Example sentences of "be [adv] to [be] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | White Papers and policy documents are generally to be taken seriously and are therefore quoted extensively on appeal . |
| 2 | Even if such remarks are not to be taken literally , Craigbarnet was clearly living in poverty and was burdened with a ‘ numerous family ’ . |
| 3 | His occasional genuflections in the direction of the Constitution , in his memoirs and elsewhere , are not to be taken seriously . |
| 4 | He did not concern himself with the business of creating such a society , only with the description of what it ought to be like : the actual propositions in the book are not to be taken literally , in other words , since he was offering only the ideal model of a better civilization . |
| 5 | The conclusions are not to be taken as true of every pair of things of which the second is called an effect . |
| 6 | They mark our perception of that fact , and are not to be taken as carrying theory with them-not even so much theory , perhaps , as is suggested by William James in speaking of a " dualism " of " mind knowing and thing known " . |
| 7 | Certainly , to repeat , the terms " subject " and " object " are not to be taken as carrying with them the Cartesian theory of a subject in the sense of a simple indivisible mental substance whose identity over time is primitive and irreducible . |
| 8 | Such statements are not to be taken seriously and the courts would not support a case brought on them . |
| 9 | We talk of shaking with anger , trembling with fear , glowing with satisfaction — and these expressions are usually to be taken literally ; we do , in fact , display our emotions in such ways . |
| 10 | These conflicting considerations are both to be taken seriously . |
| 11 | They are now to be taken under the jurisdiction of the Queen , who is determined that they will be protected from the emotional mayhem currently being created by their parents . |
| 12 | ‘ In my judgment the interests of the children are now to be taken into account and to be considered in relation to all the circumstances of the case including in relation to the general desirability that children wrongfully removed from their place of habitual residence should be returned . |
| 13 | ‘ In my judgment the interests of the children are now to be taken into account and to be considered in relation to all the circumstances of the case including in relation to the general desirability that children wrongfully removed from their place of habitual residence should be returned . |
| 14 | Unlike many of those who followed him and profited from pirated editions of his works , Russell was not a quack and his treatments were not to be taken lightly , the firm physical and mental regimen he prescribed being not far from the modern practices of hydropathic establishments or the health clubs beloved of overweight executives . |
| 15 | Christianity was a matter of churchgoing , of soldiering on and trying to do one 's best , and of believing in the existence of God and the historical life and death of Jesus ( even if his deity and his resurrection were not to be taken too seriously ) . |
| 16 | Parental wishes were also to be taken into account , though what that meant was unclear . |
| 17 | Clerical grants , although generally dependable , were never to be taken for granted ; they had to be extracted from convocations by promises of redress , by divisions caused among the clergy , by desperate appeals , forceful delegations of royal councillors , veiled threats , relentless pressure and astute management . |
| 18 | We are also establishing a regional presence in the Middle East and Graham Hillier is soon to be taking up residence in Dubai to promote our activities in this region . |
| 19 | ( Chairing the meetings rests with the house manager , but at Washington Street this is soon to be taken on by residents . ) |
| 20 | It might be said that Rochlin is not to be taken seriously , being merely a popularizing psychologist . |
| 21 | Britain 's highest peak is not to be taken lightly . |
| 22 | Marcellus says the condition on the manumission is not to be taken to be repeated in the case of the substitutes . |
| 23 | Similarly , the hero of The Prelude is taken from the ‘ educational processes ’ of the Lake District , Cambridge and so on , which take up the first half of the poem , and engages with society and history in the conflicts of the French Revolution ; the Revolution is not to be taken as a purely fortuitous occurrence , but the main event of the time , that which separates off the Modern Age from all that had gone before . |
| 24 | In Eastern Canada , Scottish first division tourists Jed-Forest quickly found rugby in Ontario is not to be taken lightly . |
| 25 | A child is not to be taken as having a learning difficulty solely because the language ( or form of the language ) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language ( or from of language ) which has at any time been spoken in the house . |
| 26 | Yet , as they finally declare their love for each other — having been tricked into so doing — Beatrice asks one favour : It seems to me that the fact that this request comes in prose is a sign that it is not to be taken seriously , since it , too , like so much else in the play , is based on false appearances . |
| 27 | The charter that was drawn up represents , in fact , just such a claim : it was a political weapon in the battle for status and funding and is not to be taken simply at face value . |
| 28 | Freud is not to be taken to be providing a theory of instinct for all species , but trying to puzzle out the complex similarities and differences between man and animals . |
| 29 | However , it is not to be taken as part of the definition of a causal circumstance that it must include more than one element — more than one condition , event , individual property or whatever . |
| 30 | It is not to be taken seriously — of course , electrons do not " choose " — but it is somehow irresistible for physicists to talk in this way , at least informally when they are not writing grave papers for their colleagues . |