Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Indeed , they are often considered to be so routine that they are taken to be ‘ normal ’ . |
| 5 | No , taken them , they 're taken to be professionals though are n't they ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It is taken to be the ultimate proof of conjugal loyalty . |
| 8 | If the word exists in the dictionary it is taken to be the answer . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | When , later on , his only son died it was taken to be a sign that he had killed the supposed lover unjustly . |
| 13 | On the contrary he was taken to be something of a maverick and flutterer of dovecotes . |