Example sentences of "be taken [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year . |
| 2 | The action to be taken on the discovery of a fire or potential fire situation i.e. call for assistance , use of first aid , fire fighting extinguishers ( if reasonably safe to do so ) . |
| 3 | So the bill had to be taken on the floor of the House and all selected amendments had to be debated and voted on . |
| 4 | The Conservatives have a tendency to believe that planning decisions can be taken on the profit motive . |
| 5 | Whatever our misgivings about the story 's historicity ( and we make a grave and fundamental error if we think the value of a passage like this is measured by the extent of its historicity ) , and however confident we might be about its origins , it asks and surely deserves to be taken on the storyteller 's own terms . |
| 6 | I would therefore think it 's appropriate to be in this sort of format er so that if any other issues other than questions of in migration appear to be relevant to this situation , then it can be taken on the move . |
| 7 | The dependency should be taken on the basis that the wife would be maintained at the same rate of expenditure throughout her life . |
| 8 | But these signals did not reach AFHQ until the morning of the next day , 15 May , long after Robertson had sent his response to McCreery 's AC/189 which had only asked for " immediate steps " to be taken over the approach of Army Group E , and which had made no specific reference to Croats . |
| 9 | Great care therefore needs to be taken over the completion of documents . |
| 10 | There are final decisions still to be taken over the introduction of the speed controls but it seems likely humps would be in place by September this year . |
| 11 | Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley has promised no hasty decision will be taken over the hospital 's future . |
| 12 | For example , routes will frequently be made economical only if adults are taken on the school transport services . |
| 13 | The methods used for controlling debate are the power to apply the closure by a simple majority , though normally the majority must consist of a hundred members ; the power to send bills upstairs for their committee stage to a standing committee and the power , when bills are taken on the floor of the House or in committee , to impose a guillotine . |
| 14 | I think it 's important these matters are taken on the floor of the house because they are very , very serious . |
| 15 | It is perhaps not surprising that when older pupils come to sit their leaving examinations , they generally view the prospect of the examinations without much apprehension ; this may be because most decisions about their future are taken on the recommendation of their teachers rather than directly on the basis of examination results . |
| 16 | The WE177 free-fall bomb will be approaching the end of its service life around the turn of the century , but no decision has yet been taken on the system to replace it , or where it will be based . |
| 17 | Madam Deputy Speaker I re read in the newspapers today that there has been s some criticism er that the matters such as this have been taken on the floor of the house . |
| 18 | The US authorities claimed that the decision to evacuate Peace Corps workers had been taken on the basis of general intelligence concerning NPA intentions , and that Swanson 's abduction had only become known after the decision had been made . |
| 19 | He said more precise figures would not be available until decisions had been taken on the form of restoration . |
| 20 | Even now , however , no decisions had been taken on the speed of emancipation or the form it should take . |
| 21 | After three centuries of decline , the first steps had been taken on the path to restoration . |
| 22 | As working volunteers of a fraternal railway we were taken on the strength of the Llangollen railway for the day , and , clad in our reflective waistcoats , we were conducted along the track , first on foot , then on the ‘ Neptune ’ , a diesel track inspection vehicle . |
| 23 | If it appears that the original decisions were taken on the basis of assumptions which have not stood the test of time it is as well to re-run the exercise . |
| 24 | Four 15 minute collections were taken over the hour . |
| 25 | At Lough Carra , most of the fish are being taken on the dap , but wetfly was also producing some sport for Jim Stafford , who landed a nice brace at 4lb 8ozs . |
| 26 | The second reading of the Finance Bill follows and from 1969 the bill has then been divided , clauses and schedules which involve issues of principle being taken on the floor of the House while the more detailed clauses are sent upstairs to a standing committee . |
| 27 | He 's in a photo of Mrs Nowak 's taken on the day her husband went back to Poland . |
| 28 | So now Ron 's taken on the role , with help … of sorts from grandaughter Yasmine . |
| 29 | She 's taken over the household and the book-keeping too . |
| 30 | Thompson , the Secretary of the Yorkshire North District , and Littlecott , Secretary of the Western District , wrote to Jacques urging that a firm stand be taken on the issue and no further concessions be made . |