Example sentences of "be take by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hard to imagine Greeks letting basic decisions about their future be taken by a European parliament that would be about 97% non-Greek . |
| 2 | They imposed a two-fold test that the decision must both affect a person 's legal rights and also be taken by a court-like body . |
| 3 | In a case where the driver 's option is to be explained to him under section 8(2) , the driver should be told that if he exercises the right to have a replacement specimen taken under section 7(4) , it will be for the constable to decide whether that specimen is to be of blood or urine and , if the constable intends to require a specimen of blood to be taken by a medical practitioner , the driver should be told that his only right to object to giving blood and to give urine instead will be for medical reasons to be determined by the medical practitioner . |
| 4 | Any decision on whether to change the criteria so that smaller mergers would be automatically referred to the Commission will be taken by a qualified majority of the Council of Ministers . |
| 5 | The crucial Mort Homme was to be taken by a flanking attack from the northeast , via the Bois des Corbeaux . |
| 6 | I think that my comments will be taken by a fair commentator as fairly hostile to the Bill . |
| 7 | If it does n't come to the full county council , then I will make sure it does , but I , one would hope that a decision such as that , which is of paramount importance in a , a rural area would be taken by a full county council and not by education . |
| 8 | In view of the customary informal liaison between environmental health officers and inspectors , however , it seems that as long as the inspector is striving to abate the odour , no action will be taken by a local authority until the odour becomes very bad indeed . |