Example sentences of "they be taken to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The habit of mind which opposes family and state , and which gives the family a special position in the organization of a polity , is not solely Libyan : strongly étatique societies have often tried to abolish or limit the institution of the family ; and the attempts by government to regulate family life by intervening to increase or to decrease births , by altering rules of inheritance , by inhibiting or encouraging kinship corporations , are so familiar that they are taken to be natural functions of the state . |
| 2 | When the time comes for farrowing , the sow is moved into another narrow crate where she will suckle her piglets for three weeks before they are taken to be fattened for bacon and pork . |
| 3 | Indeed , they are often considered to be so routine that they are taken to be ‘ normal ’ . |
| 4 | No , taken them , they 're taken to be professionals though are n't they ? |
| 5 | The room they were taken to was bare , panelled and had a stone floor , but had been hastily equipped with stools and benches and tables for the Patriarch 's visit . |