Example sentences of "be taken [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 ) . |
| 32 | An afterthought , but one which may be taken as a portent of the future , was that Marks was not deterred by this initial failure . |
| 33 | Any sign of tingling fingers or triggering motion in the thumb or fingers must be taken as a warning . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | The single honours degree in Computer Science can be taken as a BSc or a BEng , depending on the student 's wishes . |
| 36 | Agriculture 's share in total output and employment can often be taken as a guide to a country 's stage of economic development . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 ? |
| 39 | His prescription for success in the desert — ‘ Wave a Sherif in front of you like a banner and hide your own mind and person ’ — could be taken as a motto for Indirect Rule . |
| 40 | Part of the pension can be taken as a cash sum when you retire and that too is tax free . |
| 41 | Fifteen yards can be taken as a minimum , and forty yards to fifty yards as an average . |
| 42 | The implication was that Gen Noreiga 's bravado could in no legal sense be taken as a declaration of hostilities . |
| 43 | For practical purposes the easily observable amenorrhoeic period can be taken as a proxy for the anovulatory period , though ovulation can precede the first menstruation after birth , so that women may become pregnant during the amenorrhoeic period . |
| 44 | From the Aix-la-Chapelle peace of 1748 onwards every major international agreement involving the states of western and central Europe was in French ; and from the peace settlement of 1763 the hitherto frequent provision that this was not to be taken as a precedent was dropped . |
| 45 | If not , the ratification of Maastricht should not be taken as a signal that the Europe of the past few decades has been assured of perpetuity , but rather that a redefinition of its ambitions is overdue . |
| 46 | The ability of a monopolist to earn profit , or an organization with social responsibilities to make losses , is hardly to be taken as a signal of economic efficiency . |
| 47 | These claims were never universally accepted ; the destruction of the unity of Christendom by the Reformation helped to undermine the authority of the Pope to allocate territory , but it was Catholic France that first challenged Spain 's position in the West Indies and that conflict had been going on for some years when in 1559 , at the end of one round of European wars , France and Spain included in the peace treaty a clause which stated that fighting in regions west of the Azores or south of the Tropic of Cancer was not to be taken as a reason for resuming hostilities in Europe . |
| 48 | The significance of an offer of compensation is that it may be taken as a token of the defendant 's remorse , and that it redresses the private loss of the victim , and to that extent and no other it plays a part in the sentencing exercise . |
| 49 | This set of objects and events could be taken as a set of elements which would have to be included in a representation of this speaker 's topic , i.e. what he was talking about . |
| 50 | The domestically-oriented , nurturing talk of the miner 's wife , by contrast , is more likely to be taken as a product of her nature or her role than as a culturally-determined genre , and it is seen as something she shares with all other women . |
| 51 | However , the continuation of a tradition of appointed local boards can not be taken as a vote of confidence in their predecessors . |
| 52 | The caveat , to state it simply , is that it is to be taken as a view of only our conception of what can be called standard effects : all those where the effects are not decisions , choices , like mental acts of persons , or ensuing actions . |
| 53 | The previous sentence could be taken as a definition of the word ‘ reinforcing ’ . |
| 54 | Charlie 's crack could be taken as a compliment and as such , to the relief of George and Jack , Maurice took it . |
| 55 | There is no country better at patriotism than the U.S. and its treatment of the match should be taken as a compliment to European golf . |
| 56 | These being serious issues , the meeting was very serious ( which must not , of course , be taken as a synonym for tedious . ) |
| 57 | As we will be dealing with breeding in a later article , this can be taken as a tank for a single specimen . |
| 58 | In both cases decisions may have to be taken as a result of the information collected . |
| 59 | You ca n't falsely tell him that criminal proceedings will be taken as a result of non-payment . |
| 60 | In exchange for information Thurloe undertook that no Royalist life should be taken as a result of it . |