Example sentences of "[be] taken [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having in mind the proposals of the Government for a very considerable increase in the armaments of the country , and also the piling up of armaments in other European countries with a consequent danger of war , the Council in March passed a resolution calling the TUC to discuss measures which might be taken to oppose such an armament programme and to prepare plans for action to prevent the outbreak of war . |
| 2 | Action will be taken to reinforce existing regulations regarding restraining infants in cars . |
| 3 | The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction ( 1980 ) ( Cm. 33 ) , the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children ( 1980 ) ( Cm. 191 ) and the Family Law Act 1986 all provide the opportunity for steps to be taken to return abducted children anywhere within the world , including between England and Scotland and England and Northern Ireland , but do not permit such a state of affairs to occur within England and Wales . |
| 4 | Clearly , steps must be taken to ameliorate this situation . |
| 5 | Several simple measures can be taken to eliminate this type of problem should it arise . |
| 6 | no steps may be taken to enforce any security over the company 's property , or to repossess goods in the company 's possession under any hire purchase agreement ( defined widely and including conditional sale agreements , chattel leasing and retention of title agreements ) , except with the leave of the court and subject to such terms as the court may impose ; |
| 7 | no other step may be taken to enforce any security over the company 's property or to repossess goods in the company 's possession under any hire purchase agreement , except with the consent of the administrator or the leave of the court and subject ( where the court gives leave ) to such terms as the court may impose ; |
| 8 | As noted above , Aristo argued , by analogy with the way in which the words were interpreted in the case of a legacy of dowry and in stipulations on sale of an inheritance , and bearing in mind the testator 's intention , that the words should be taken to include non-pecuniary dispositions . |
| 9 | That seems to be the only way to prevent the piecemeal fragmentation of present facilities , and I would be grateful if you could ensure that steps will be taken to implement these measures . |
| 10 | 1.7 The Department acknowledges that certain duties may carry additional risks to employees and all possible steps will be taken to minimise these . |
| 11 | The Report pointed out that disadvantaged groups were grossly under-represented in adult education and suggested steps that might be taken to remedy that situation . |
| 12 | Steps should be taken to put these people down . ’ |
| 13 | These will be repeated , but the opportunity will also be taken to collect more detail on people 's responses to recent illness and on self-perceptions . |
| 14 | Steps will be taken to improve sub-standard housing . |
| 15 | This means that appropriate action can be taken to improve Scottish Amicable 's marketing strategy . |
| 16 | This latter is often where the calories creep in , so care should be taken to use low-fat ingredients as much as possible , and not to overdress the salad . |
| 17 | Certainly , recent suggestions from the USA that commercials are ( in some sense ) just as effective when they are abbreviated from 30 to 20 or even 10 seconds could be taken to confirm this . |
| 18 | Brazil and Mexico will be taken to represent developing countries . |
| 19 | Where more than one organization is involved in the manufacture , supply , and maintenance of the equipment and software , care should be taken to make explicit the nature of the intended contractual relationship between each organization and Oxford University Press . |
| 20 | Care has to be taken to make sure no excessive currents can flow during these transients . |
| 21 | Properly done , this prevents the ferret from opening its mouth , but care must be taken to make sure that the animal 's whiskers are neither disturbed nor disarranged . |
| 22 | But there are precautions which must be taken to make sure the barbecue goes without a hitch and you do n't get a roasting about the raw fare . |
| 23 | The right hon. Gentleman may be interested to know that the Government are looking urgently with mortgage lenders at what further measures might be taken to protect those faced with repossession . |
| 24 | Steps could also usefully be taken to strengthen other allied offences such as incest and obtaining sexual intercourse by threat by including within their scope acts apart from sexual intercourse whether performed against males or females . |
| 25 | ( 4 ) Nothing in this Act shall be taken to require any premises to be open for the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor during the permitted hours . |
| 26 | Express mention of some things may be taken to exclude other , similar items , which are not mentioned , unless they are included by general words : expressio unius est exclusio alterius . |
| 27 | It is clear from the travaux préparatoires that this declaration operates to ‘ extend ’ the assumed meaning of ‘ civil and commercial ’ which therefore must be taken to exclude all such cases . |
| 28 | Investigations reinforced the point that immediate action must always be taken to contain any spill that might enter the drains , and that effective emergency procedures are key to this . ’ |
| 29 | ( 5 ) Nothing in this section shall be taken to prejudice any liability or remedy to which a person guilty of an offence thereunder may be subject in civil proceedings . |
| 30 | Field or core studies can give information on some of these features and thin section petrography can aid further evaluation , but care must be taken to avoid diagenetic fabrics in any such analysis . |