Example sentences of "was taken to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary he was taken to be something of a maverick and flutterer of dovecotes . |
| 2 | was increasingly viewed as providing insight into the fundamental truths of creation , in which nature as manifested in the unassailable reality of bones and organs was taken to be the only foundation of the moral order , a biology of incommensurability became the means by which such differences could be authoritatively represented . |
| 3 | His view that there is no reality other than minds or spirits , and their ideas , was taken to be scepticism run riot . |
| 4 | Because it appeared more resolute in its unionism , it was taken to be more trustworthy by those who were prepared to break the law for their unionism . |
| 5 | As well as needing a licence , they were for example allowed to advertise only in a very restricted way , were not allowed to employ people to canvass for loans , had to include an interest rate in loan contracts , and risked having the terms of a loan altered by a court if they were judged ‘ harsh and unconscionable ’ — interest over 48 per cent a year was taken to be excessive unless there was some evidence to the contrary . |
| 6 | It was — or was taken to be — a recognition of the important truth that the temporary holder of the office of archbishop stood in the place of , and was answerable to , St Augustine and the other saints of his church , and through them to God . |
| 7 | For anything to do with the satisfaction of these needs was counted as an economic phenomenon , and thus not only the explanatory structure of the theory , but also its content , was taken to be constant . |
| 8 | The amount of total inorganic bromine was taken to be a linear function of the amount of total inorganic chlorine constrained by high-latitude measurements . |
| 9 | Knowledge was taken to be the product of an extended logical essay — the output of the repeated application in a single coherent text of the technique of examining an assertion to determine all of its implications . ’ |
| 10 | Indeed the implication of the Phillips curve relationship was taken to be that control of demand via fiscal and monetary policies allowed the government to operate the economy at full capacity , yielding high employment but rising prices ; or at lower levels of demand , producing more stable prices but higher unemployment . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Where differences in the patches were observed , the chi-square significance test was applied : a statistically significant result was taken to be at the 95 per cent level of confidence ( p=0.05 ) . |
| 13 | For instance , US vase pronounced [ va:z ] was identified by one child as a smallish flower vase , while [ veiz ] was taken to be a really large kind . |
| 14 | When , later on , his only son died it was taken to be a sign that he had killed the supposed lover unjustly . |
| 15 | After trial and condemnation to death Maury was taken to be guillotined in front of a large crowd . |
| 16 | But , uniquely , the new English offered through education unmediated access to what was taken to be the central activity of all human judgement . |
| 17 | The portent in the sky was taken to be the outcome of a timely intercession by Joan of Arc , at that time a quite recent martyr . |
| 18 | Once he had obtained a post mortem report identifying the medical cause of death , that was taken to be the sole cause of death : the coroner reached the conclusion that there could be no other cause and so he precluded himself from considering lack of care as a cause . |
| 19 | When included , the inner shape was taken to be a hole or cut out in the total shape . |
| 20 | The total perimeter was then taken to be the sum of the outer shape with the inner shape perimeter , whilst the total area was taken to be the difference between the outer and inner areas . |
| 21 | The time was taken to be half way through the interval incorporating the change — for example , for a child in whom fluid was reported at year 3 but not at years 4 and 5 the fluid survival time was estimated to be 3.5 years . |
| 22 | An SBU was taken to be any subsidiary business interest of the group which could be said to be largely separable and could be treated as having a commercial life of its own . |
| 23 | An extreme event was taken to be any event in a geophysical system displaying relatively high variance from the mean . |
| 24 | If that clause was taken to be a definition of the Government 's position and repeatedly referred to as an escape route , which appears to be the intention , it would fundamentally undermine confidence in the Government 's commitment to the European process . |
| 25 | Brucan 's additional claim that public opinion was being formed by a one-time Ceausescu collaborator was taken to be a reference to one of the NSF 's most public critics , Octavian Paler , editor of the newspaper Romania Libera , who had published an interview given by Brucan to the Independent which quoted him as saying that only intellectuals were fit to run the country . |
| 26 | This was taken to be a response to the open call by ASEAN foreign ministers for the continued US military presence in the region . |
| 27 | In the spinal patients , the maximum distension volume was taken to be either when the patients experienced autonomic symptoms or when the balloon was expelled automatically . |
| 28 | Statistical significance was taken to be p < 0.05 . |
| 29 | Statistical significance was taken to be 0.05 . |
| 30 | The highest interpretation at some point was taken to be the correct answer . |