Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be taken to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ability is independent of idiosyncratic beliefs , feelings and usages ( although it may refer to those shared by participants ) , and is based for the most part on quite regular and relatively abstract principles Pragmatics can be taken to be the description of this ability , as it operates both for particular languages and language in general . |
| 2 | An aim can be taken to be a statement of intent on the part of the teacher , usually expressed in general terms , whilst an objective is a statement describing in specific terms what the student is expected to do at the end of a course of learning experience . |
| 3 | Thus the total number of transactions T in the economy can be taken to be fixed if full employment is the norm , or alternatively the assumption that the quantity of money has no permanent effect on the real sector of the economy implies that T is independent of M. Consequently there should be a definite relationship between the quantity of money and the price level if the velocity of circulation can also be shown to be independent of M. |
| 4 | The embrace can be taken to extremes . |
| 5 | Outside normal working hours the dog can be taken to Darlington Police Station . |
| 6 | Compare the following ( Sperber and Wilson 's examples ) : In [ 25 ] the speaker can be taken to be emphasising the length of the walk . |
| 7 | An RUC spokesman explained that now , following an arrest , a man can be taken to the criminal court , and unless there are further offences of which the police are aware , the women need not attend the court . |
| 8 | If the memory of the association of a given flavour with illness can be taken to be more important than the memory that the flavour has also been experienced without harmful consequences , then the latter memory would interfere after a short but not after a long retention interval . |
| 9 | An emergency trailer from the nearest available location can be taken to the incident to assist the emergency services . |
| 10 | A portable computer can be taken to any room to interrogate the lock and produce a list of the last 100 events at that particular lock-set . |
| 11 | The knitting can be taken to the church . |
| 12 | It suggests that the courts are entitled to be satisfied that certain minimal procedural requirements have been fulfilled but that , thereafter , and provided that they are fulfilled , no objection can be taken to the validity of the Act on grounds of its substantial content . |
| 13 | In my view , when the truth of representations is being considered , no objection can be taken to the request relating to the first audit , nor to the second audit since the latter may well reveal material relevant to the conduct of the company 's business before acquisition and after acquisition in a way which reflects on the earlier conduct of the business . |