Example sentences of "can [be] taken to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The church door has a beautiful Norman doorknocker in the form of the head of a feline animal , and there is an interesting American organ , installed in 1924 , which can be taken to bits and transported with ease . |
| 2 | The embrace can be taken to extremes . |
| 3 | If the memory of the association of a given flavour with illness can be taken to be more important than the memory that the flavour has also been experienced without harmful consequences , then the latter memory would interfere after a short but not after a long retention interval . |
| 4 | The calves grow quickly and can be taken to substantial weights without becoming too fat , providing prime beef . |
| 5 | Two approaches can be adopted to minimize the response time : a simple approach is to devise portable GIS which can be taken to the hazard ; a more complex solution is to couple the GIS to real-time monitoring systems . |
| 6 | An aim can be taken to be a statement of intent on the part of the teacher , usually expressed in general terms , whilst an objective is a statement describing in specific terms what the student is expected to do at the end of a course of learning experience . |
| 7 | The dump will hold the highly-radioactive waste until it can be taken to British Nuclear Fuel 's Sellafield works for reprocessing to extract uranium and plutonium . |
| 8 | It suggests that the courts are entitled to be satisfied that certain minimal procedural requirements have been fulfilled but that , thereafter , and provided that they are fulfilled , no objection can be taken to the validity of the Act on grounds of its substantial content . |
| 9 | Alternatively , they can be taken to the entrance to what Bardul knows only as ‘ the rooms of light and darkness ’ , where ( Bardul believes ) Drachenfels has some important magical secrets hidden . |
| 10 | With writing , at least , they believe , what is said can be taken to be what is meant . |
| 11 | Thus the total number of transactions T in the economy can be taken to be fixed if full employment is the norm , or alternatively the assumption that the quantity of money has no permanent effect on the real sector of the economy implies that T is independent of M. Consequently there should be a definite relationship between the quantity of money and the price level if the velocity of circulation can also be shown to be independent of M. |
| 12 | Yet the idea that we should promote fair markets can be taken to extremes . |
| 13 | The second route is via Lima , from where Lloyd Aereo Boliviano or Aero Peru flights can be taken to La Paz . |
| 14 | The better practice in such cases is to attempt service even after the stated time-limit : a trial or other procedural step is unlikely to follow immediately after the expiry of the time-limit , so belated service may still give the defendant a useful opportunity to intervene ; and under Article 1591 a six-month waiting period is often imposed before proceedings can be taken to the stage of a default judgment . |
| 15 | There is no limit to the number of different problems which can be taken to a solicitor under the scheme . |
| 16 | It can be taken to extremes , as when Woolworths took every ad in the Daily Mirror , or Fisons every ad in The Times . ) |
| 17 | In my view , when the truth of representations is being considered , no objection can be taken to the request relating to the first audit , nor to the second audit since the latter may well reveal material relevant to the conduct of the company 's business before acquisition and after acquisition in a way which reflects on the earlier conduct of the business . |
| 18 | If the number of children varies , then the branching ratio n can be taken to be the number which makes this sum give the right answer . |
| 19 | The difficulty with this philosophy , however , is that it can be taken to the extreme , as can be seen in some Local Education Authorities ( LEAs ) which have an all-out integration policy . |
| 20 | We discussed in Report 11 the way this can be taken to excess by those teachers who couch the majority of their utterances in the form of questions , even when statements or instructions are more appropriate , and how such questioning can then become further debased by being low-level or closed . |
| 21 | The Leicester project illustrates that college resources can be taken to the community and their use jointly negotiated and controlled with local residents . |
| 22 | When I talk about implementation of the Maastricht treaty I mean that one of the things that must be done is to set up the arrangements agreed at Maastricht by which member states can be taken to the European Court and punished if they do not carry out obligations that they have assumed . |
| 23 | ‘ At one extreme , one might say : ‘ Here is a person who escaped from custody in Belfast ; therefore , whatever flows from that can be taken to be entirely his own fault . ’ |
| 24 | A portable computer can be taken to any room to interrogate the lock and produce a list of the last 100 events at that particular lock-set . |
| 25 | An emergency trailer from the nearest available location can be taken to the incident to assist the emergency services . |
| 26 | This ability is independent of idiosyncratic beliefs , feelings and usages ( although it may refer to those shared by participants ) , and is based for the most part on quite regular and relatively abstract principles Pragmatics can be taken to be the description of this ability , as it operates both for particular languages and language in general . |
| 27 | Compare the following ( Sperber and Wilson 's examples ) : In [ 25 ] the speaker can be taken to be emphasising the length of the walk . |
| 28 | I do n't think that they can be taken to be in any particular order . |
| 29 | An RUC spokesman explained that now , following an arrest , a man can be taken to the criminal court , and unless there are further offences of which the police are aware , the women need not attend the court . |
| 30 | Outside normal working hours the dog can be taken to Darlington Police Station . |