Example sentences of "be take of " in BNC.

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1 For the present , in the daytime , he was abruptly fed up with the lot : himself , his insufficiency , the toll that his financial state seemed to be taking of his wife , and the colossally polite head of his stepson , hanging over him now as if it had a miniature keg of brandy around its neck .
2 For those who only need relatively local stations , advantage can be taken of the fact that nearly all FM stations now radiate , either slant-polarised or circularly polarised signals , so that a vertical dipole , completely non-directional in the horizontal plane , gives as much signal as a horizontal one .
3 Note should be taken of the political electoral system under which peasants had to vote , both in the Duma and the early Soviet period .
4 Yet the Imperial side of the argument — whatever view may be taken of the fiscal , economic and domestic — would not stand up to examination .
5 So far as ranking the relative seriousness of sexual assaults is concerned , however , full account should be taken of the psychological effects of such offences .
6 The same advantage can be taken of star clusters like the Pleiades and the Hyades : their component stars were born from the same gas clouds and must therefore be at the same distance from us .
7 To our utter dismay and astonishment , he told us that our certificates meant nothing at all to him or BSAC and that ‘ even if Jacques Cousteau were to come along with a PADI qualification , no notice would be taken of it . ’
8 Within a subject the system allows little note to be taken of the level or function of material .
9 Applications from members of the RSC will be considered on merit , but account will be taken of any other source of financial aid available to applicants .
10 In some interview-skills courses , videos may be taken of the trainees themselves as they roleplay , and then these are discussed .
11 ( Logs can not be taken of negative numbers . )
12 Advantage should be taken of external courses where these can be shown to be relevant and cost effective .
13 Some regard must be taken of the need for a kind of clarity and boldness , a clear differentiation between an object and its background , for example , which need not concern the artist working for adult readers .
14 Moreover , account has to be taken of the needs of other generations — of children and grandparents — which impinge upon their own .
15 In one corner is the Brass Rubbing Centre , where rubbings can be taken of the Washington brasses and arms amongst others .
16 When considering agreements between multinationals with worldwide interests , account can be taken of their relationships outside the EC so that an economically as well as legally correct assessment can be made .
17 After deciding to buy , I have the horse vetted by a very good vet , and ask for x-rays to be taken of the front feet and joints .
18 Optical fibre can be used to inject light into places which would otherwise be impossible — into a person 's body for example to enable photographs to be taken of the internal organs .
19 Full advantage had to be taken of the long daylight hours of midsummer and much of the ground could only be reached on foot .
20 Photographs will be taken of the guitar during its production and these will be mounted , framed and presented along with the instrument itself , as a bonus prize — a memento of a truly unique guitar .
21 No notice should be taken of the frequently reiterated statement that Wordsworth lacked humour : of course he had a sense of humour — ‘ sly humour ’ , Hazlitt called it in 1825 , and added , ‘ he has a peculiar sweetness in his smile ’ .
22 On enquiry the Inspector contends that as the transactions were not recorded in the accounting records in March 1991 , no cognisance can be taken of the dividend , and he is therefore seeking to raise a s 419 assessment .
23 In evaluating the commercial possibilities of options , it should be assumed that the parties will act in accordance with their economic interests , but account should not be taken of courses of action which the parties would take only in the event of a severe deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer .
24 Where there have been mutual credits , debts or other mutual dealings between a company before it goes into liquidation and any other creditors , Rule 4.90 provides that account should be taken of what is due from each party , and the sums due from one shall be set off against the sums due from the other .
25 Due process is a vital safeguard for the durability of the ASB 's work and full advantage must be taken of it .
26 It follows that in order to understand the efficacy of political parties or the ways in which political forms relate to everyday experience , account must be taken of the appropriate political discourses .
27 The apathy of the people towards unemployment was one of the things that caused so little notice to be taken of it .
28 Instead , some account ( as yet unclear ) will be taken of years out of the labour market .
29 A mean can then be taken of grades and stars .
30 The current recogniser should be improved so that better advantage can be taken of these factors .
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