Example sentences of "[modal v] be take [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advantage should be taken of external courses where these can be shown to be relevant and cost effective . |
| 2 | These tests should be taken at regular intervals , according to the general plan of study indicated in the Preface . |
| 3 | Reputable test publishers in conjunction with the Commission for Racial Equality and the Equal Opportunities Commission have issued guidance on the steps which should be taken to unsure that tests do not discriminate unfairly . |
| 4 | Old fridges and cookers should be taken to second-hand shops or civic-amenity sites to be refurbished instead of dumped . |
| 5 | The Guidance states : no decision to initiate proceedings should be taken without clear evidence that provision of services for the child and his family ( which may include an accommodation placement voluntarily arranged under s20 ) has failed or would be likely to fail to meet the child 's needs adequately and that there is no suitable person prepared to apply to take over care of the child under a residence order ( para 3.10 ) . |
| 6 | Does he also agree that the increase this year is extremely valuable and that steps should be taken towards improving houses in rural districts , where improvement grants are particularly valuable and welcome ? |
| 7 | However , these should be taken as approximate estimates . |
| 8 | He also wants recommendations on what action should be taken in future to investigate serious complaints properly ; whether auditors should have a duty placed on them to report to the DTI separately where a company has critical financial problems ; and whether compensation should be paid to Land Travel 's victims . |
| 9 | Even the otherwise haughty Surrey committee was moved to complain about this lack of common courtesy , though naturally they did not go so far as to suggest meals should be taken in common . |
| 10 | The second initiative that should be taken by central government is to shape its purchasing policy so that government contracts are increasingly placed in areas of high unemployment . |
| 11 | The Prime Minister has pinned his hopes on ‘ subsidiarity ’ — the idea that all important decisions should be taken by individual nations . |
| 12 | ‘ It is unacceptable that a decision with life and death implications for many people should be taken behind closed doors without any consultation with staff or service users . ’ |
| 13 | He said measures should be taken within reasonable costs to limit CO emissions ; many countries were planning to limit emissions by 2000 to 1990 levels , while developing countries were beginning to reduce the extent of deforestation . |
| 14 | So , moving on to another requirement of this law , which states that ‘ When a penalty kick is taken the following shall apply : ( a ) The kick must be taken without undue delay ; ( b ) the kick must be taken at or behind the mark on a line through the mark ; ( c ) The kicker may kick the ball in any direction and he may play the ball again , without any restriction except if he has indicated to the referee that he intends to attempt a kick for goal ’ . |
| 15 | The achievement of a highly reliable level of software management is currently the most important step that must be taken towards overall control of software production , configuration and issue . |
| 16 | Definite and energetic steps must be taken in other directions to restore the balance of our national economic life … . |
| 17 | He did not want to , but on the other hand … it might be taken for romantic , it might impress . |
| 18 | And once you 've finished that you 'll be taken by special puke resistant ambulance to double triple quadruple maths with all that custard you could n't eat being forced into you on a drip feed ! |
| 19 | It may be that the general class of adverbials which can appear initially in a sentence could be taken as possible markers of ‘ topic-shift ’ . |
| 20 | It was where informers and witnesses could be taken in private , away from prying eyes . |
| 21 | Photographs may be taken for PRIVATE USE . |
| 22 | Now the probability of any one step being positive or negative is ½ , so that the probability of having , say , r positive steps and n — r negative ones is This is not the probability of arriving at the point m = r = ( n-r ) =2r-n , however , since the successive steps may be taken in different ways . |
| 23 | The contexts for enterprise activity may be taken from small business ideas , community enterprise or some form of co-operative activity . |
| 24 | Notice would be taken of local circumstances . |
| 25 | And goods wagons that needed to be unloaded , er would be brought into , er at least unloaded erm er perhaps for the distribution of items in the town , would be brought onto that turntable erm and normally horse , purely a horse hook would be er put on er and swung round , and the wagon , or the wagons , a couple of wagons perhaps , would be taken at right angles into that er goods shed for unloading . |
| 26 | On Feb. 12 a Soviet Foreign Ministry official confirmed that members of the Warsaw Treaty organization had " concluded that the time has come to take steps to wind up the military structure of the organization " and that the final decision would be taken at ministerial , and not summit , level . |
| 27 | This leads on to the third scenario , that decisions would be taken in economic and other fields at Community level , and that they would be submitted to the scrutiny of the European Parliament . |
| 28 | Meals would be taken in common . |
| 29 | In view of mounting criticism both within Nepal and from abroad about the lack of minimum basic freedom in the country , the government stated that departmental action would be taken against local officers if it could be proved that detention orders were issued with bad intentions . |
| 30 | There were two separate issues for the research : ( i ) which pupils would be included in the testing ; and , ( ii ) if a wide range of tests was to be developed , each of them would be taken by different and fairly small samples from among the target pupils , how could the comparability of the samples be checked ? |