Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [prep] [be] taken " in BNC.

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1 There 's a lot to be done if cases are to be taken to court , but the last thing Thames Water will want during the run up to privatisation is a long , drawn out damages claim where the point at issue is the safety of the water in the tap .
2 Similar steps are to be taken in 1992 to restore water levels in the Battlefield Brook ( Worcestershire ) , Letcombe Brook ( Oxfordshire ) , Misbourne ( Buckinghamshire ) , Slea ( Lincolnshire ) and Wey ( Hampshire ) .
3 But no steps were to be taken to put them into effect until they had been communicated to the king , who , when he had satisfied himself that they had been made without prejudice , would decide what was to be done .
4 It stated that any women then in composing rooms could remain there , but that no new recruits were to be taken on before 30 June 1916 .
5 Thus section 3(2) provides that in determining whether a product is defective all the circumstances are to be taken into account , including :
6 Section 3(2) states that all the circumstances are to be taken into account .
7 For if the principle of indiscernibles is to be taken seriously , then there can be no other way of telling two monads apart except through their qualities .
8 Clearly if Henry 's protests were to be taken seriously he would have to match his words with deeds .
9 No places were to be taken to be within the forest if no Forest courts had been held , verderers elected or regards made in them since 1565 .
10 The change in status means that control of the ancient woodlands is to be taken out of the hands of the Forestry Commission , who were opposed to the move , and a new governing body is to be set up along the lines of the Norfolk Broads Authority .
11 You should fill in : 1 Date of purchase 2 Your own sales number and initials 3 Description of goods 4 Quantity of goods 5 Cost per item ( unit cost ) 6 Total cost 7 Authorization code 8 Whether the goods are to be taken away or delivered You should also check the details on the card : 1 The expiry date 2 The signature ( make sure that it matches the one on the voucher ) 3 The strip on which the customer 's name is written ( make sure it has n't been tampered with ) When you have filled in the information , the customer signs the form .
12 Failure to do so constitutes an invasion of personality which the state is not entitled to commit if its claim to respect individual rights is to be taken seriously .
13 Yet paradoxically Makarenko 's educational theories were to be taken up , approved , and widely publicized in the Stalinist period .
14 Facial gesture and general demeanour could easily signal the force with which the utterance of such nouns was to be taken .
15 This chapter will try to explain the motives behind these trends , and why the federalists are to be taken seriously .
16 Of course one wants to avoid situations where the conflict reaches excessive levels and actually gets in the way of running the business , but if the right decisions are to be taken it is essential that conflicting views are heard and thrashed out .
17 Does the Prime Minister accept that we are pleased that the United Kingdom is signatory to a treaty that commits it to an ever closer union among European peoples , where decisions are to be taken as close to the citizens as possible ?
18 Nowhere , for example , will this be more apparent than in determining how management decisions are to be taken , the circumstances in which a partner is liable to be expelled , and how the shares of partners who leave the firm are to be acquired .
19 Central to Danish concerns about Maastricht were ( i ) greater subsidiarity , whereby decisions were to be taken at the level " closest to the citizen " [ see also p. 39158 ] , and ( ii ) greater transparency or openness in the operation of EC institutions .
20 STERN measures are to be taken to curb traffic problems in one of the most congested towns in Cleveland .
21 They are the only moral voice left in British politics — their presence is essential , fighting local and national elections if green issues are to be taken seriously again .
22 Old Testament kings were to be taken as literal models , the measurements of the Temple in Jerusalem as a blueprint for the palatine chapel .
23 Nevertheless , Charlotte could not see how their enquiries were to be taken forward .
24 In June 1991 , following the trauma in Orkney , the government announced categorically that no more children were to be taken from their homes by social workers in dawn raids .
25 Broadly , the parties can choose what liabilities are to be taken over or treated as taken over , although liabilities to employees and liabilities attaching to specific assets pass automatically .
26 The normal factors are to be taken into account in assessing what the appropriate multiplier should be : the ages of the husband and wife , the ages of any dependent children , the uncertainties of life and the accelerated benefits provided by the lump-sum payment .
27 Regulation 22 declares that LCH will have no liability in respect of a tender , documents or delivery , or any matter arising under a contract , unless : ( 1 ) The member claiming against LCH gives notice of his claim by 5 pm in the afternoon of the seventh business day after that on which documents are to be taken up and paid for by the buyer ; and ( 2 ) That member refers any dispute to arbitration under the market rules and an award is made in his favour .
28 How can anyone possibly budget to make the best use of the chargepayers ' money if unspecified amounts are to be taken from the Parish Council account by the bank ?
29 In the Trust House Forte case the court had to interpret the assumption that premises were available for letting for shopping and retail purposes : the issue was whether the premises were to be taken as available for letting purposes only or whether they could be taken as to be available for letting for any other purpose permitted by the lease .
30 Will followed her willingly and listened while Hari explained that the boots were to be taken to Edward Morris who lived in the big white house in Chapel Street .
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