Example sentences of "[Wh det] be taken [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Everything has to be taken on trust ; truth is only that which is taken to be true . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But , uniquely , the new English offered through education unmediated access to what was taken to be the central activity of all human judgement . |