Example sentences of "[be] take [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know we 're taking in some erm five hundred more council houses , and we know that the rents of those , as they come in , are considerably higher than those of our own , and the rent rise they will have to suffer will be very little in comparison with the one that the City Council is putting off . |
| 2 | The fact that the Commission sat on its hands and did nothing during these events must be taken as some indication of the prevailing mood in Brussels . |
| 3 | Then , a few days later , after the pigeons have had time to rest , they may be taken to some other point , perhaps one hundred miles south this time , and they will repeat the trick . |
| 4 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 5 | No decision needs to be taken for some time on the location of the European central bank . |
| 6 | A fresh look could be taken at some of these , in order to determine their effectiveness in helping parishes both to respond to the liturgical changes of recent years and to explore a wider repertoire of music . |
| 7 | This method enables a fresh look to be taken at some of the explanations commonly put forward for the decline of manufacturing in the large conurbations , such as skills shortages , problems with labour relations and premises , and difficulties faced by small firms . |
| 8 | It should be taken in some form every day . |
| 9 | The " days " are taken by some to be periods of time . |
| 10 | When these rights are taken from some , the freedom of all is threatened . |
| 11 | The Prince was sitting quietly there , his hands clasped , staring down at the table , so silent he could have been taken for some studious monk ; his robes , however , were splendid , his fingers covered in precious rings , and his hair and golden beard carefully combed and oiled . |
| 12 | His eyes gleamed with what might have been taken for some inner illumination . |
| 13 | It had been taken after some of the wettest Spring weather we had ever experienced in Norfolk . |
| 14 | Exception has been taken by some commentators to the words ‘ Reg. v. Morris … decides , ’ but the proposition which is stated in the judgment of the court follows inevitably from Lord Roskill 's statement as to the meaning of appropriation . |
| 15 | All did not go against the Key Company , however ; prisoners were taken at some of the incidents , some carrying vital information . |
| 16 | These questions appeared in pairs of parallel tests , both of which were taken by some pupils with an interval of about two months between testings . |
| 17 | Those Lines on the Lada were taken by some as less than kind to the Bank Car Scheme . |
| 18 | Apparently his chances were not helped by his photograph , where his dark and dashing looks were taken by some for Jewish . |
| 19 | One was of Azmaveth and her friends bundled into a comfortable carriage , being taken to some silvan retreat to eat , drink , sing and dance . |
| 20 | Peter Grimes is so famous it runs the risk of being taken for some sort of operatic norm . |
| 21 | This approach to palmtop information publishing is also being taken by some of the electronic organiser manufacturers . |
| 22 | It is taken by some to be that which falls under statements of certain logico-linguistic kinds . |
| 23 | The response of the law-enforcement agencies is taken by some writers as further evidence that this violence against women is considered legitimate and that the state should , therefore , be considered a patriarchal institution rather than a neutral body . |
| 24 | Officials at Japan 's Ministry of International Trade & Industry now say that they 're tired of quibbling over market share figures with the US , and say they do n't intend to allow the US to establish a new market share goal in upcoming semiconductor talks , which will begin in Hawaii next Tuesday , the Wall Street Journal reports — ‘ Because there was a controversy over the old 20% figure , which was taken as some form of commitment , we have no intention of referring to any new numbers ’ Koji Matsui , deputy director of the industrial electronics division of the Ministry declared . |
| 25 | After a time the goat disappeared , and its place was taken by some hens , and these hens I looked after when , as quite often happened , their mistress went away for a few days . |