Example sentences of "are take [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Since this last point can also be made about some of the ‘ billiard-ball ’ , ‘ cobweb ’ , and ‘ layer-cake ’ approaches now current , for instance where the demands of ‘ capitalist accumulation ’ are taken to be impersonal and determining , it is fair to describe the mainstream story as one from outside .
2 As a general guideline the following levels of attainment in BTEC National Diploma and Republic of Ireland Leaving Certificate at Higher level are taken to be equivalent to the ranges of ‘ A ’ level grades shown :
3 Frequently , classes I , II and III(N) are taken to be middle class , and III(M) , IV and V to be working class .
4 Clary , still remained the tramp , he loved to be , six days of the week , one along with many who are taken to be inhuman .
5 ( Investments here , as throughout this book , are taken to be significant investments and not just minor replacements of facilities . )
6 The habit of mind which opposes family and state , and which gives the family a special position in the organization of a polity , is not solely Libyan : strongly étatique societies have often tried to abolish or limit the institution of the family ; and the attempts by government to regulate family life by intervening to increase or to decrease births , by altering rules of inheritance , by inhibiting or encouraging kinship corporations , are so familiar that they are taken to be natural functions of the state .
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