Example sentences of "be taken [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July , the children will be taken to watch a performance of La Fille mal gardee , judiciously chosen for its humour . |
| 2 | Orbits in Schwarzschild space–time are of general interest , and so the opportunity will be taken to include a number of comments not directly relevant to the calculation of Mercury 's orbit . |
| 3 | I do not follow how an order for the repayment of money to investors could ever be described as an order for a step to be taken to remedy a contravention of section 57 . |
| 4 | The advice given by these advisers would properly have been guided by expediency as much as by any rules of interpretation and as such can not be taken to represent a body of thought about dreaming . |
| 5 | Sometimes there is a curious line of dots curved into an arc shape , which may be taken to represent a rainbow or perhaps the Milky Way . |
| 6 | ‘ Nothing in the provisions of this Article shall be taken to require a person to repeat any testing , examination or research which has been carried out otherwise than by him or at his instance , in so far as it is reasonable for him to rely on the results thereof for the purposes of those provisions . ’ |
| 7 | Thus , on their most probable readings , His cousin is pregnant , His cousin is n't pregnant and Is his cousin pregnant ? will all be taken to contain a reference to a female cousin ; and an addressee , on hearing Drink it ! , |
| 8 | A large pit containing over 50 unbroken mid-Antonine samian vessels might well be taken to indicate a pottery shop nearby . |
| 9 | In contrast , deliberate reformulations are designed to achieve particular contextual effects , and they should not be taken to indicate a failure to communicate any more than , for example , repetition . |
| 10 | This chapter is chiefly concerned with the steps that may be taken to achieve a reconciliation between the theory and the practicalities of everyday business life . |
| 11 | The clumsiness is evident in the standard of ‘ the reasonable man ’ , an anthropomorphic ( and male ) standard which might be taken to suggest a paragon of virtue if it were not for the context of partially exculpating a killing by such a person . |
| 12 | Using the behavioural OR as an index of the value of α should not be taken to imply a belief that α is the sole determinant of this OR . |
| 13 | Can we be informed as to what action will be taken to prevent a repetition ? |
| 14 | However , care should be taken to construct a cycle of attention which eventually includes all aspects of the curriculum . |
| 15 | Great care had to be taken negotiating a stretch of unstable rocks and I considered turning back . |
| 16 | He gave full instructions for the execution of various religious and charitable bequests , and in particular outlined the practical steps to be taken to found a school in Stockport . |
| 17 | Where the defendant is under disability , a plaintiff may not enter judgment on an admission unless there is a guardian ad litem or steps are taken to appoint a guardian ad litem ( Ord 10 , r 6(1) , but see Ord 10 , r 8 ) . |
| 18 | In Bristol and Coventry three years prior to this , a decision had been taken to replace a batch personnel system with an on-line internally developed IMS package , covering recruitment , personnel administration/records , training and management information . |
| 19 | Neighbourhood Watch The first step has been taken to form a neighbourhood watch in Foulis Crescent and it is hoped that Woodhall Avenue and Drive will set one in motion in the near future . |
| 20 | Neighbourhood Watch The first step has been taken to form a neighbourhood watch in Foulis Crescent and it is hoped that Woodhall Avenue and Drive will set one in motion in the near future . |
| 21 | Both Norman Tebbit and John Wakeham were now back after the Grand Hotel blast and the opportunity had been taken to arrange a Cabinet photograph . |
| 22 | Biopsy speimens ( 5695 ) were taken giving a mean of 7.8 per colonoscopy ( range 1–9 ) . |
| 23 | What action is being taken to prevent a recurrence ? |
| 24 | There is no precise meaning to ‘ double ’ with regard to petal number , and the word is taken to mean a number of petals so closely packed that until the bloom fully opens and then ‘ blows ’ , it is virtually impossible to see the anthers and other sexual parts of the flower — they are quite hidden . |
| 25 | The successful transfer of such experience from teacher to pupil is taken to require a sense of a " community of interest " which " would be felt instinctively and immediately by the pupil " : |
| 26 | A conscious decision was taken to devote a proportion of the R&T budget [ at present about 10 per cent ] to strategic work , the remainder being funded by the businesses . |
| 27 | CRUMLIN Road jail escaper Joe Doherty should have had the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before a decision was taken to delay a review of his sentence until he had served 10 years in Northern Ireland , a court has heard . |
| 28 | Measures of magnitude , duration , and extent of oesophageal distention — Occurrence of a pattern of intraoesophageal pressure oscillation identical to that of intragastric pressure during a common cavity episode was taken to indicate a period of communication between the lumina of the esophageal body and stomach . |
| 29 | But perhaps the most valuable work achieved by CNES in the 1960s lay in co-ordinating the development of the French space industry : in 1964 the decision was taken to build a launch site at Kourou in French Guyana ; in November 1965 the Diamant A rocket was successfully launched from an Algerian site — the swansong of a military programme based in a former French territory . |
| 30 | The decision was taken to introduce a closing date for the sending in of results . |