Example sentences of "to be taken [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There are a number of significant steps that have to be taken before the IB can even contemplate making that sort of decision .
2 Care needs to be taken that the school does n't breach the regulations imposed by the Education Reform Act .
3 Thirdly , when comparing actual against target performance , most organizations only require action to be taken when the deviation against standards is significant .
4 The General knew that the town had to be taken and the momentum of the day 's advance kept swift , and so he would lead a rag-taggle charge against the Prussian infantrymen who lined the crude barricade .
5 ‘ ( 1 ) Where the court orders an account to be taken and the account consists in part of costs , the court may direct a taxing officer to tax those costs and the taxing officer shall after taxation of the bill of costs return it , together with his report on it , to the court .
6 The theme of thwarted conventional ambitions that was essential to both anomie and delinquent subculture theories implied that criminals and delinquents suffered from a ‘ gap ’ between their aspirations and expectations , and the existence of such a gap came to be taken as the measure of the validity of the theories .
7 If it appears to the court that it is impracticable for any reason to serve a document in any manner prescribed by the rules , the court may , upon an affidavit showing grounds , make an order for substituted service ( N 217 ) giving leave for such steps to be taken as the court directs to bring the document to the notice of the person to be served ( Ord 7 , r 8(1) ) .
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