Example sentences of "[prep] [be] take [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter Grimes is so famous it runs the risk of being taken for some sort of operatic norm . |
| 2 | One alcoholic drink is to be taken as half a pint of beer , one glass of wine , one small glass of sherry or one small measure of spirit . |
| 3 | He can only be placed in the lying position for effective treatment purposes when he can balance well enough to be taken through this pattern of movements without increasing his spasticity . |
| 4 | The purpose of the meeting is to discuss new change requests and reach agreement on the action to be taken for each . |
| 5 | The purpose of the meeting is to discuss outstanding change requests and reach agreement on the action to be taken for each change request . |
| 6 | No decision needs to be taken for some time on the location of the European central bank . |
| 7 | Delighted to be taken for another ride in another car , the little boy chuckled . |
| 8 | The content of the poem ought to be taken with several pinches of salt , partly because it belonged to the genre of boasting poem known as the gap which was a standard form of troubadour verse , and partly because William liked to mock himself as well as others . |
| 9 | A decision tree illustrates the actions to be taken at each decision point . |
| 10 | There is thus a proliferation of public examinations of a practical kind , any of which may be taken at the new schools , of which the GCSE seems to be only one , if it is to be taken at all . |
| 11 | Indeed , if the message of its architecture is to be taken at all at face value , it was a city in which the factions did not follow conventional lines at all . |
| 12 | But as is already clear from what was said in the last chapter , the irreducibility thesis , plausible though it may appear at first sight , remains highly vulnerable to criticism and requires important additional assumptions if it is to be taken at all seriously . |
| 13 | To gain these advantages , a fresh look will need to be taken at all our storage risks to ensure that the system does give the required performance . |
| 14 | Of course , it is always possible to say that people are suffering from false consciousness ( women , for example , are continually suffering from the illusion that they are not being exploited in the home ) but that is surely too patronising a view to be taken at all seriously . |
| 15 | If the present deliberation of the UK 's Follett Committee are to be taken at all seriously , the research and teaching library as we now know it will change fundamentally over the next ten years . |
| 16 | This method enables a fresh look to be taken at some of the explanations commonly put forward for the decline of manufacturing in the large conurbations , such as skills shortages , problems with labour relations and premises , and difficulties faced by small firms . |
| 17 | Has everything to be taken like this ? |
| 18 | Simple measures such as keeping doors and windows closed , providing adequate containers for odorous material , covering the contents , refrigeration where necessary and the careful disposal of odorous or potentially odorous waste , are just a few preventative measures which ought to be taken in all trades , but particularly so in the animal byproduct industry , where putrescible matter is concerned . |
| 19 | And if you think I 'm to be taken in that easy , Miss Jennifer , then think again ! " and muttering to himself that it was as great a pity to see women weep as geese go barefoot , he took Ann by the arm and went back into his house . |
| 20 | Although rare , medication errors can occur in hospitals too , and there is usually a hospital policy about the action to be taken in such circumstances . |
| 21 | In order to call this genre ‘ escapism ’ , however , it is necessary first to define the term in the way it is intended to be taken in this essay , and not to confuse the mode with ‘ escapist ’ literature in the vulgar sense . |
| 22 | She wanted to be taken in this man 's arms , kissed , caressed , held safe . |
| 23 | Where an educational approach is to be taken by all the various specialist bodies , in agriculture , health , social welfare housing and so on , a major training commitment is required for all staff . |
| 24 | Just over a decade later , as the papal curia prepared for the Vatican Council , Cardinal Ottaviani proposed a profession of faith for the Council fathers which would repeat the anti-modernist oath ( no remarkable thing in itself : the anti-modernist oath was required to be taken by all those teaching in seminaries , and all priests before ordination ) and once again to repudiate the errors that had been condemned by Humani Generis . |
| 25 | The core would consist of seven subjects , four ( English , maths , PE and RE ) to be taken by all pupils , the other three ( a social studies subject , a science , and a creative arts subject ) to be chosen from a short list . |
| 26 | They are to be taken by all pupils , but with three levels of study and award ( Foundation , General and Credit ) . |
| 27 | As My Noble Friend Lord Allen has already pointed out today , suppose two elected members are ill or on holiday , and natural enough assumption taken over the years , are important decisions to be taken by that authority in such a situation ? |
| 28 | ‘ Above all , we want decisions to be taken by those who have to live with them . ’ |
| 29 | ( d ) cancel any shares which at the date of the passing of the resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person ; |
| 30 | The reply details the steps required to be taken before such a scheme can become operative . |