Example sentences of "[pron] be taken to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having said this , let me try to make clear what I do not mean to be claiming in this section , lest I be taken to be arguing for more than I intend to be . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Everything has to be taken on trust ; truth is only that which is taken to be true . |
| 4 | To locate T g , the linear portions are extrapolated and intersect at the point which is taken to be the characteristic transition temperature of the material . |
| 5 | Clary , still remained the tramp , he loved to be , six days of the week , one along with many who are taken to be inhuman . |
| 6 | However , eqn ( 2.1 ) itself is taken to be an exact result in GR We rewrite eqn ( 2.1 ) for later use as where dτ is the proper time and dt is the coordinate time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Indeed , they are often considered to be so routine that they are taken to be ‘ normal ’ . |
| 10 | No , taken them , they 're taken to be professionals though are n't they ? |
| 11 | The room they were taken to was bare , panelled and had a stone floor , but had been hastily equipped with stools and benches and tables for the Patriarch 's visit . |
| 12 | It is taken to be the ultimate proof of conjugal loyalty . |
| 13 | If the word exists in the dictionary it is taken to be the answer . |
| 14 | The underlying rule-structure which determines the form that this takes is dependent on how the offence has been perceived , that is , whether it is taken to be demeaning or non-demeaning . |
| 15 | Shapes should agree with choices ( i.e. it should be " choices that shape … " ) but the intervening " that " seems to have interfered , as though it is taken to be a singular subject . |
| 16 | Because it appeared more resolute in its unionism , it was taken to be more trustworthy by those who were prepared to break the law for their unionism . |
| 17 | When , later on , his only son died it was taken to be a sign that he had killed the supposed lover unjustly . |
| 18 | On the contrary he was taken to be something of a maverick and flutterer of dovecotes . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Three fans were placed in this category on the basis of lengthy observation and in accord with what were taken to be the appropriate criteria for judging such people . |
| 22 | But there is then sometimes an interesting area of overlap , where the style is employed for what is taken to be other material : the ‘ drama-documentary ’ , the ‘ dramatic reconstruction ’ . |
| 23 | With lamentable predictability , however , there was a wailing from certain quarters against ‘ our ‘ namby-pamby ’ ’ methods ' and ‘ our drawing-room courts ’ , and what was taken to be the excessive leniency of the 1933 Act was accused of unleashing a tidal wave of crime among the young . |
| 24 | But , uniquely , the new English offered through education unmediated access to what was taken to be the central activity of all human judgement . |