Example sentences of "it [is] take for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't count all the deer I 've bumped into since it 's taken for granted you 'll see a few of the elegant beasts galloping away over the heather no matter which hill you 're on . |
| 2 | Among serious writers and readers in the United States ( as distinct from shallow and modish Anglophiles mostly around New York ) , it is taken for granted that Pound 's caustic dismissal of us in 1929 was justified , and that nothing has happened in the forty-five years since to alter that picture significantly . |
| 3 | He explained that on the Continent it is taken for granted that fish caught on a line by small boats should command a premium for the careful handling that preserves both flavour and texture . |
| 4 | It is taken for granted that they bring with them their housekeeping skills . |
| 5 | There are moments of natural awakening to one 's own beauty , but it is rare that it is really appreciated in the early years of womanhood ; usually it is taken for granted , and only lamented when it is gone . |
| 6 | It is taken for granted that men do and should occupy the leadership roles and make the important decisions . |
| 7 | Only if it is taken for granted that the preference behaviour is that of a conscious subject , does it , of itself , provide a reason for promoting the preferred end , — it would not matter in the least if there was no conscious individual there to mind about anything . |
| 8 | It is taken for granted that such taxation is related to income levels because the amount taken in income tax varies directly with incomes . |
| 9 | The speed and extent of this physical change , since it is taken for granted once accomplished , have considerable implications . |
| 10 | It is taken for granted that an institution will be sub-divided into faculties , schools , departments , units and centres ; but the epistemological implications of such subdivisions are rarely examined explicitly . |
| 11 | During these moist-palmed days of self-discovery , it is taken for granted that the penis can withstand a rigorous pummelling up to eight times a day . |
| 12 | The unspoken assumption here , as so often elsewhere , was that crowds would impair enjoyment — a typically individualistic assumption which it is taken for granted applies to the entire population . |
| 13 | More to the point is that the Discourse indicates the scientism of the period : it is taken for granted by the lecturer that Turner ought to paint a tree of a recognizable species , for example , and assumed that portrait painters are after an exact likeness . |