Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] be take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did n't she think it was odd that they were taking such a risk ? |
| 2 | It is possible that they were taken to northern France ( Brittany ) by Cornish refugees about 1,500 years ago and that there continued to be trading between the two regions for several hundred years ; there is certainly a theory that the Breton cattle originated largely in Cornwall . |
| 3 | It was probably frightening , but right now she only felt weak and tired , grateful that somebody was taking charge . |
| 4 | We were just very grateful that it was taking place . ’ |
| 5 | As far as they knew , these 570 people were off to a temperance rally at Loughborough ; most of them were probably unaware that they were taking part in an historical journey — Thomas Cook 's first excursion in 1841 . |
| 6 | She knew nothing of her condition ; the Colonel slipped the pills she had been prescribed into her hot drink at night , and she was unaware that she was taking medication . |
| 7 | Generally , Asians in Britain have been regarded both as scroungers and as so industrious that they are taking over jobs and businesses , as both thrifty and flashy . |
| 8 | Indeed , they are often considered to be so routine that they are taken to be ‘ normal ’ . |
| 9 | He had already recognised that she was wearing poor clothing , and it was also obvious that she was taking her work seriously enough to sacrifice her privileged lifestyle and live among those of whom she wrote . |
| 10 | I 've talked with the Director to make sure that it was taken . |
| 11 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 12 | She was almost angry that he was taking it so calmly . |
| 13 | She felt thankful that they were taking no notice of her . |
| 14 | He raised his arm and a man came from the buildings at the side of the field , and it was soon apparent that he was taking the car away . |
| 15 | The habit of mind which opposes family and state , and which gives the family a special position in the organization of a polity , is not solely Libyan : strongly étatique societies have often tried to abolish or limit the institution of the family ; and the attempts by government to regulate family life by intervening to increase or to decrease births , by altering rules of inheritance , by inhibiting or encouraging kinship corporations , are so familiar that they are taken to be natural functions of the state . |
| 16 | I 'm worried that you 're taking on too much . ’ |
| 17 | But the point is not whether or not attention is sustained , but that it is when most attentive that one is taking most information into account . |
| 18 | Anne was surprised that nobody was taking her up on it . |
| 19 | Mr Davison said : ‘ We are aware that they are taking a fairly careful look again at all the information . |
| 20 | They were not aware that they were taking part in a randomised comparison of two different information sheets as this would have invalidated the study , which received ethical approval from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital ethical committee . |
| 21 | She added the last phrase as if suddenly aware that she was taking no undue interest in her children 's fate . |
| 22 | The Foreign Office during the competition period was certainly aware that it was taking place but apparently quite unaware of its implications . ’ |
| 23 | The Sustainability report makes no mention of the other audit , despite the fact that its author , Sustainability director John Elkington , was aware that it was taking place . |