Example sentences of "[noun] be taken to [be] " in BNC.

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1 Frequently , classes I , II and III(N) are taken to be middle class , and III(M) , IV and V to be working class .
2 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 :
3 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 .
4 For practical purposes T m is taken to be the melting temperature of the undiluted polymer irrespective of the crystalline content .
5 Where differences in the patches were observed , the chi-square significance test was applied : a statistically significant result was taken to be at the 95 per cent level of confidence ( p=0.05 ) .
6 Preferential relationships are indicated by statements of the form : A is not authorized , see B instead where A and B are taken to be two index terms , with A a non-descriptor and B a descriptor .
7 The remainder of the plates were taken to be placed on the table , and she began rolling the cutlery into paper napkins , her fingers shaking as she did so .
8 Work is taken to be paid employment if the claimant is a man or single woman , but if she is a married or cohabiting woman then eligibility is based on her capacity to perform ‘ normal household duties ’ .
9 Fuel consumption is taken to be 336 litres/h .
10 The quintessential form of the latter type is taken to be the blues .
11 Notice that the investment in this portfolio is taken to be S t , which implies zero additional investment in the future .
12 Plainly , any questions about sex or gender are necessarily non-philosophical , if philosophy is taken to be conceptual analysis in this narrow sense .
13 Organisations ' insured costs were taken to be the cost of insurance premiums covering the period of study .
14 In this book the essential difference is taken to be that an objective must be quantitative in terms of results and time , while a goal may be less rigorously specified .
15 Your booking is taken to be confirmed and accepted in respect of all persons travelling when we despatch our Confirmation and Account to the person signing the booking form or to the Travel Agent through whom the booking was made .
16 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 .
17 On the basis of their findings , Braveman and Jarvis ( 1978 ) put forward the suggestion that latent inhibition derives from a loss of effectiveness by the specific cues that characterize the CS ( and thus requires pre-exposure to that very stimulus ) , whereas neophobia is taken to be a reaction to the aversive properties of novelty per se and can be attenuated by prior exposure to any other novel event ( see also Braveman 1978 ) .
18 The relative confidence is taken to be ( R-R' ) / R
19 The product is taken to be intermediation of eurobonds on behalf of borrowers .
20 The geodesic surface is spanned by geodesics tangential to the 1 and 2-axes at a given point , and for simplicity the frame at this point is taken to be one which is in free fall .
21 The highest interpretation at some point was taken to be the correct answer .
22 The youngest and most significant heating event is taken to be due to the crustal stretching in the mid Jurassic .
23 In the former , to a first approximation , the initial amount of radiocarbon in an organic sample is taken to be that in the atmosphere now , but many adjustments are made to this assumption as will be seen below .
24 Moreover , unless the United Kingdom is taken to be consciously disregarding the very international obligations on the basis of which it claims that the requirements at issue are compatible with Community law , the fact that those requirements are applicable only to fishing vessels tends to show that , in the United Kingdom 's eyes also , they are not the sole requirements suitable for ensuring the existence of a ‘ genuine link ’ as required by international law .
25 The amount of total inorganic bromine was taken to be a linear function of the amount of total inorganic chlorine constrained by high-latitude measurements .
26 An extreme event was taken to be any event in a geophysical system displaying relatively high variance from the mean .
27 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 . ’
28 Indeed the implication of the Phillips curve relationship was taken to be that control of demand via fiscal and monetary policies allowed the government to operate the economy at full capacity , yielding high employment but rising prices ; or at lower levels of demand , producing more stable prices but higher unemployment .
29 Improvements in performance with increasing arousal at low levels are taken to be a function of the increasing speed on information transfer .
30 If the annual quantity of net deployed within all North Pacific fisheries in a 6-month season is taken to be 3–5 million k ( about 2–3 million miles ) , the total possible deaths of marine mammals would be about 100,000–181,500 .
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