Example sentences of "[be] taken [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , central committee members from the Bosnia-Hercegovina LC staged a walkout in the course of the session after LCY presidium president Milan Pancevski ( Macedonia ) and acting presidium secretary Petar Skundric ( Serbia ) had tried to insist that a decision on resuming the congress be taken without a quorum . |
| 2 | Any deviation from this in practice would be taken as a constraint , the analysis having revealed where such constraints are necessary so they can be taken into account when carrying out the audit . |
| 3 | The illustration should not be taken as a forecast , and the actual policy proceeds may be higher or lower than the amounts illustrated , depending on future investment conditions . |
| 4 | The illustration should not be taken as a forecast and the actual policy proceeds may be higher or lower than the amounts illustrated , depending on future investment conditions . |
| 5 | Many of the theories may be taken as a kind of realignment of astronomical perspectives ; a process of taxonomic refinement . |
| 6 | Their habits have probably always been similar , and if survival is to be taken as a measure of success , their conservative way of life has ensured them of a leading place in the evolutionary marathon . |
| 7 | Our table lists the factor that influences most choices — the price per gallon — but this should not be taken as a measure of value for money merely as an indicator of price . |
| 8 | Thus , in the Induction to The Taming of the Shrew — a unique example of a play outside the play , not to be taken as a measure by which the rest of the play must be dismissed for lacking seriousness — the tinker Christopher Sly , brought back in a drunken stupor to the house of a mischievous lord , is deceived into thinking that he is really a gentleman . |
| 9 | The magnitude may be taken as a measure of the inflationary bias which is imparted to the system by non-competitive forces , the most obvious of these forces being the influence of trades unions in the wage bargaining process . |
| 10 | The real wage rate w which reconciles the target real wage with the feasible real wage at NAIRU should not be taken as a measure of Keynes 's ‘ marginal disutility of employment ’ . |
| 11 | If fruits , trees , and plants are images of labour for Mary Leapor , these lines can be taken as a criticism of owners reorganizing the land . |
| 12 | Thus it is assumed that the attitude-holder might possess certain beliefs , whose content implicitly can be taken as a criticism of counter-stances , but these stances may not yet have been historically realized in argument . |
| 13 | But Ward re-asserted BAF 's belief that ‘ ignorance on the part of an athlete can not be taken as a plea of not guilty . |
| 14 | This should be taken as a message both to the Western allies and the Soviet Union that West Germany 's first concern is the gradual , well-disciplined reform of East German society , not the country 's destruction and its absorption into West Germany . |
| 15 | Joint honours in Agriculture , Forestry and Rural Economy can be taken as a degree in Agriculture or as a degree in Ecological Science . |
| 16 | Indeed , West German officials in Brussels find that the prospect of German unity can make it easier to extract concessions from Bonn : the words ‘ but minister , this will be taken as a sign of German nationalism ’ work wonders . |
| 17 | The spirit of our times does not believe in the sacrifice of private happiness for public duty , and this can be taken as a sign of moral decline . |
| 18 | Any touch of white on their black coats might be taken as a sign that they were not , after all , cats consecrated to the Devil . |
| 19 | Inaction would likewise be taken as a sign of weakness by the French people themselves . |
| 20 | The publication of results need not be taken as a threat to a good education system . |
| 21 | A good deal of what he wrote may be taken as a rejection of the ‘ liberal interpretation of history ’ , and indeed of the ‘ liberal humanist tradition ’ in literature ; nevertheless the centre of his story is the Ring and the maxim that ‘ power corrupts ’ , a concept unimpeachably modern , democratic , anti-though not un-heroic . |
| 22 | Which particular set of such properties are attributed to her by the utterance of ( 34 ) are at least in part dependent on the contexts of utterance : said by an admirer it may be a commendation , conveying the properties of toughness and resilience ; said by a detractor it may be taken as a denigration , conveying her lack of flexibility , emotional impassivity or belligerence . |
| 23 | Each of the three levels of training ( First , National and Higher National ) can be taken as a Certificate ( usually two years part-time alongside employment ) or as a Diploma ( normally two years full-time or three years sandwich ) . |
| 24 | An afterthought , but one which may be taken as a portent of the future , was that Marks was not deterred by this initial failure . |
| 25 | Any sign of tingling fingers or triggering motion in the thumb or fingers must be taken as a warning . |
| 26 | Taylor and Cameron 's critique of CA methodology can be taken as a warning that purely ethnomethodological methods may not be enough to give a satisfying account of code switching . |
| 27 | The single honours degree in Computer Science can be taken as a BSc or a BEng , depending on the student 's wishes . |
| 28 | Agriculture 's share in total output and employment can often be taken as a guide to a country 's stage of economic development . |
| 29 | The insurance valuation of the contents was probably lower than it should be in these days of rising prices , but if it could be taken as a guide and the amount split in two it might be regarded as fair . |
| 30 | Now North had the problem - would Three Spades be taken as a probe for no-trumps ( denying a guard in the suit ) or some sort of control-showing bid agreeing hearts ? |