Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] taken for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had already accepted the need for reunion of churches in South India and agreed with Archbishop Michael Ramsey 's view that risks should be taken for the sake of Gospel . |
| 2 | Nothing should be taken for granted . |
| 3 | Parker complained next month in The Gentleman 's Magazine that he had been misunderstood or misrepresented , and that his delight ‘ at the triumph of the Gothic over its rival , the Palladian style ’ should be taken for granted . |
| 4 | If there is a single sister , there is no reason why it should be taken for granted that she should shoulder the caring . |
| 5 | But it is also emphasized that professional competence is not something that can or should be taken for granted , and that the intimate knowledge of the carer-counsellor can often be as useful as the most vaunted professional . |
| 6 | Where the terrain becomes so steep that the leader no longer has a reasonable likelihood of controlling a slide , then belays of some form should be taken for the seconds . |
| 7 | Security measures should be taken for the safe custody of confidential and important files ; therefore , cabinets should have locks , with the keys kept by a responsible official . |
| 8 | This is not to say that validity should be taken for granted : McBean and Lennon ( 1985 ) have shown that though for large groups , response rates of 50 per cent are adequate ; with groups of less than 30 , an 80 per cent response rate is required to give course ratings which are within 12 per cent of the mean for the population as a whole . |
| 9 | Care should be taken for claims relating solely to loss of cash . |
| 10 | It is not feasible to observe all the pupils in a class of 30 , so a sample must be taken for observation . |
| 11 | The dualist 's diagram ( Fig 1.2 ) therefore splits into two : Fig1.3 ( A ) VARIANT ( B ) VARIANT CONCEPTUALIZATIONS EXPRESSIONS The fiction remains the invariant element : the element which , from the point of view of stylistic variation , must be taken for granted . |
| 12 | Reasonable care must be taken for the employee 's safety ( Latimer v AEC [ 1953 ] AC 643 . |
| 13 | If he was n't careful , it might be taken for a bid , Mungo thought . |
| 14 | Two pence per half-year might be taken for each cart , and one halfpenny for each pack-horse . |
| 15 | He did not want to , but on the other hand … it might be taken for romantic , it might impress . |
| 16 | If he ever goes in with Tyson , he could be taken for a foolish dog . |
| 17 | If he ever goes in with Tyson , he could be taken for a foolish dog . |
| 18 | He has a blessing to give his eldest and favourite son , but it is a poor thing compared with Jacob 's , so poor it is hardly recognizable as a blessing and could be taken for a curse : |
| 19 | Either way , we are so alike , we could be taken for sisters — everyone says so . ’ |
| 20 | It became particularly apparent that ‘ crimes ’ were not absolutes that could be taken for granted as being ‘ obviously wrong ’ in the way that positivist criminology seemed to do . |
| 21 | This may be due partly to the need consciously to establish common cultural references in a pluralistic society , whereas the historically narrow class base of British higher education meant that a lot of the cultural references could be taken for granted ; the Robbins ( 1963 , p. 7 ) reference to the ‘ transmission of a common culture and common standards of citizenship ’ was perhaps a sign that this cultural assumption was finally breaking down under the pressure of expansion and democratization . |
| 22 | Mrs Kettering wanted three girls and a fortyish couple so that they could sit by candlelight on their terrace , so that she could be taken for Sandra and Hugh for … but what was Mr Kettering 's Christian name ? |
| 23 | ‘ ( 1 ) If on the application of the Secretary of State the court is satisfied — ( a ) that there is a reasonable likelihood that any person will contravene any provision of — ( i ) rules or regulations made under this Chapter ; ( ii ) sections 47 , 56 , 57 , or 59 above ; … ( c ) that any person has contravened any such provision or condition and that there are steps that could be taken for remedying the contravention , the court may grant an injunction restraining the contravention … or , as the case may be , make an order requiring that person and any other person … knowingly concerned in the contravention to take such steps as the court may direct to remedy it . |
| 24 | The second precondition is that ‘ there are steps that could be taken for remedying the contravention . ’ |
| 25 | The navy in the nineteenth century may have been an Insurance policy for free trade , but Pax Britannica was not something which could be taken for granted , even by Victorian Britons . |
| 26 | She was looking , not at a twenty-one-year-old girl , a young and beautiful twenty-one-year-old girl , but a twenty-one-year-old girl that could be taken for thirty , and who was drinking a mixture of brandy and port to ease the strain of her life . |
| 27 | Photographs may be taken for PRIVATE USE . |
| 28 | But it may be taken for granted that nowadays the ‘ moral majority ’ is not a real ( electoral ) majority , just as a ‘ moral victory ’ ( the traditional euphemism for defeat ) is not a real victory . |
| 29 | German may be taken for one year , as part of an MA(General) curriculum or as an outside subject for a degree in another honours group ( perhaps English , or History , or Philosophy ) , or as a progressive course lasting for two , three or four years within the MA(Honours) or the MA(General) . |
| 30 | Companies Act 1985 , section 722(2) : Where information is held in a form other than in a ‘ bound book ’ , then ‘ adequate precautions shall be taken for guarding against falsification and facilitating its discovery ’ . |