Example sentences of "taking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neville had defrauded the Crown by unlawfully taking for himself the dues for after-pannage , the agistment of cattle , and the escapes of beasts into forbidden enclosures in the forest . |
| 2 | ‘ Submitting ’ to the experience is a necessary step which a participant may be deterred from taking for a number of reasons , particularly if he has too great a vested interest in the subject-matter or in his own reputation . |
| 3 | They take for granted , that if Christianity were true , the light of it must have been more general , and the evidence of it more satisfactory … if any of these persons are , upon the whole , in doubt concerning the truth of Christianity ; their behaviour seems owing to their taking for granted , through strange inattention , that such doubting is , in a manner , the same thing as being certain against it . |
| 4 | So imagine my surprise when , taking for a flight the farmer friend whose generosity allows me to afford to keep an aeroplane , he pointed out a familiar white outline on a lake below . |
| 5 | Why should I assume that in combining imperatives with propositions about other persons I can afford to ignore , while taking for granted the analogizing on which the mere use of a common name depends , the operations of assimilating to and differentiating from myself without which the propositions would not even have their full meaning ? |
| 6 | Mr Baker 's demands for more emphasis on grammar began a ridiculous debate in the newspapers , during which most participants revealed their misunderstanding of language by taking for granted that the rules of grammar are fixed and permanent throughout time . |
| 7 | It might have been a delayed reaction to the drugs I had been taking for an operation I 'd recently had on my foot , but this seemed unlikely . |
| 8 | Taking for example the nuclear power plant control room , the question is whether the desk operators should be expected to cope with all emergencies which appear within the total information presentation or whether , for complex and dangerous situations , a more senior person such as the shift-charge engineer should be called upon to make the decisions . |
| 9 | I can argue that Greenfield does not make this explicit because she is taking for granted conventions that she herself has learnt in the western education system and which she expects her readers to share . |
| 10 | In this discussion I am taking for granted certain obvious features . |
| 11 | The customer will notice all the detailed faults , taking for granted and not noticing the high standards of achievement in other areas of your business . |
| 12 | What levels are you taking for what ? |
| 13 | What we are condoning , or rather , taking for granted in our film , is a tunnel , illegal and therefore officially unacknowledged , completed in 1955 , dug by the Americans and equipped by the British . |
| 14 | Taking for example v = 1 and 2 for the conductor surfaces we have solved an electrostatic problem as may be seen in Fig. 2.26 . |
| 15 | When er , the headmaster when he was reading out the the subjects that people were taking for highers , and one girl was doing physics , maths and further maths , he said oh , one of our cleverer girls ! |
| 16 | It is not , however , necessary that the defendant should assert rights of ownership over the goods : taking for the purposes of acquiring a lien or of temporary use have been held to be conversion . |
| 17 | And they 're coming I do n't think I 'm taking for a couple of months , and then I take them every fortnight . |
| 18 | This he purchased by forming a small syndicate in 1897 , taking for himself the office of managing director . |
| 19 | We now consider the effect of a tax at rate T KX on the use of capital in the X sector , affecting both marginal and fixed costs , taking for simplicity the case . |
| 20 | ‘ Leo , she said warningly , ‘ I have had as much as I intend taking for one day . |
| 21 | The subjects I am taking for examination are , Science , English , Mathematics , French , Physical Education , Geography and Art . |
| 22 | It seems to be taking for ever . |
| 23 | to avoid any possible misunderstanding about the nature of the work performed and the degree of responsibility that the firm is taking for the information contained in the report , it is preferable for the report distribution to be limited to those with a clear appreciation of the purpose and nature of the engagement . |
| 24 | This is like taking for granted the will of the person to whom the request is made and leaving no room for him to say no — treating him as an instrument — whence the tone of excessive familiarity . |
| 25 | Why functions in almost opposite fashion to how , however , in that whereas the most common use with the latter involves taking for granted the existence of the means ( how to ) , the former is used with the infinitive exclusively in cases where the speaker is questioning the existence of any good reason to perform the event denoted by the infinitive : ( 46 ) Why bother to reply ? |
| 26 | In any argument you develop , we have suggested that it is important to distinguish between views you are taking for granted , views you are directly asserting and views with which you disagree . |
| 27 | An inquest has been told how an elderley man died from the treatment he was taking for his athletes foot.John Ellis took a revolutionary new drug for his condition , after years of suffering.But within a couple of months , he died from liver failure.But the makers of the drug say it 's safe for most people , and it wo n't be withdrawn.Chris Moore reports . |
| 28 | Taking for walkies Margaret . |