Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] take for grant " in BNC.
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| 1 | We also learn that family structure and sentiments which we take for granted are by no means universal , that forms of government that seem inevitable and natural are not necessarily so ; we confront the unpalatable finding that a strong sense of brotherhood and identity within a community usually implies equally strong hostilities towards outsiders . |
| 2 | For if they are so obsessed with witchcraft and sorcery , how can they possibly also comprehend those empirical chains of cause and effect which we take for granted and employ as the touchstone of rationality ? |
| 3 | Electricity is an indispensable source of energy which we take for granted in our everyday lives . |
| 4 | There are many more services available from our telephone system — many of which we take for granted . |
| 5 | Things which we take for granted as routine in the U.K. one can not in Spain . |
| 6 | Between them the stories explain some of the astonishing scientific mysteries which we take for granted . |
| 7 | All storms contain a force which we take for granted . |
| 8 | The terminology may seem strange , as all terminology does , but it is worthwhile remembering that driving a car or operating a stereo system also involves the use of terminology , which we take for granted . |
| 9 | Working within a paradigm , the fundamentals of which they take for granted , they are able to perform the exacting experimental and theoretical work necessary to improve the match between the paradigm and nature to an ever-greater degree . |
| 10 | He says he has to go bat-fowling for what I take for granted — whatever bat-fowling may be . ’ |