Example sentences of "be taken from " in BNC.

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1 An example of this can be taken from the recent contraception controversy in the Republic , which began in the 1960s .
2 Then again you may be taken from the detention centre to Pentonville Prison and locked up there if you complain .
3 Threshed straw had to be taken from the barns to the cattle or the horses for use as feed or litter .
4 What they already owned will be taken from them , and they will pay higher bills to feed cash to shareholders who 've done nothing .
5 Could he not be taken from here , still aslumber ?
6 Timber for building and repair was very frequently ordered to be taken from the forest .
7 Comfort can be taken from hoping that her daughter will grow up into ‘ a brilliant and glorious human being ’ , but it soon becomes clear that , beneath her cool , confident exterior , Camille too is damaged and vulnerable .
8 Did you not yourself say that our love must be holy ? ’ or when she pointed out that his ‘ lovely poems ’ would have been less lovely if she had not pro vided ‘ the unrest and storm that made them possible ’ : ‘ Beloved I will pray with my whole strength that suffering and temptation may be taken from you as they have been taken from me and that we may gain spiritual union stronger than earthly union could ever be . ’
9 ‘ Horatio Pugwash , you and your ruffianly companions having been found guilty of the abominable crime of smuggling , I sentence you to be taken from here to the Baddie 's Tower , and at dawn to Gallows Marsh , and there hanged by the neck .
10 As part of the review , advice could be taken from the community health physician , the home economics adviser , a paediatrician , a senior officer of the LEA , local politicians and , most importantly , parents , children , lunch time supervisors and teachers .
11 After the vaginal examination a small sample will be taken from the urethra as this site may also be infected or may show signs of inflammation .
12 No swans ' , cranes ' , or bitterns ' eggs could be taken from the fen .
13 The nucleus must be taken from cells that are multiplying .
14 It would be interesting to see how many big bream could be taken from Grafham if bait and bottom fishing were allowed .
15 Comfort may be taken from the fact that elements of the system have been working successfully in many LEAs .
16 This truck stood 9in from the floor , and was constructed to carry two milk churns and , at the same time was narrow enough to pass through the end gangways , so that the churns could be taken from one end of the train to the other .
17 German may be taken from ‘ A ’ level or ab initio .
18 Because the additional quantity of products which must flow into our heavy industry has to be taken from outside , not from within the sphere of heavy industry itself , which is in the hands of the workers ' state , but from elsewhere , from other external sources , whatever the price we have to pay .
19 A case in point can be taken from recent British experience .
20 Asked by a perfumed interrogator whether I would like a large slice of my earned income to be taken from me and devoted to helping the poor , I would feel loathe to shake my head .
21 Big Ears , you will be taken from this place to receive a punishment in keeping with your crimes .
22 In spite of her bulk she moved swiftly to grab the instrument , and she stepped back for fear it should be taken from her again .
23 Here cycle tracks may be taken from road space , but as they are delimited only by markings they are available for cars to pull into when they need to pass oncoming traffic .
24 If we were to put you on a slimming diet providing you with 1,500 calories a day , you would be 500 calories short of your requirement and these would have to be taken from your body fat .
25 Milk used with Fibre-Filler should be taken from the daily half pint of skimmed milk .
26 Next month we 'll see why the pentatonics can be taken from II , III or VI of any major scale/key and examine the sounds they create when superimposed over various chords .
27 This can be taken from a plastic bag with a decorative design , or could be just a piece of plain colour cut into a shape .
28 She may deserve it , and yet the reader pities her failure with her three generations of men — her father , her husband and her son — and is sorry that her grandson will be taken from her .
29 In June 1991 , following the trauma in Orkney , the government announced categorically that no more children were to be taken from their homes by social workers in dawn raids .
30 There are so many more options to be taken from a line-out .
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