Example sentences of "can be taken [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Thus it was , that at some momentous point in the immensity of time there came into being three initial units which can be taken as the true beginning of the story of earthly life .
2 In classrooms where such a pattern exists personal pace and achievement can be taken as the yardstick against which learning is measured .
3 When the sample size is large , say 100 , the standard error of the mean can be taken as the standard error of the estimate .
4 When the sample size is large , say 100 , the standard error of the mean can be taken as the standard error of the estimate .
5 Breakfast can be taken at the top of the Schilthorn ; take the cable car to the ‘ Piz Gloria ’ revolving restaurant for a breakfast served in the most glorious of surroundings .
6 To stimulate the development and the application within the agency of techniques of environmental modelling and forecasting in order that adequate preventative action can be taken at the appropriate time ;
7 This action can be taken at the same time as your writ is issued and prior to judgement being given .
8 Certainly the references to truth and falsehood can be taken at the simple level of telling the truth and avoiding lies .
9 In fact , pursuant to r 6.80 , no resolutions can be taken at the meeting of creditors other than : ( i ) a resolution to appoint a named insolvency practitioner to be trustee or two or more insolvency practitioners as joint trustees ; ( ii ) a resolution to establish a creditors ' committee ; ( iii ) ( unless a creditors ' committee has been established ) a resolution specifying the terms of the trustee 's remuneration or to defer consideration of that matter ; ( iv ) if two or more trustees are appointed , a resolution specifying whether acts are to be done by both or all of them , or by only one ; ( v ) a resolution adjourning the meeting for not more than three weeks ; and ( vi ) any other resolutions which the chairman thinks it right to allow for special reasons .
10 For those who only need relatively local stations , advantage can be taken of the fact that nearly all FM stations now radiate , either slant-polarised or circularly polarised signals , so that a vertical dipole , completely non-directional in the horizontal plane , gives as much signal as a horizontal one .
11 In one corner is the Brass Rubbing Centre , where rubbings can be taken of the Washington brasses and arms amongst others .
12 On enquiry the Inspector contends that as the transactions were not recorded in the accounting records in March 1991 , no cognisance can be taken of the dividend , and he is therefore seeking to raise a s 419 assessment .
13 Advantage can be taken of the filing exemptions as a small company provided that the appropriate note is included on the balance sheet .
14 If the cylinder is well insulated , advantage can be taken of the cheaper Economy 7 tariff .
15 Two approaches can be adopted to minimize the response time : a simple approach is to devise portable GIS which can be taken to the hazard ; a more complex solution is to couple the GIS to real-time monitoring systems .
16 It suggests that the courts are entitled to be satisfied that certain minimal procedural requirements have been fulfilled but that , thereafter , and provided that they are fulfilled , no objection can be taken to the validity of the Act on grounds of its substantial content .
17 Alternatively , they can be taken to the entrance to what Bardul knows only as ‘ the rooms of light and darkness ’ , where ( Bardul believes ) Drachenfels has some important magical secrets hidden .
18 The better practice in such cases is to attempt service even after the stated time-limit : a trial or other procedural step is unlikely to follow immediately after the expiry of the time-limit , so belated service may still give the defendant a useful opportunity to intervene ; and under Article 1591 a six-month waiting period is often imposed before proceedings can be taken to the stage of a default judgment .
19 In my view , when the truth of representations is being considered , no objection can be taken to the request relating to the first audit , nor to the second audit since the latter may well reveal material relevant to the conduct of the company 's business before acquisition and after acquisition in a way which reflects on the earlier conduct of the business .
20 The difficulty with this philosophy , however , is that it can be taken to the extreme , as can be seen in some Local Education Authorities ( LEAs ) which have an all-out integration policy .
21 The Leicester project illustrates that college resources can be taken to the community and their use jointly negotiated and controlled with local residents .
22 When I talk about implementation of the Maastricht treaty I mean that one of the things that must be done is to set up the arrangements agreed at Maastricht by which member states can be taken to the European Court and punished if they do not carry out obligations that they have assumed .
23 An emergency trailer from the nearest available location can be taken to the incident to assist the emergency services .
24 An RUC spokesman explained that now , following an arrest , a man can be taken to the criminal court , and unless there are further offences of which the police are aware , the women need not attend the court .
25 The knitting can be taken to the church .
26 Legal proceedings can be taken under the section , but there is a two year limit on such a claim .
27 So as to underline that all measures are intended to benefit the young person , provisions for involuntary care have been removed and the views of the young person have to be taken into account in deciding on a form of assistance , although no steps can be taken against the wishes of the parent or guardian ( except in an emergency , s. 43 ) .
28 No decisions can be taken until the May meeting of governors . ’
29 An example of this can be taken from the recent contraception controversy in the Republic , which began in the 1960s .
30 However , shot 2 can be taken from the ‘ wrong ’ side of the path if it is aimed from D directly on the line of the girl 's approach ; this frontal angle neutralises her previous left-to-right movement across the screen in the minds of the audience .
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