Example sentences of "be taken [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But the promise in the present case must be taken to be , as in fact it was , express : and the question is , whether that fact will warrant the extension of the promise beyond that which would be implied by law ; and whether the consideration , though insufficient to raise an implied promise , will nevertheless support an express one . |
| 32 | The value when repaired for these purposes should always be taken to be the insured value . |
| 33 | Let us call to mind the ‘ representative firm ’ , whose economies of production , internal and external , are dependent on the aggregate volume of production of the commodity that it makes ; and , postponing all further study of the nature of this dependence , let us assume that the normal supply price of any amount of that commodity may be taken to be its normal expenses of production ( including gross earnings of managements ) by that firm . |
| 34 | ‘ At one extreme , one might say : ‘ Here is a person who escaped from custody in Belfast ; therefore , whatever flows from that can be taken to be entirely his own fault . ’ |
| 35 | This is because the apparent uptake at one hour can not be taken to be the true uptake in view of the high level at time 0 , which must represent adherence to the cell wall ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | The example in ( 22 ) simply extends the scope of Quality by viewing truth as a special sub-case of sincerity applied to assertions ; when one asks a question , one may standardly be taken to be asking sincerely and hence to be indeed lacking and requiring the requested information . |
| 38 | A person who has been admitted as a solicitor and whose name is on the roll shall , if he would not otherwise be taken to be acting as a solicitor , be taken for the purposes of this Act to be so acting [ and therefore being required to hold a practising certificate ] if he is employed in connection with the provision of any legal services ( a ) by any person who is qualified to act as a solicitor ; ( b ) by any partnership at least one member of which is so qualified ; or ( c ) by a body recognised by the Council of the Law Society under section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 ( incorporated practices ) . |
| 39 | A middle course may be achieved by the phrase : " for the purpose of delineation only " , which has been held to mean that the plan must not be taken to be drawn to scale but the lines are correct diagrammatically ( Re Freeman and Taylor 's Contract ( 1907 ) 97 LT 39 ) . |
| 40 | Accordingly , where the parcels are described simply by references to the Ordnance map ( either by specifying the numbers of the enclosures or by a plan that prevails over a verbal description ) the parcels will be taken to be those shown on the Ordnance map ( Fisher v Winch ) . |
| 41 | Section 17(10) defines children in need as follows : a child shall be taken to be in need if : ( a ) he is unlikely to achieve or maintain , or to have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining , a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision for him of services by a local authority under [ Part III of the Act ] ; ( b ) his health or development is likely to be significantly impaired , without the provision for him of such services ; or ( c ) he is disabled . |
| 42 | The granting of a lease for full consideration in money or money 's worth shall not be taken to be associated with any operation effected more than three years after the grant , and no operation effected on or after 27 March 1974 shall be taken to be associated with an operation effected before that date . |
| 43 | The granting of a lease for full consideration in money or money 's worth shall not be taken to be associated with any operation effected more than three years after the grant , and no operation effected on or after 27 March 1974 shall be taken to be associated with an operation effected before that date . |
| 44 | They can only be taken to be creating expectations of faithfulness . |
| 45 | Compare the following ( Sperber and Wilson 's examples ) : In [ 25 ] the speaker can be taken to be emphasising the length of the walk . |
| 46 | I do n't think that they can be taken to be in any particular order . |
| 47 | Much of this material — this archaic London , the Hawksmoor churches , their magical meaning , and the tramps who haunt them — comes from the striking poem Lud Heat by Iain Sinclair , where the churches are taken to be geometrically interrelated in the form of a pentacle , the sorcerer 's five-pointed star . |
| 48 | At its most ludicrous , this makes the ‘ Envoi ’ to Hugh Selwyn Mauberley suspect , or worse than suspect , simply because it alludes to Edmund Waller , whereas the okay authors from Waller 's period , among pedestrian readers of Eliot 's essays , are taken to be Donne and Marvell . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | Her Majesty 's Inspectors in their report on the teaching of English published in 1987 were particularly concerned by the low standard of teaching for A level English : ‘ Teachers spend too much time scrutinizing past papers and then drilling students in what are taken to be the ‘ correct ’ answers . |
| 51 | On the seismic data the Westphalian A and B units have the highest proportion of discontinuous ‘ strong-amplitude ’ events which are taken to be coal developments . |
| 52 | The two electromagnetic field components in the initial regions I , II and III are taken to be . |
| 53 | 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 : |
| 54 | The four outcomes that can result are taken to be as labelled in the Box ( over page ) . |
| 55 | When the time comes for farrowing , the sow is moved into another narrow crate where she will suckle her piglets for three weeks before they are taken to be fattened for bacon and pork . |
| 56 | In general , if w k is the weight ascribed to the kth objective and the constraints are taken to be inequalities , we are faced with solving the problem |
| 57 | Swords , spears and shields are taken to be weapons of warfare , defensive and offensive , and there is nothing to suggest that they were used in any way other than conventional modes ( Alcock 1978 ; Davidson 1962 ; Swanton 1973 ) . |
| 58 | Vertical loyalties within groups are taken to be the common base for the preservation of conformity as each individual knows their place and takes on a role consistent with that place . |
| 59 | A crucial Keynesian assumption is that if holders of speculative money balances decide to hold their wealth in some other form , they are likely to purchase financial assets since these are taken to be closer substitutes for money than other types of assets . |
| 60 | It is a commentary upon the action on that occasion , dealing with the problem of how it should be interpreted , speculating on the motives , intentions and characters of those involved , and generally offering some kind of criticism and justification of whatever are taken to be the goings-on . |