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Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] at face " in BNC.

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1	Mary 's marriage to Henry had certainly taken place by February 1381 , and Thomas might well have done what he could to prevent her marrying , but Froissart casts Thomas as a villain in his account of English politics in Richard II 's reign , and not every detail in the story should necessarily be accepted at face value .
2	This gave Parliament still more control in that the comptroller 's report need no longer be taken at face value , but could be subjected to detailed investigation by the PAC .
3	The statistics mentioned by the authorities could not be accepted at face value .
4	The stated goals of actors or groups can not be accepted at face value since such statements may be the simple camouflage of more sinister or at least less acceptable policy goals .
5	To conclude our review of criminal statistics , it is clear that official statistics on crime , like most statistics , should not be taken at face value as ‘ facts ’ to be accepted uncritically .
6	She told the Panel that the original allegations could not be taken at face value , and that children should n't be taken into care on the unchecked allegations of other children .
7	( The ILEA figure can not be taken at face value in its last , incomplete , year .
8	This should not be taken at face value ; our ‘ individuals ’ might better be thought of as neuter , reproducing themselves unaided .
9	It can be seen from this that the data can not always be taken at face value and that users need to be warned of these problems .
10	The rhetoric of pro-Zionism or criticism of conspiracy theory should not simply be interpreted at face value .
11	These actually come down to common sense , but it still needs to be stressed that the successful study of coinage , as any other historical discipline , should be based on as full a collection of the evidence as possible as well as an awareness that this evidence should never be taken at face value .