Example sentences of "the [noun] may be taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the UK , there is likely to be no significant effect , although the opportunity may be taken to clarify the law and render enforcement easier . |
| 2 | The odds are on your side : give him or her the chance to back away with pride fairly intact , and the opportunity may be taken to leave you well alone . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if an explanation is given , the creditor may be taken to have assumed a duty of care and to be at risk of liability in damages if the explanation is subsequently held to be inadequate . |
| 4 | Probyn himself fears that the decision may be taken out of his hands . |
| 5 | Where one party wins the battle of the forms , whether due to the inadvertent error or deliberate concession of the other party , the winner 's terms are imposed on the loser , and whilst the loser may be taken to have " accepted " the terms in law , there is no real agreement to them . |
| 6 | the units may be taken in any order ; within the task , activity is dictated by the level of the learner 's language . |
| 7 | The magnitude may be taken as a measure of the inflationary bias which is imparted to the system by non-competitive forces , the most obvious of these forces being the influence of trades unions in the wage bargaining process . |
| 8 | Although the criteria may be unclear , they have been applied impartially to the three extracts , and to this extent , the figures may be taken as a reliable guide . |
| 9 | The evidence may be taken in the manner provided by the law of the requesting State if this is not forbidden in the requested State . |
| 10 | He says the batteries may be taken out and then the alarm would n't work . |
| 11 | Many of the theories may be taken as a kind of realignment of astronomical perspectives ; a process of taxonomic refinement . |
| 12 | First , the subject expertise of the staff may be taken into account and made use of where possible . |
| 13 | Our Flag printed New Year messages in 1914 from Lansdowne , Bonar Law , Selborne , Austen Chamberlain , Long , Carson , Smith , Steel-Maitland , Lord Edmund Talbot , and George Younger , in that order ; the last three were presumably included as Party Chairman , Chief Whip and Scottish Whip , but the rest of the list may be taken as indicative of a rough order of precedence at that time . |
| 14 | ‘ 10(4) In all summary proceedings by the local authority for the recovery of any such expenses , the time within which the proceedings may be taken shall be reckoned from the date of the service of the demand or , if an appeal is made against that demand , from the date on which the demand becomes operative . ’ |
| 15 | Advice about any adaptations required will usually be given by the physiotherapist or occupational therapist and the patient may be taken on a home visit to assess his needs ( e.g. amputees may need several aids ) . |
| 16 | Against that , however , the view may be taken that the word ‘ it ’ refers to a public assembly , and since the gathering will no longer constitute such an assembly if the numbers fall below 20 , it would be ultra vires the powers of the police to attempt to limit the numbers below the requisite numbers . |