Example sentences of "taken in [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notes should therefore be taken in a consistent format that allows you the greatest flexibility when it comes to using them . |
| 2 | Even if we accept the enforceability criterion for the existence of a law this can only be a necessary requirement of law if ‘ enforceability ’ is taken in a weak sense to mean that the rules in question are by and large adhered to , which need not , of course , be the result of threats . |
| 3 | It was so different from the rooms Xanthe and her father had taken in a former hôtel particulier of a family of the ancien régime , round a courtyard off the Rue St Honoré , with ormolu chests of drawers , lace-trimmed bolsters and a chiming clock on the writing desk in the small , light sitting room where stood striped chintz chairs with gilded lyre backs and a matching silk-covered settee . |
| 4 | She struck out blindly and found herself taken in a firm grip . |
| 5 | Of particular interest is the series of photographs specially taken in a modern glass-maker 's studio , which reconstruct step-by-step a variety of ancient techniques . |
| 6 | This small evolutionary step of ‘ industrial melanism ’ was taken in a mere century . |
| 7 | When landlords refused to open their granaries , he went with an army of tribal people to loot them , promising to return what they had taken in a better season . |
| 8 | Could it be that the decision was taken in a temporary depression from drugs ? |
| 9 | ‘ E asked me to describe yer , which I did , thinkin' maybe 'e was goin' to tell yer you 'd come into some money , but 'e said you 'd taken in a young woman , that the pair of you 'ad nicked 'is wallet an' made off with it . |
| 10 | The reverse case , of evidence taken in a civil law country for use in common law proceedings , presents greater difficulties ; a deposition or minute taken by a judicial officer , with no cross-examination and perhaps without the parties being represented at all , may have limited probative value or be actually inadmissible in the common law country . |
| 11 | ‘ Weaving ’ is thus taken in a broad sense here , and the Weaving Mother is a symbol for the process of choosing the raw material , making the threads , and binding them fast together . |
| 12 | There have been numerous attempts to mitigate this evil , from non-compulsory science-for-arts and arts-for-scientists , to the uneasy introduction of AS levels , each worth half an A level , to be taken in a wide variety of different subjects , not necessarily related to the student 's main subjects . |
| 13 | Inner London is dominated by teaching hospitals and medical schools and has traditionally taken in a significant number of patients from outside its area . |
| 14 | When they returned , having taken in a fair part of Sutherland , they swore that their feet had never once left Ross-shire soil . |
| 15 | A company operating in such a society must realise that the extended family means that the decisions on consumption are taken in a larger unit and in different ways . |
| 16 | Radiographs of the women 's lateral thoracic and lumbar spine were taken in a standardised manner . |
| 17 | She read the first page of a review copy of the new novel by a Royal Shakespeare Company actor and put it down again when she realized she had n't taken in a single word . |
| 18 | Recently , three ferox weighing over 20lb were taken in a single day . |
| 19 | The Paris court must consider whether it is entitled or competent to act on a decision taken in a foreign country such a long time ago . |
| 20 | ‘ Pornographic pictures taken in a high-class bordello . |
| 21 | Some requesting States may only accept evidence taken in a particular way and the Convention tries to ensure that a request for a special procedure ( for example , for verbatim transcripts or , on the other hand , for a summary of the evidence in deposition form ; or for video-taped evidence ) will not be refused merely because it is inconvenient to the requested State . |
| 22 | It is clear that because of the role of the context in all aspects of utterance interpretation , a speaker who intends her utterance to be taken in a particular way must expect it to be interpreted in a context that yields that interpretation . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't see why this splendid open space should not be restored just because it 's 50 years since it was taken in a national emergency , ’ he said . |
| 24 | On November 28 Hatta resigned from the office of Vice-president , deploring the drift towards chaos : ‘ All our rebellions and our splits , our political anarchy and adventurism , and all the steps taken in the economic field which have created chaos , are the result of the fact that our national Revolution was not dammed up at the appropriate time . ’ |
| 25 | Great care has been taken in the current depression , for example , to construct the image of scrounging , fiddling , laziness and greed as characteristic of the unemployed who ‘ could find work if they really wanted to ’ or whose misfortune can be explained by ‘ the irresponsible pay demands and restrictive practices ’ of those still in work . |
| 26 | The opportunity has been taken in the new version to rewrite the material , to make it clearer and more accessible for the reader . |
| 27 | Thus he may decide that although the investigation discloses a criminal offence , no action should be taken in the criminal courts . |
| 28 | As we shall be explaining in the following chapters , we do not believe that the steps taken in the Criminal Justice Act of 1991 will prove drastic enough . |
| 29 | Menem , who later claimed that his action had been taken in the long-term interests of national unity and reconciliation , was immediately accused of double standards in releasing the former officers when he was simultaneously demanding the severest penalties for those involved in the latest rebellion . |
| 30 | That course could not be taken in the present case , because of a specific and unusual statutory provision which anticipated the kind of mistake which was made by the sentencer in this case . |