Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be take to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | John Lyons could be taken to be offering such an analysis when he says that the English language is different from other languages in that it ‘ extends ’ the meaning of particular words beyond the culture-specific because of the international demands made on it ( Lyons , 1982 ) . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | A case might be made for this ( although there is no other evidence for it ) and so substantive interference in Ulpian 's text could be taken to be limited to generalization or to the addition of per omnia . |
5 | The starting point for investigation may be taken to be the eighteenth-century revolutionary movements which gave impetus to beliefs that social progress was possible and that social organization could be reconstructed in accordance with rational principles . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Where committed facilities are in existence at the balance sheet date which permit the refinancing of debt for a period beyond its maturity , the earliest date at which the lender has the right to demand repayment should be taken to be the maturity date of the longest refinancing permitted by a facility in respect of which all the following conditions are met : |
8 | 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 . |
9 | An aim can be taken to be a statement of intent on the part of the teacher , usually expressed in general terms , whilst an objective is a statement describing in specific terms what the student is expected to do at the end of a course of learning experience . |
10 | An extension through this surface may be taken to be the familiar two parts of the exterior Schwarzschild space-time . |
11 | 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 ) . |
12 | Thus the total number of transactions T in the economy can be taken to be fixed if full employment is the norm , or alternatively the assumption that the quantity of money has no permanent effect on the real sector of the economy implies that T is independent of M. Consequently there should be a definite relationship between the quantity of money and the price level if the velocity of circulation can also be shown to be independent of M. |
13 | Compare the following ( Sperber and Wilson 's examples ) : In [ 25 ] the speaker can be taken to be emphasising the length of the walk . |
14 | If the memory of the association of a given flavour with illness can be taken to be more important than the memory that the flavour has also been experienced without harmful consequences , then the latter memory would interfere after a short but not after a long retention interval . |
15 | To avoid the technical difficulties in actually performing the sum over histories , these curved space-times must be taken to be Euclidean . |
16 | Outbound timing is initiated over the fix and at the abeam position — if the abeam position can not be determined — timing from abeam must be taken to be when the outbound turn is completed . |
17 | If the number of children varies , then the branching ratio n can be taken to be the number which makes this sum give the right answer . |
18 | The metric in this region may be taken to be of the form ( 6.20 ) , but with the metric functions U , V , W and M all depending on u only . |