Example sentences of "are taken [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gallup ( in the UK ) and Starch ( in the USA ) used to run so-called ‘ reading and noting ’ surveys regularly , in which readers of a magazine are taken through the last issue and questioned about every page — whether they looked at it at all ; read some of it ; read all of it ; etc . |
| 2 | Two toddler-type swings are requested as it is felt that more often than not two small children are taken to the playing field accompanied either by one or two adults and the provision of two swings would prevent disputes . |
| 3 | Sometimes samples are taken of the natural life found in stream beds to construct a biotic index of the watercourse which will indicate its cleanliness by the kind of life the water will support . |
| 4 | NOTE Some drugs can be dangerous when they are taken at the same time as alcohol . |
| 5 | Ensuring that tax and spending decisions are taken at the same time will allow better control over Government borrowing … |
| 6 | On the contrary in shallow breathing , sometimes known as clavicular breathing , quick , shallow breaths are taken into the upper part of the chest . |
| 7 | Instead of swallowing them , however , the eggs are taken into the vocal sac which is unusually large and extends right down the underside of the male 's body . |
| 8 | Those may or may not lead to training or jobs but once a person registers for an interview they are taken off the jobless total . |
| 9 | Normally courses in three subjects are taken in the first year and , commonly , these are followed by second courses in at least two of the subjects in the second year . |
| 10 | Three subject courses are taken in the first year , two or three in the second and one or two in the third to make seven in all . |
| 11 | The Hofer has a good reputation for food and meals are taken in the attractive dining room . |
| 12 | In the case of Health , there is the special relief at having escaped from those incessant wrangles over money with income-orientated professions , whose members are taken by the general public for altruistic servants of humanity , if not for angelic comforters . |
| 13 | They are taken from the recent Policy Studies Institute ( PSI ) report on the Metropolitan Police force of London . |
| 14 | The screen shots are taken from the 3.1 version . |
| 15 | Interestingly , dendrochronology can also demonstrate when the panels are taken from the same tree because of the close similarity of the ring patterns . |
| 16 | Some water boards insist that all cold water taps in the house are taken from the rising main ; others insist that only the kitchen tap is taken from the main and that all others are fed from the roof tank . |
| 17 | Such examples are taken from the English scene : German towns could provide many more . |
| 18 | The following quotations are taken from the Hebrew Bible ( what Christians call the ‘ Old Testament ’ ) , the New Testament , the Qur'an and the Bhagavad Gita ( a Hindu sacred text ) : |