Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be taken [verb] that " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The name must not be taken to imply that the elector has only one alternative : he is at liberty to express as many preferences as there are candidates . |
| 2 | This must not be taken to imply that Edward Crumwallis was unfit for his position . |
| 3 | This statement must not be taken to mean that exposed beaches have gentler profiles than protected beaches , because the energy available may itself affect the calibre of sediment present so that a complex relationship exists . |
| 4 | Identifying the typifications of abnormality used by Easton 's section police in this way should not be taken to suggest that there is universal agreement on the abnormality of each specific incident . |
| 5 | However , this should not be taken to suggest that the present generation are seduced by their salaries and expenses to the degree that they will abandon their principles in order to continue to have access to the institutional channels for political activity . |
| 6 | However , this point should not be taken to imply that the burden can be effectively discharged by the voluntary sector , even though it may be able to make a useful contribution to meeting these needs . |
| 7 | This division is intended only to simplify the analysis and should not be taken to imply that the aggregate level of unemployment in a country can readily be divided into completely separate and distinguishable categories . |
| 8 | However , this should not be taken to imply that this approach does not have its critics or that all researchers working within the developmental paradigm are in agreement regarding the more detailed aspects of language development . |
| 9 | This should not be taken to imply that there was in any sense an unrestrained licence for peasant sexuality ; there was no ‘ amorality ’ in a fundamental sense . |
| 10 | Editor , — The short paper by B W Lloyd and P Barnett provides confirmation that problem list letters are welcome by their recipients , but it should not be taken to imply that these are a new invention . |
| 11 | Their existence should not be taken to mean that studying the neural bases of behaviour is beyond us , but they should be recognized when designing and interpreting experiments . |
| 12 | The intention was to place a legal obstacle in the way of anyone seeking to imitate the Ordainers , but the Statute of York should not be taken to mean that the king and his supporters had a high view of the function of parliament . |
| 13 | ( This should not be taken to mean that such psychopathological trends could not appear in individuals before the coming of cultivation or delayed-return hunter-gathering , merely that they would have been much less common and could not have taken on the collective , cultural significance which they did in the Neolithic and subsequent epochs . ) |
| 14 | Care must also be taken to ensure that , if the price of the consideration shares falls , the total shares to be issued do not exceed 30 per cent of the purchaser 's share capital as the vendor may then be obliged to make an offer to purchase the remainder of the purchaser 's share capital under rule 9 of the City Code . |
| 15 | By the same token they might also be taken to mean that Richard 's right to his duchy was independent of his father 's will . |
| 16 | Clearly , the fact that ethnic minority parents do not request help can not be taken to mean that they fully understand the information they receive . |
| 17 | It has already been shown above that the argument can not be taken to mean that either institutional investors or the board of directors do in reality constrain corporate managers to profit-maximize . |