Example sentences of "[modal v] be taken [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maps : The Schneider map of the Kathmandu Valley is invaluable ; outside the valley , the Nelles map of Nepal should be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 2 | So the argument that Mr Major needs only to wait for the inevitable victory , after the inevitable economic recovery , should be taken with a fistful of salt . |
| 3 | Great care should be taken with the rock in this area until it has all washed clean and settled down again . |
| 4 | Care should be taken with punishers to ensure that they do not become rewarding . |
| 5 | These letters themselves , with their references to women and his dependence upon them , should be taken with the facts of his first impulsive marriage and his second happy one : all the available evidence suggests that when he allowed his sexuality free access , when he was not struggling with his own demons , it was of a heterosexual kind . |
| 6 | Care should be taken with these figures because of the different methods of collection already cited , and there are discontinuities which derive from the absence of non-responses in the job-centre area data for 1981 . |
| 7 | The Court of Appeal was clearly divided as to the approach which should be taken with regard to economic loss . |
| 8 | 15–9 " The meeting proceeded to take into consideration what steps should be taken with the view to electing a minister . " |
| 9 | These seem to me considerations that should be taken with a seriousness at least equal to that for which the case in favour of the study of language has been urged . |
| 10 | Although a well-designed sports shoe should absorb the impact on the 28 bones in each foot , claims about miracle technology , making your feet feel fantastic while helping you to attain Olympic standards , should be taken with a pinch of salt . |
| 11 | C3.93b Marcheini Windfarm Proposal : To receive an oral report and to agree what approach should be taken with regard to the latest proposal . |
| 12 | Care should be taken with frost claims as the damage could result from lack of maintenance or the policyholder 's failure to take reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of their property . |
| 13 | care should be taken with apostrophes and alike ( compare Bloggs ' and Smith 's ) so that the search and replace exercise on decoding is as easy as possible ; and |
| 14 | 6 When the deadline arrives all the tenders should be taken with the list to : |
| 15 | Therefore , the claims made here should be taken with this caveat . |
| 16 | Du Pont , a leading US chemical firm , said that HCFC-123 could still be used but more care should be taken with it . |
| 17 | Care should be taken with the phrase in square brackets in cl 9.1.2 of Precedent 1 . |
| 18 | She added : ‘ Extra care should be taken with reference books such as these as they could mislead future generations about the history of the area . |
| 19 | and therefore what he said was , should be taken with a pinch of salt because , I mean he was selling his idea . |
| 20 | He had already accepted the need for reunion of churches in South India and agreed with Archbishop Michael Ramsey 's view that risks should be taken for the sake of Gospel . |
| 21 | Nothing should be taken for granted . |
| 22 | Parker complained next month in The Gentleman 's Magazine that he had been misunderstood or misrepresented , and that his delight ‘ at the triumph of the Gothic over its rival , the Palladian style ’ should be taken for granted . |
| 23 | If there is a single sister , there is no reason why it should be taken for granted that she should shoulder the caring . |
| 24 | But it is also emphasized that professional competence is not something that can or should be taken for granted , and that the intimate knowledge of the carer-counsellor can often be as useful as the most vaunted professional . |
| 25 | Where the terrain becomes so steep that the leader no longer has a reasonable likelihood of controlling a slide , then belays of some form should be taken for the seconds . |
| 26 | Security measures should be taken for the safe custody of confidential and important files ; therefore , cabinets should have locks , with the keys kept by a responsible official . |
| 27 | This is not to say that validity should be taken for granted : McBean and Lennon ( 1985 ) have shown that though for large groups , response rates of 50 per cent are adequate ; with groups of less than 30 , an 80 per cent response rate is required to give course ratings which are within 12 per cent of the mean for the population as a whole . |
| 28 | Care should be taken for claims relating solely to loss of cash . |
| 29 | Note should be taken of the political electoral system under which peasants had to vote , both in the Duma and the early Soviet period . |
| 30 | So far as ranking the relative seriousness of sexual assaults is concerned , however , full account should be taken of the psychological effects of such offences . |