Example sentences of "[verb] [be] taken [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I just say then we seem to have agreed that that standard Andrew points been taken on board and dismissed out of hand |
| 2 | The second half of section 12(1) deals with persons who knowing that a conveyance has been taken without authority , drives it or allows himself to be carried in or on it . |
| 3 | The accused need not know that the owner does not consent or know that the conveyance has been taken without authority . |
| 4 | What has been taken as kind of definition , which I 'll paraphrase I think for this purpose , is that it 's a condition that shows itself in children 's reading difficulty and erm that they are having this reading difficulty despite the fact that they have had reasonable , normal teaching , that their level of intelligence appears to be normal and that they come from an adequate social cultural background . |
| 5 | Moreover , using near-infrared imaging spectroscopy , the central star cluster was found to contain about a dozen HeI emission-line stars within 12 ( 0.5pc ) of Sgr A. These stars have been suggested to be either blue supergiants or Wolf-Rayet-like stars with heavy mass loss ( 10 -5 –10 -4 M and ; yr -1 ) , and outflow velocities 1,000kms -1 ; their presence has been taken as evidence for recent star formation . |
| 6 | As the frequency of such twins , and the sex ratio , are thought to depend partly on the levels of female sex hormone , this has been taken as evidence for a general decline in Western fecundity ( James 1980 , 1982 ) . |
| 7 | The onus of rebutting the presumption in 5 is not lightly discharged and the fact that shares are expressly made participating as regards either dividends or capital is no indication that they are participating as regards the other — indeed it has been taken as evidence to the contrary . |
| 8 | Even in experiments in which care has been taken to factor out the role of immediate past experience , this sort of predictable variability persists . |
| 9 | A MADCAP millionaire who lives in a run-down cottage has been taken to court over an unpaid poll tax bill — for FIVE PENCE . |
| 10 | The DIY store B and Q has been taken to court for allegedly breaking the law by trading on a Sunday . |
| 11 | The bronze bust on a marble pedestal , found last autumn in excavations to extend the Roman site of Herculaneum towards the sea and thought to depict the young Bacchus , has been taken to Pompeii for restoration . |
| 12 | An ambulance spokesman said that one other man has been taken to hospital with pelvic injuries . |
| 13 | A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital in north Oxfordshire tonight , following an accident on the A thirty four near Enstone . |
| 14 | A company which began serving up hot meals from an industrial unit on the Aycliffe Trading Estate has been taken to task by Sedgefield council . |
| 15 | For too long now we have refrained from openly exercising our power and that restraint has been taken for weakness by our enemies . |
| 16 | Howard has a rather formal , almost rhetorical way of speaking , and a deliberate delivery that has been taken for hesitancy , but seems more like the manner of someone who weighs and measures his words . |
| 17 | At the Great Parndon Neighbourhood Committee members requested that our building control service being used er , the developers throughout the scheme , and that has been taken on board and Moat are perfectly happy for that to happen . |
| 18 | Much of this critique has been taken on board and many improvements made . |
| 19 | Current theories about source relationships , and details of the stage history of The Fairy Queen that are inferable from them , rest upon printed evidence which has been taken at face value — accepted even when Purcell 's autograph contradicts it . |
| 20 | These applications are not regarded as a mere formality by most courts which may require the originating application to state the grounds in proper detail , for example that the lessor may require to occupy at the expiration of the lease ; that the premises are temporarily surplus to the needs of the lessor ; that the lessee has indicated that he only requires the premises for a limited period ; that there is to be development at the expiration of the term ; that the lessor is only prepared to grant if the section is excluded ; that exclusion of the section has been taken into consideration in negotiations for the rent , or possibly that the premises form part of other premises which brings the provisions of management of the whole into question if the section is not excluded . |
| 21 | A Dumfries and Galloway Police spokesman has now announced that a man has been taken into custody . |
| 22 | For the first time , the level of proceeds from council house sales accrued by each local authority has been taken into account in deciding the distribution of this year 's £1,784 million of borrowing permissions and capital grants . |
| 23 | ‘ I am fully aware of the infant 's need for a permanent mother figure , and this has been taken into account . |
| 24 | The influence of environmental effects , including micro-cracks induced by stress relief at the borehole , on log data and in particular on the determination of the true resistivity , has been taken into account . |
| 25 | This has been taken into account in compiling The Instant Calorie and Fibre Chart , too . |
| 26 | VAT or similar forms of tax can usually be reclaimed at the point of departure ( airport , etc ) , and even when any excess duty has been taken into account , an item bought in another country may constitute a worthwhile saving . |
| 27 | Each of these factors can , and usually does , act as a limiting factor , so that when each has been taken into account the major decision may be reasonably clear , even if not conclusive . |
| 28 | Much of this critique of current policy has been taken into account in the White Paper outlining new policy on restrictive trades practices ( Department of Trade and Industry , 1989 ) and the consultation document on options to tighten up the legislation and policy implementation in the area of abuse of market power ( Department of Trade and Industry , 1992 ) . |
| 29 | The Regional Council now wishes to have further public exhibitions showing details of the planning applications and how public comment has been taken into account where possible . |
| 30 | has been taken into account or not and we , w we would probably end up giving you a different answer but erm I mean w we I do n't want to go back to that I , I 'll leave that , I 'll leave that , I 'll |