Example sentences of "[noun] could be taken to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many parts of the Kandyan Kingdom both civil and criminal disputes could be taken to a gamsabhava , or village council which attempted to bring about an amicable settlement . |
| 2 | It intervened to regulate trade ; in 1651 the republican Parliament passed a Navigation Act which set out to protect the English shipping trade by laying down that imports could be taken to the ports of England or of English colonies only by English ships or by those of the country that produced the goods . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 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 | But things could be taken to excess . |
| 6 | If the assurances were not given or subsequently broken , the firm could be taken to court . |
| 7 | Both times the hope was that Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire and Leicestershire coal could be taken to London cheaply and quickly . |
| 8 | It is a remarkable feat of cultural self-assertion to claim that such a culture could be taken to , and disseminated among the " multitudes " , of a feat which only the buoyant sense of the well-evident value of imperial colonization could sustain . |
| 9 | No objection could be taken to this when the offence actually took place in public ; now , of course , it need not . |
| 10 | And interesting but only interesting novels could be taken to the post office for distribution to the armed forces . |