Example sentences of "are taken [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gallup ( in the UK ) and Starch ( in the USA ) used to run so-called ‘ reading and noting ’ surveys regularly , in which readers of a magazine are taken through the last issue and questioned about every page — whether they looked at it at all ; read some of it ; read all of it ; etc . |
| 2 | Normally courses in three subjects are taken in the first year and , commonly , these are followed by second courses in at least two of the subjects in the second year . |
| 3 | Three subject courses are taken in the first year , two or three in the second and one or two in the third to make seven in all . |
| 4 | The basic plan for joint honours is that both subjects are taken in the first and second years ; then , in the third and fourth years selected parts of the honours courses in mathematics and the other subject are taken . |
| 5 | The red squirrel faces possible extinction in central and southern England and Wales , and a further decline in the north of England and Scotland , unless conservation measures are taken in the next 10-20 years , according to a survey by the Forestry Commission . |