Example sentences of "[be] taken [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Steps could also usefully be taken to strengthen other allied offences such as incest and obtaining sexual intercourse by threat by including within their scope acts apart from sexual intercourse whether performed against males or females .
2 If semantics is taken to include all Conventional aspects of meaning , then perhaps most deictic phenomena are properly considered semantic .
3 2 No forms , or tear off slips , originating from the other party should be returned — except where they have been read and a conscious decision is taken to accept any relevant terms .
4 Particular care was taken to detect any mucosal abnormalities or polypoidal formations , which , if present , were biopsied .
5 Suffice as it 's to say that the negotiations did provide for extra seats for Germany in account of the additional population that accrued to Germany from the reunification of East and West Germany and er er at the same time the opportunity was taken to allot some extra seats to some other countries er which erm bore in mind er more closely than before , the respective differences in population sizes of the various countries that make up the community , er the two special committees that I referred to Mr Deputy Speaker , were set up in July nineteen ninety three .
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