Example sentences of "[noun sg] be taken [prep] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quintessential form of the latter type is taken to be the blues . |
| 2 | The second period mean of the vacancy-wage distribution is taken to be the same as the first period mean adjusted for wage growth and inflation in the economy as a whole . |
| 3 | The highest interpretation at some point was taken to be the correct answer . |
| 4 | Knowledge was taken to be the product of an extended logical essay — the output of the repeated application in a single coherent text of the technique of examining an assertion to determine all of its implications . ’ |
| 5 | The thought that the world might have been different in a certain respect is taken to be the thought that there is a possible world which does differ from the actual world in that respect ( and probably others too ) . |
| 6 | In most of the authoritative cases the direction is taken to be the steering and the movement is taken to be the acceleration and braking . |
| 7 | For this exercise , the procedure being examined is that carried out within a section , and the procedure owner is taken to be the person who could authorise changes at this level ( eg by the introduction of pro-formats for day-to-day recording of mileage etc ) , in this case the head of each section . |
| 8 | For example , even if the essence of democracy is taken to be the process of choosing between elites competing to govern , the very business of choosing can hardly be confined to the visit to the polling booth . |
| 9 | The total perimeter was then taken to be the sum of the outer shape with the inner shape perimeter , whilst the total area was taken to be the difference between the outer and inner areas . |
| 10 | The onset of Stage 2 sleep is taken to be the first sleep spindle or K complex . |
| 11 | The portent in the sky was taken to be the outcome of a timely intercession by Joan of Arc , at that time a quite recent martyr . |
| 12 | Then , if the 3-axis is taken to be the axis of the bar where L is the applied load and A is the cross-sectional area . |
| 13 | The length of coverage is taken to be the number of days that a case is mentioned during the search stage . |
| 14 | In most of the authoritative cases the direction is taken to be the steering and the movement is taken to be the acceleration and braking . |
| 15 | In the case of narrative syntax this basic unit is taken to be the clause which is in turn composed of a subject and a predicate . |
| 16 | Rather , because the public interest is taken to be the root of corporate legitimacy , compliance with whatever ‘ social responsibility ’ demands is seen as a pre-requisite , a defining condition , for the possession of power . |
| 17 | This was initially obtained using the inverse scattering technique in which the initial ‘ seed ’ solution is taken to be the Kasner or Stoyanov solution given by ( 10.20 ) or ( 10.29 ) . |