Example sentences of "be taken [conj] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed in their paper in Physical Review Letters Aspect and his colleagues emphasise that the results ‘ can not be taken as providing the possibility of faster-than-light communication ’ . |
| 2 | The area below the mihrab , which is knelt upon when praying , is known as the prayer field , and can be taken as symbolizing the floor of the mosque in front of the mihrab . |
| 3 | The doctrine of the Trinity ‘ is not an immediate utterance concerning the Christian self-consciousness , but only a combination of several such utterances ’ ; that is , it serves to combine and hold together the different affirmations of the Christian consciousness concerning God the Father , Jesus , and the Holy Spirit , but it is essentially a theological construction which has its place in theology but should not be taken as expressing the truth about God . |
| 4 | If semantic processing is considered characteristic of the left hemisphere these findings can be taken as supporting the idea that Involuntary direction of gaze may influence asymmetrical hemispheric activation . |
| 5 | The Commission takes the view that responsibility for the initiatives to be taken as regards the implementation of social rights lies with the Member States , their constituent parts , or the two sides of industry , as well as , within the limits of its powers , with the European Community . ’ |
| 6 | In practice , it has been taken as allowing the jury to assess whether the mental abnormality was such a significant factor in the killing as to reduce D's culpability to the extent that the offence should be reduced from murder to manslaughter . |
| 7 | In effect , the scarp has been taken as representing the whole of the Marada unit , since it is commonly capped by a white limestone of post-Burdigalian age and the desert floor below is commonly strewn with Lepidocyclina from the Oligocene ( sometimes neatly sorted by the desert wind into megalosphaeric and microsphaeric forms ) . |
| 8 | Three countries-Brazil , India and Japan-were initially identified in May as candidates for such retaliatory action ( see p. 36926 ) ; at a special GATT Council meeting on June 21 and at the subsequent regular meeting on June 21-22 these three all expressed the apprehension that eventual US action under this provision would undermine GATT and the Uruguay Round , whereas the USA maintained that no trade action had yet been taken and assured the Council of its continuing strong commitment to both GATT itself and to the Uruguay Round . |
| 9 | in Argyle Building Society v. Hammond , 49 P. & C.R. 148 were taken as establishing the point . |
| 10 | A breath hydrogen concentration 20 ppm over the baseline was taken as indicating the arrival of lactulose and/or malabsorbed carbohydrate into the caecum . |