Example sentences of "[noun sg] be taken for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On admission blood was taken for haematology and biochemistry and for leukocyte and red cell labelling . |
| 2 | Data were recorded at clinic visits every two weeks , at which time blood was taken for measurement of fructosamine concentrations . |
| 3 | Elephant numbers are currently stable , but great pressure is being put on the animal which is being forced to roam increasingly vast areas to find food and shelter as its habitat is taken for fuel wood by rural peasants . |
| 4 | Today the mention of art in connection with cookery is taken for pretension . |
| 5 | In the Middle Ages much of the marble was taken for building and nineteenth century restoration has further confused the original layout . |
| 6 | The differing roles of the parties and the judge in the process of taking evidence have practical implications when it comes to evidence being taken for use in a country with a different procedural tradition . |
| 7 | The slow movement in these storage basins allows some of the suspended matter to settle out , and the clarified water is taken for use . |
| 8 | Biopsy specimens from the remaining seven subjects were divided for routine microscopy ( fixation in buffered formalin ) , for silver staining ( fixation in formol saline ) and for histochemistry ( snap frozen in hexane at -80°C ) ; a portion was taken for electron microscopy ( fixation in 2.5% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M cacodylate buffer containing 2.5 mM CaCl 2 at pH 7.4 , postfixation in 1% osmium tetroxide and processed into araldite by conventional methods ) . |
| 9 | A plasma sample was taken for gastrin , pepsinogen-I , and pepsinogen-II determinations and stored at -20°C until analysis . |
| 10 | A venous blood sample was taken for blood typing , parietal cell and intrinsic factor antibodies , and for determination of basal serum gastrin concentration , which was measured by radioimmunoassay . |
| 11 | An aliquot was taken for pH measurement and the remainder stored at -20°C until analysis . |
| 12 | The services of the Hawes Silver Band are still employed to accompany the hymns and they played a march while a collection was taken for St Matthew 's Church and Swaledale Fell Rescue Team . |
| 13 | After one hour samples of the bile were taken for nucleation studies and chromatographic separation . |
| 14 | A bruised rib was taken for heart trouble , a headache for an incipient brain tumour . |
| 15 | A similar approach was taken for HLA-B35 ( HLA-B3501 ) , which was not significantly associated with altered resistance to severe malaria in the Gambian case-control study of malaria susceptibility . |
| 16 | Quarterly meetings which they call them that was held in er the Odd Fellows Hall in Forest Road and I think it was the March January February March quarterly meeting that they er the ballot was taken for delegates for the conference . |
| 17 | In the Eighties one High Street bank was taken for £15 million but struck a deal not to prosecute if the money was returned . |
| 18 | Malcolm was briefly opposed by forces still loyal to ‘ Lulach the Fool ’ , but they and their lord were also soon disposed o The bodies of Macbeth and his stepson were taken for burial to Iona , already the graveyard of many kings . |
| 19 | The agricultural quality of the land and the need to control the rate at which land is taken for development are among the factors to be considered [ in assessing planning applications affecting agricultural land ] , together with the need to facilitate development and economic activity that provides jobs , and the continuing need to protect the countryside for its own sake rather than primarily for the productive value of the land . |