Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [adv] [be] taken as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since late fetal death is the death of a fetus whose gestational age is 28 or more completed weeks , it may practically be taken as equivalent to a still birth . |
| 2 | The only other alternative would be for the court to disregard one of the clauses and hold that one party had , by conduct , accepted the other party 's terms and waived its own , including the provision providing that it should not be taken as accepting any other terms . |
| 3 | says Rommetveit , might have been all well and good for religions , but it should hardly be taken as axiomatic in the rational study of society . |
| 4 | Although Maastricht is mainly about monetary union ( with something about the powers of the commission and the European Parliament ) and the more distant prospect of joint working on foreign policy and security , it will also be taken as ( and perhaps mistaken for ) a sign of Europe 's ambitions for itself . |
| 5 | For these and other reasons , it can not be taken as axiomatic that the most extreme threats are the most effective . |