Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] be take [prep] grant " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only if it is taken for granted that the preference behaviour is that of a conscious subject , does it , of itself , provide a reason for promoting the preferred end , — it would not matter in the least if there was no conscious individual there to mind about anything . |
| 2 | It has its disadvantages in one 's daily life , and I remember now that I described this in At Mrs L 's — how Julia was like that and her family found it tiring and annoying , because she came to everything freshly and without preconceived opinions , and wasted time and came to odd conclusions because nothing was taken for granted . |
| 3 | I can argue that Greenfield does not make this explicit because she is taking for granted conventions that she herself has learnt in the western education system and which she expects her readers to share . |
| 4 | Citation and co-citation approaches often introduce bias into measures , and central influences are often not cited , because they are taken for granted ; they become an assumed part of the research paradigm , just as the all-pervading cosmic background black-body radiation is a palimpsest of the universe 's original Big Bang . |
| 5 | This is not because they are taken for granted — quite the reverse , for each one of them is valued more with each year that passes . |
| 6 | This kind of information is difficult to acquire after things have gone out of general use and was often not recorded in the past because it was taken for granted . |
| 7 | The speed and extent of this physical change , since it is taken for granted once accomplished , have considerable implications . |
| 8 | I do n't count all the deer I 've bumped into since it 's taken for granted you 'll see a few of the elegant beasts galloping away over the heather no matter which hill you 're on . |
| 9 | ‘ I had n't expected the papers to pick up on Thomas 's birth , ’ she went on , ‘ but when they did and when it was taken for granted that he was Simon 's I let that be , too . ’ |
| 10 | The story reveals how , just as it was taken for granted that God 's authority should prevail throughout all life , so the use of Roman coins symbolised how much the Roman emperor 's authority prevailed throughout the Roman empire . |