Example sentences of "taken [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were taken aboard the fishing boat , and they found the only word they had in common with the fishermen was Koepang . |
| 2 | Best taken aboard the boats Growler and Mariner 11 at 7 lb . |
| 3 | But the assumption of an explanatory method which can be taken as a priori ‘ above ’ all other social experience and cultural production is itself , when analysed , a fact in the sociology of a particular phase of culture . |
| 4 | But Ward re-asserted BAF 's belief that ‘ ignorance on the part of an athlete can not be taken as a plea of not guilty . |
| 5 | For such estimations the hydration enthalpy of the hydration ion , H , is usually taken as a standard . |
| 6 | A good deal of what he wrote may be taken as a rejection of the ‘ liberal interpretation of history ’ , and indeed of the ‘ liberal humanist tradition ’ in literature ; nevertheless the centre of his story is the Ring and the maxim that ‘ power corrupts ’ , a concept unimpeachably modern , democratic , anti-though not un-heroic . |
| 7 | Each of the three levels of training ( First , National and Higher National ) can be taken as a Certificate ( usually two years part-time alongside employment ) or as a Diploma ( normally two years full-time or three years sandwich ) . |
| 8 | This should be taken as a message both to the Western allies and the Soviet Union that West Germany 's first concern is the gradual , well-disciplined reform of East German society , not the country 's destruction and its absorption into West Germany . |
| 9 | The publication of results need not be taken as a threat to a good education system . |
| 10 | Even today , when the tottering of a Goldcrest or TESE is taken as a sign that the film industry is going under , it 's assumed that big companies are the key to surviving in the film business , because that 's the way they do things in LA . |
| 11 | Indeed , West German officials in Brussels find that the prospect of German unity can make it easier to extract concessions from Bonn : the words ‘ but minister , this will be taken as a sign of German nationalism ’ work wonders . |
| 12 | The spirit of our times does not believe in the sacrifice of private happiness for public duty , and this can be taken as a sign of moral decline . |
| 13 | In addition , the use of local filing systems , taken as a sign of lack of confidence in the Registry , led to duplication of items of common interest , and , pragmatically , inefficient utilisation of office accommodation for storing files . |
| 14 | Any touch of white on their black coats might be taken as a sign that they were not , after all , cats consecrated to the Devil . |
| 15 | The high level of criminal litigation which ensued was taken as a sign that this policy had failed . |
| 16 | In a similar fashion a refusal to participate in quality control circles through which management make labour responsible for product quality , is taken as a sign of selfishness . |
| 17 | If the impression created by these furious responses was that garotting ( as in other instances of street violence that we have already encountered in other historical periods ) represented a novel departure in the national character , then elsewhere the garotting panic itself was taken as a sign of temperamental instability . |
| 18 | Inaction would likewise be taken as a sign of weakness by the French people themselves . |
| 19 | Since the formal procedures of the law are used so rarely , the number of legal samples or prosecutions in which an officer may be involved are never taken as a sign of competence . |
| 20 | Cos half the adults do n't do they , or if they do , it 's normally taken as a sign of severe erm , upset , is n't it ? |
| 21 | The arrival of US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Herman J. Cohen and a Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister , Vladimir Kasimirov , on April 23 was taken as a sign that an overall agreement was close . |
| 22 | Professor Foot said : ‘ Laughter and the ability to enjoy a sense of fun is taken as a sign of healthy well-being . |
| 23 | Any deviation from this in practice would be taken as a constraint , the analysis having revealed where such constraints are necessary so they can be taken into account when carrying out the audit . |
| 24 | Joint honours in Agriculture , Forestry and Rural Economy can be taken as a degree in Agriculture or as a degree in Ecological Science . |
| 25 | An afterthought , but one which may be taken as a portent of the future , was that Marks was not deterred by this initial failure . |
| 26 | Which particular set of such properties are attributed to her by the utterance of ( 34 ) are at least in part dependent on the contexts of utterance : said by an admirer it may be a commendation , conveying the properties of toughness and resilience ; said by a detractor it may be taken as a denigration , conveying her lack of flexibility , emotional impassivity or belligerence . |
| 27 | Comparative land values indicated the superiority of free labour ; Steele 's Barbados experiment was taken as a success economically as well as morally ; evidence comparing hired out slave labour in Virginia with the maintenance of free labour in Pennsylvania indicated the relative cheapness of free labour . |
| 28 | It has been taken as a reassurance by the British textile industry . |
| 29 | Or , it could mean ‘ earth ’ as in man , which would agree with the word ‘ clay ’ in line 5 , if ‘ clay ’ is taken as a description of biblical man . |
| 30 | Many of the theories may be taken as a kind of realignment of astronomical perspectives ; a process of taxonomic refinement . |