Example sentences of "[adj] to [be] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | How far is this to be taken simply as metaphorical language ? |
| 2 | It would be desirable now to substantiate Mr. Fraser 's statements by the experience of local witnesses , and the following extract form this report is published with the hope of enabling this to be taken into consideration before the bill goes to the House of Lords . |
| 3 | We believe it is morally wrong to be taking away residential accommodation , when there are so many people homeless in our society , and we should do something about it . |
| 4 | For all the first-glance goriness that has led to several bans , Jim Rose 's surreal sideshow is too fantastical and funny to be taken seriously , says Craig McLean |
| 5 | It is also too freaking funny to be taken seriously . |
| 6 | ‘ Have you any equipment that is sufficiently light to be taken in a cab ? ’ |
| 7 | For the courts to have regard to Parliamentary material might necessitate changes in Parliamentary procedures to ensure that ministerial statements are sufficiently detailed to be taken into account . |
| 8 | He had to admit that it was not unpleasant to be taken in hand by someone so positive and avuncular . |
| 9 | Sydney Greenstreet was too old to be taking much of an interest , and had in any case become obsessed with some obscure quest of his own , neglecting his ‘ business ’ . |
| 10 | It had been easy to agree to Sniffy 's request from the safety of the office but it felt different to be taking the orders of a stranger from Sniffy 's brutal underworld . |
| 11 | Their descriptions seem sufficiently close to one another to be taken as descriptions of the same divine being . |
| 12 | The shrouds are shapeless , almost winding-sheets , and the creases too deliberately crisp to be taken for flannel . |
| 13 | Its activity depended on its being sufficiently similar to be taken up by the chemical processes of the virus but sufficiently different to be useless to the virus and to jam its works . |
| 14 | First , the work is dramaturgically polite ; it consults its audience too much to be taken seriously as drop-out theatre . |
| 15 | The distribution of land , all land under of production confiscate with the exception of those to be nationalized to be taken over by the Peasant Association , the unified |
| 16 | LL COOL J releases a new single on Def Jam records next week called ‘ Around The Way Girl ’ , the second to be taken from his recent album . |
| 17 | LL COOL J releases a new single on Def Jam records next week called ‘ Around The Way Girl ’ , the second to be taken from his recent album . |
| 18 | Delighted to be taken for another ride in another car , the little boy chuckled . |
| 19 | I have decided to exercise my discretion under standing order five so that agenda item nine B , notice of motion by Mr on fox-hunting to be taken now . |
| 20 | It 's hard to be taken seriously in lederhosen … |
| 21 | Like small men , small cars find it hard to be taken seriously . |
| 22 | But whether one walks through these parts of Docklands or through surrounding areas where the ‘ ripple effect ’ is supposed to be taking place , there remain run-down estates crying out for funding , for modernisation and for improvement . |
| 23 | You 're supposed to be taking things easy , and I come home after a day 's work and a beastly journey hoping for some restoration and some intelligent company . |
| 24 | The race was supposed to be taking place in blazing sunshine , but the sun refused to come out and there was even some rain . |
| 25 | Cos she asked last night , I was supposed to be taking Jenny and then when Fay came she asked me if I 'd take Fay as well today so it looks as though Charlotte 's mum did everybody took everybody home . |
| 26 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |
| 27 | They , like the GCSE and A level , are supposed to be taken at a particular age , at 7 , 11 , and 14 . |
| 28 | as , I do n't know in what sense it was supposed to be taken but it 's just sort of outlining some objectives . |
| 29 | Cantril , in 1966 , said that he did not believe — we are now somehow too sophisticated to be taken in by anything so fanciful . |
| 30 | To construct such a picture of the attractor , the values of the two variables.x(t) and y(t) are required , when t is sufficiently large to be taken as if |