Example sentences of "as [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within this chapter our concern is with those , both Marxist and non-Marxist , who have taken as given the particular direction in which technology has developed , and with those who , while accepting that it is possible and desirable to exercise some social control over technology , have taken the view that there is no fundamental conflict at the work-place and that the system of organisation there can be optimised in the light of a set of objectives to which they assume all would be able to agree . |
| 2 | Perhaps more fundamentally , we take as given the basic framework of political institutions . |
| 3 | His famous call , reprinted in 1954 , summoned us all to a new technology of instruction in much the same millenarial language as typified the audio-visual movement : " There is a simple job to be done . |
| 4 | The Captain had as good as said the same himself about the traces of lamb 's meat in the truck . |
| 5 | The press blamed us for Labour 's defeat , the Tories blamed us for Labour 's defeat and now it looks as thought the Labour Party is blaming us for Labour 's defeat . |
| 6 | The agreement , subject to negotiation of final terms and conditions , provides that $8m , which was due on March 1 , will be due for repayment on December 31 1993 , and the other $8m on March 1 , 1994 ; Commodore and Prudential also agreed in principle to extend a March 1 $5m senior note repayment to December 31 , and the company said it paid as scheduled the remaining $12.5m senior note maturities due to Prudential and to another of its lenders . |
| 7 | The Government as assessed the combined spending needs of the Cherwell District Council and the parishes in it 's area at £91.49 per personal charge payer . |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the reasons why we are updating Trident are basically the same reasons as caused the Labour Government to update our nuclear deterrent by bringing in Chevaline , the difference being that we are doing it openly and they did it under wraps ? |
| 9 | On his arrival he immediately set about strengthening his Manors at Halling and Trottescliffe and also erected as mentioned the high walls around the Palace . |
| 10 | They have taken as read the scientific conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that global warming is a real threat . |