Example sentences of "[verb] take a [adj] view of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our discussion has taken a broad view of qualified defences , commenting also on some qualified defences which might be recognized but which do not feature in contemporary English law . |
| 2 | The law centre , in particular , has taken a broad view of its obligation to service the local community and some have been active in stimulating and articulating local protest . |
| 3 | President Alan Garcia 's socialist government that took office in July 1985 has taken a tolerant view of the informal sector . |
| 4 | ‘ Hitherto , the Council has taken a positive view of franchising , regarding the overall benefits to both the profession and its clients as outweighing the disadvantages which will undoubtedly affect particular firms . |
| 5 | Moscow 's foreign-exchange market has taken a dim view of the liberals ' chances of winning a decisive battle in the war for control of Russia 's economic policy . |
| 6 | Clearly Shakespeare 's audience was expected to take a sceptical view of dreams as portents although attributing such beliefs to the ancients . |
| 7 | Certainly the court can be expected to take a dim view of such clauses . |
| 8 | He seemed to take a pessimistic view of your complaint , whatever it was . |
| 9 | In 1993 , the year that brings an open market to Europe , the European nations seem to take a similar view of Britain , regarding it as a strange and ultimately negligible country . |
| 10 | Er but erm the fact is i if you 're a non-taxpayer , obviously we 've got to take a different view of the way you that you might invest money . |
| 11 | I have attempted to take a rapid view of developments in critical theory , or criticism with a theoretical consciousness , as they have appeared in British culture in the past twenty years . |
| 12 | Above all , this means taking a strategic view of multimedia and its impact on traditional publishing practice and markets and to do so while there is still time . |
| 13 | This fell far short of the change which the Catholic majority wanted — which was the transfer of power to their elected representatives — but the DCAC could afford to take a sanguine view of the change . |
| 14 | And Mr Birrell claims that because the Halifax is mutual , it can afford to take a longer-term view of its strategic options . |
| 15 | Conservationists tend to take a liberal view of working elephants if only because their very existence depends on there being a healthy enough stock in the wild . |
| 16 | In the third edition of his The Principles of Political Economy ( 1821 ) Ricardo added a chapter on machinery , conceding that Barton ‘ had taken a correct view of some of the effects of an increasing amount of fixed capital on the condition of the labouring classes ’ , but maintaining that there was a , perhaps imperfect , positive relationship between increases in capital and the demand for labour . |
| 17 | It all made sense , the relationship between non-Aristotelian logic and the banality of the American way of life : you had to take a detached view of the culture ; you were n't in love with it and you did n't hate it . |
| 18 | Certain critics like Hourcade and Allard , who did not realize the importance of what Picasso and Braque were doing , continued to take a broad view of Cubism as simply a return to a more sober , classical form of art , and thus to include within the movement a large number of artists who were not strictly speaking Cubist but had been slightly influenced by the style . |
| 19 | For 70 years British royals have taken a frosty view of Ireland . |
| 20 | Although it appears that you did not make a large sum of money out of your dealing — at least as far as external appearances are concerned — I have to take a serious view of it . ’ |
| 21 | The first half of 1988 showed an increase of that loss to £12m , but as Marsden points out , you need to take a yearly view of the business rather than a 6-month snapshot so such figures can be misleading . |