Example sentences of "be taken for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 2 | No decision needs to be taken for some time on the location of the European central bank . |
| 3 | The Prince was sitting quietly there , his hands clasped , staring down at the table , so silent he could have been taken for some studious monk ; his robes , however , were splendid , his fingers covered in precious rings , and his hair and golden beard carefully combed and oiled . |
| 4 | His eyes gleamed with what might have been taken for some inner illumination . |
| 5 | Peter Grimes is so famous it runs the risk of being taken for some sort of operatic norm . |