Example sentences of "be taken [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commission hopes that peer-group pressure would persuade member states to comply with the council 's rulings on their budgetary plans , which would be taken on a majority vote . |
| 2 | In the morning you will be taken on a guided tour of the medieval city of Lucerne . |
| 3 | We were at great pains to explain that we were novices and aware that diving in Barbados was unlike diving in the UK and were told that ‘ courses taken on holiday mean nothing at all ’ and that we should be prepared to snorkel around a pool for six months should he deem it necessary , and that even if we did dive to any standard we would be taken on a dive ( presumably in a pool ) , and ‘ ripped down ’ until we eventually failed a test . |
| 4 | Follow-up action can even be taken on a client 's behalf after a telephone consultation . |
| 5 | Once parental approval had been obtained , the committee entered into negotiations with employer and parents and on reaching a satisfactory agreement , the young person might be taken on a month 's trial . |
| 6 | He tried to make a set which could be taken on a motor bike . |
| 7 | You will be taken on a guided tour of the theatre including the stage , auditorium , backstage , paintshop and dressing rooms . |
| 8 | The Italian team 's French driver Jean Alesi posed for photographers in the new model but was unable to demonstrate the lightweight 644-B 's abilities at the car 's unveiling as it had broken down on Tuesday before it could be taken on a test run . |
| 9 | You 'll also be taken on a full day tour of the Dordogne and its best preserved mediaeval treasures . |
| 10 | Meet Moonshake , one of the blessed few remaining non-conformist independent groups , at Aldgate and be taken on a guided tour of the Ripper 's murder-sites . |
| 11 | On arrival you will be taken on a tour of the city , including Union Square , Golden Gate Park and Fisherman 's Wharf for views across the beautiful bay . |
| 12 | Advice about any adaptations required will usually be given by the physiotherapist or occupational therapist and the patient may be taken on a home visit to assess his needs ( e.g. amputees may need several aids ) . |
| 13 | Precautions had to be taken on a daily basis : draughts were mortal ; the liver constantly under threat . |
| 14 | Action to deal with offenders was to be taken on a voluntary rather than a court basis where possible . |
| 15 | The objection must be taken on a relevant ground ( subs . |
| 16 | These can be taken on a full- or part-time basis , usually in FE colleges , but also in some schools . |
| 17 | All available goods may be taken on a sale or return basis . |
| 18 | The highlight of the event will be tomorrow , when they will get the chance to drive their cars around the original test-track and be taken on a tour of the factory . |
| 19 | ‘ The idea was that he would be taken up a couple of hundred feet , ’ said Gavin Birkett . |
| 20 | He deserved to be taken down a peg or two . |
| 21 | Danish lager brewing specialists , visitors are taken on a tour of the brewing , bottling and packing processes . |
| 22 | This means they are taken on a daily basis to farms and other work-places outside the prison . |
| 23 | If a visible consensus is not reached , then decisions are taken on a majority vote . |
| 24 | They found him in robust mood , " his morale seemed higher than at Eighth Army HQ " and he seemed confident that he could " maintain " the " uneasy position " in Venezia Giulia " for several weeks if necessary , while negotiations proceed and decisions are taken on a government level " . |
| 25 | In such studies records of a very large number of events are taken over a considerable period of time and memory for the events is subsequently tested . |
| 26 | Because traffic counts are taken over a one year period , it 'll be 1993 before Gloucestershire 's new traffic figures are available . |
| 27 | Several had been taken on a yacht at sea . |
| 28 | Seventeen Stormont MPs were taken on a tour of inspection by the University for Derry Action Committee and one of them , Dr Robert Nixon , the Stormont Unionist MP for North Down , declared that they had been misled by the Lockwood Report and that there was no shortage of suitable land or amenities in the city . |
| 29 | In the test the boiling times and fuel-life figures for each stove were taken on a mild summer 's day with only a light breeze . |
| 30 | Chris Law of Internal Audit , Regent 's House and Susan Grieve of Leamington Spa Branch were taken on a tour of the department , given a slap-up lunch and presented with a £250 cheque by Bob McInnes , Branch Banking 's Deputy Managing Director . |