Example sentences of "[be] taken for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Photographs may be taken for PRIVATE USE .
2 It is not yet possible to expect any therapy to eliminate HIV from the body and anti-viral therapies will have to be taken for long periods , maybe for life .
3 During pregnancy low potency remedies can be taken for acute illnesses without risk to mother or child .
4 Mr Hamilton said : ‘ I am deeply concerned at what you have told me and I shall ask for immediate steps to be taken for normal decencies to be observed . ’
5 The Fifth Amendment to the United States constitution provides a clear echo of the words of John Locke quoted above : ‘ No person shall be … deprived of life , liberty or property , without due process of law ; nor shall private property be taken for public use , without just compensation . ’
6 The amendment states that no person shall ‘ be deprived of life , liberty , or property without due process of law , nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation ’ .
7 But the American plan promotes only steps that have already been taken for other reasons .
8 After she has dressed , the female patient will be asked to wait while the various samples that have been taken for immediate microscopy are stained and examined .
9 Oesophageal biopsy specimens , taken 20–40 cm from the incisors in 72 patients , were graded histologically and adjacent specimens were taken for immunohistochemical analysis of the distribution of EGF .
10 At each endoscopy , biopsy specimens were taken for histological examination ( DU trial : two antral , one body ; IM trial : four antral , four body ) .
11 Some were from a local technical college and were taken for short periods .
12 Officers were allowed to take part in board discussions , and they saw one of their main roles as being to help prevent negative decisions from being taken for trivial reasons .
13 Dr Robert Upshall , the Green Party 's prospective parliamentary candidate , yesterday revealed the decision was taken for financial reasons .
14 During routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy one biopsy was taken for hostological examination from the antral mucosa 2 cm from the pylorus and one from the first part of the duodenum on the opposite wall to the area of ulceration .
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