Example sentences of "take it as " in BNC.
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| 1 | They knew the realist option but did not take it as a way out of a social impasse , because , I would argue , the phenomenalist tendency of thought is too strong . |
| 2 | MANY will take it as a further surrender to Common Market bureaucracy that an inspectorate will soon be established to regulate the smell of farm manure . |
| 3 | So far as its origin is concerned , we shall take it as a factor in organic evolution , and shall content ourselves with pointing out certain more primitive features of which it is the natural development . |
| 4 | Then she glanced down at Lee as if she thought Lee might take it as a remark against her . |
| 5 | And having noticed that there is nothing whatever in this ‘ I think , therefore I am ’ which assures me that I say the truth , other than that I see very clearly [ je vois très clairement ] that to think it is necessary to be , I judged that I could take it as a general rule that the things which we conceive very clearly and very distinctly [ que nous concevons fort clairement et fort distinctement ] are all true … |
| 6 | ‘ Luis , ’ I said , ‘ even in England , if a man called me that , I 'd take it as great rudeness . |
| 7 | Indeed , we would take it as a compliment if our presentation of an argument were described as ‘ well researched ’ . |
| 8 | He would take it as a personal affront . |
| 9 | And if you do n't feel that you can fit in a pupil comment , you have to be very careful here because some people will take it as a cop-out and not do it and a that worries me and it has happened and I think it is important that the youngsters are actually given some guidance and the opportunity to do it . |
| 10 | But if we had no independent reason for accepting this conclusion , such as the argument from error provides , we would take it as a point against his theory that it shows we do n't know the most central and obvious things such as that we are not brains in vats , that there is a material world or that the world began more than five minutes ago . |
| 11 | If I say , ‘ No ’ , they will take it as a signal for war . |
| 12 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 13 | Auguste would take it as a reflection on his honour if they were not , despite the unseasonable time of year . |
| 14 | ‘ You can take it as a pledge of my good faith . ’ |
| 15 | The right hon. Member for Worcester has said in characteristically self-deprecating phrases that he does not have a great desire to be remembered but I am sure that , given his record , he will take it as an accolade to be thought of , in H. L. Mencken 's happy phrase , as a politician who could sit on the fence and have both ears to the ground at the same time . |
| 16 | He has always been a source of inspiration to me and I hope that he will take it as a compliment when I say that , from the days when I was a student , he has been an inspiration to me . |
| 17 | ‘ You can take it as a down-payment . ’ |
| 18 | He certainly did n't take it as any evidence of preferment . |
| 19 | ‘ My master will take it as a sign , a beacon to lead him the way you wish . ’ |
| 20 | So I can take it as as gospel this morning that some of these franchises will be fifteen years , how many might be fifteen years , might they all be fifteen years ? |
| 21 | Prosodists should take it as a manifesto for investigating the links between those intuitions and the linguistic surface of texts , particularly at the phonetic level : rhythmic analysis still needs its empiricists , and Cureton has given them plenty of work to do . |
| 22 | Bu bu bu but would you take it just as a suggestion or would you take it as a |
| 23 | No they 'd probably take it as an a as a er er n okay to just go and just |
| 24 | Please do not take it as an example that you may all leap to your feed to make your bids . |
| 25 | I 'll take it as such ! ’ |
| 26 | And she hoped Nigel would n't take it as a slur on his driving . |
| 27 | She may take it as a slight on her ability as a mother . |
| 28 | ‘ Even so , if the rabbit died , I think you could take it as fate 's plan for you . |
| 29 | ‘ I can show you an excellent view of the town , ’ he pressed , his smile dipping for all the world as if he would take it as a personal tragedy if she refused . |