Example sentences of "taking for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They take for granted , that if Christianity were true , the light of it must have been more general , and the evidence of it more satisfactory … if any of these persons are , upon the whole , in doubt concerning the truth of Christianity ; their behaviour seems owing to their taking for granted , through strange inattention , that such doubting is , in a manner , the same thing as being certain against it . |
| 2 | Why should I assume that in combining imperatives with propositions about other persons I can afford to ignore , while taking for granted the analogizing on which the mere use of a common name depends , the operations of assimilating to and differentiating from myself without which the propositions would not even have their full meaning ? |
| 3 | Mr Baker 's demands for more emphasis on grammar began a ridiculous debate in the newspapers , during which most participants revealed their misunderstanding of language by taking for granted that the rules of grammar are fixed and permanent throughout time . |
| 4 | I can argue that Greenfield does not make this explicit because she is taking for granted conventions that she herself has learnt in the western education system and which she expects her readers to share . |
| 5 | In this discussion I am taking for granted certain obvious features . |
| 6 | The customer will notice all the detailed faults , taking for granted and not noticing the high standards of achievement in other areas of your business . |
| 7 | What we are condoning , or rather , taking for granted in our film , is a tunnel , illegal and therefore officially unacknowledged , completed in 1955 , dug by the Americans and equipped by the British . |
| 8 | This is like taking for granted the will of the person to whom the request is made and leaving no room for him to say no — treating him as an instrument — whence the tone of excessive familiarity . |
| 9 | Why functions in almost opposite fashion to how , however , in that whereas the most common use with the latter involves taking for granted the existence of the means ( how to ) , the former is used with the infinitive exclusively in cases where the speaker is questioning the existence of any good reason to perform the event denoted by the infinitive : ( 46 ) Why bother to reply ? |
| 10 | In any argument you develop , we have suggested that it is important to distinguish between views you are taking for granted , views you are directly asserting and views with which you disagree . |