Example sentences of "be taken [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are not disciplined enough to arrive at the agency as though dressed for work you may not be taken on to the books . |
| 2 | He said that He used to tell me about his country that you know it was taken over by the Russians and then it 'd be taken over by the Germans and You know what I mean . |
| 3 | This place will soon be taken over by the police and I 'll handle them . ’ |
| 4 | Hitherto a shameful brothel man , Salim is uplifted by their meetings in his flat : ‘ My wish for an adventure with Yvette was a wish to be taken up to the skies . ’ |
| 5 | The usual collection is to be taken up for the Communications work of the Church . |
| 6 | The proposal , which will probably be taken up by the NUS , is for a ‘ national crèche scheme ’ . |
| 7 | We believe the special nature of this case suggests the decision should be taken out of the hands of the borough council and examined dispassionately at a public inquiry . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the schemes have been highly successful , but I take issue with him on his assertion that the matter should be taken out of the hands of the district council and placed in the hands of the Scottish Office . |
| 9 | Successive Governments have adopted the policy that individual decisions should be taken out of the hands of local planning authorities only if they raise issues of more than local importance . |
| 10 | So the question to be asked is how can the authoring of multimedia be taken out of the hands of technical experts such as computer programmers and be placed firmly in the control of the content , applications and creative experts ? |
| 11 | The change in status means that control of the ancient woodlands is to be taken out of the hands of the Forestry Commission , who were opposed to the move , and a new governing body is to be set up along the lines of the Norfolk Broads Authority . |
| 12 | It is therefore argued that the operation of monetary policy should be taken out of the hands of the government which is politically motivated and into the hands of the Central Bank , which is neutral but has a reputation to uphold ( such a situation exists in Germany , with the Bundesbank deciding on monetary policy ) . |
| 13 | She was going to insist on driving the woman away from Nice , because Barbara Coleman must be taken out of the clutches of Maurin and anybody else who interfered with her liberty . |
| 14 | ‘ It 'll have to be taken in at the seams . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't like him , but he 's a cynical bastard and wo n't be taken in by the likes of Buckmaster . ’ |
| 16 | A police spokesman said that the woman victim had all her faculties and they feared that others could be taken in by the smooth-talkers . |
| 17 | Alternatively the quantities can be taken off from the drawings or extracted from the builder 's estimate . |