | Although Mexico was not an OPEC member in November 1984 it cut exports in line with OPEC reductions to help maintain prices and has generally taken care not to step out of line , though it has stated that it would act unilaterally to defend its market position . |
| 10 | Kevin Earnshaw , of the Flanders Scottish Alliance , a war charity which took more than £1 million of aid to Romania three years ago and has since taken hundreds of thousands of pounds of supplies to the former Yugoslavia , said he agreed to the request but he needs help to keep his word . |
| 11 | Inner London is dominated by teaching hospitals and medical schools and has traditionally taken in a significant number of patients from outside its area . |
| 12 | It 's a massive work and has obviously taken a great deal of your time and trouble . |
| 13 | The Thurston Upper School pupil is a member of the Stowmarket Kyokushinkai Club and has only taken part in the sport for the past three years , progressing from third to runner-up to national champion at his last championships as a junior . |
| 14 | Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman recorded for Shrapnel Records from 1981 to 1989 and has recently taken time out from working with the band to record a new solo album , ‘ Scenes ’ , for Shrapnel/Roadrunner Records . |
| 15 | The sales build-up reached Denmark and the UK in March and has now taken off in Spain , Portugal and Iceland . |
| 16 | With regard to the taking of money , the accused has the intention permanently to deprive the victim of the coins and notes actually taken , even though he means to replace them with an equivalent amount . |