Example sentences of "can be taken [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then a decision can be taken about changing the artist 's material , producer or musical style . |
| 2 | By making all financial reports directly comparable , better decisions can be taken about whether resources would not be better spent in different areas or in different amounts . |
| 3 | The spirit of our times does not believe in the sacrifice of private happiness for public duty , and this can be taken as a sign of moral decline . |
| 4 | If fruits , trees , and plants are images of labour for Mary Leapor , these lines can be taken as a criticism of owners reorganizing the land . |
| 5 | ‘ Mopsus ’ can be taken as a comic piece . |
| 6 | They do not in themselves betoken infection , although they can be taken as indirect evidence of infection in many cases . |
| 7 | Scientific development can be taken as an overwhelming criterion for reclassification , with a consequent rethinking of legal rules and concepts . |
| 8 | Fifteen yards can be taken as a minimum , and forty yards to fifty yards as an average . |
| 9 | Thus it was , that at some momentous point in the immensity of time there came into being three initial units which can be taken as the true beginning of the story of earthly life . |
| 10 | The assertions of the Liverpool trader , Robert Norris , can be taken as a representative example . |
| 11 | In classrooms where such a pattern exists personal pace and achievement can be taken as the yardstick against which learning is measured . |
| 12 | Part of the pension can be taken as a cash sum when you retire and that too is tax free . |
| 13 | These take the curriculum and re-present it in ‘ bite-sized pieces ’ , usually in courses of between 20 and 30 hours , which may be put together for an award like GCSE or which can be taken as free-standing units . |
| 14 | Certainly Hobhouse can be taken as a representative figure since , in addition to being a leading light of New Liberalism , he also held the first Chair of Sociology to be established in Britain — at the London School of Economics , which was founded by the Webbs . |
| 15 | Thus it is assumed that the attitude-holder might possess certain beliefs , whose content implicitly can be taken as a criticism of counter-stances , but these stances may not yet have been historically realized in argument . |
| 16 | Another way of formulating this criterion is to say that only a semantic deviance can be taken as a ‘ figure of speech ’ . |
| 17 | As we will be dealing with breeding in a later article , this can be taken as a tank for a single specimen . |
| 18 | But the assumption of an explanatory method which can be taken as a priori ‘ above ’ all other social experience and cultural production is itself , when analysed , a fact in the sociology of a particular phase of culture . |
| 19 | For practical purposes the easily observable amenorrhoeic period can be taken as a proxy for the anovulatory period , though ovulation can precede the first menstruation after birth , so that women may become pregnant during the amenorrhoeic period . |
| 20 | Of course , this kind of ‘ Yuk , horror ! ’ response can be taken as a perfectly legitimate and very welcome literary expression of the ubiquitous emergence of sexuality in young adolescents , a stage they ‘ go through ’ . |
| 21 | But hers is not a detached examination — she writes of her belief that ‘ action makes a difference ’ and outlines some of the possible practical steps that can be taken as a result of her ( and others ' ) analysis . |
| 22 | Each of the three levels of training ( First , National and Higher National ) can be taken as a Certificate ( usually two years part-time alongside employment ) or as a Diploma ( normally two years full-time or three years sandwich ) . |
| 23 | Thus if the data satisfy the restrictions implied by equations ( 3.14 ) and ( 3.16 ) it can be taken as support for the rational expectations model of consumption : the observationally equivalent non-rational expectations model is ruled out on theoretical grounds . |
| 24 | The second level can be taken as an alternative to a Higher course for some students . |
| 25 | When the sample size is large , say 100 , the standard error of the mean can be taken as the standard error of the estimate . |
| 26 | When the sample size is large , say 100 , the standard error of the mean can be taken as the standard error of the estimate . |
| 27 | Introductory astronomy courses can be taken as outside subjects for various honours degrees . |
| 28 | Joint honours in Agriculture , Forestry and Rural Economy can be taken as a degree in Agriculture or as a degree in Ecological Science . |
| 29 | The single honours degree in Computer Science can be taken as a BSc or a BEng , depending on the student 's wishes . |
| 30 | Taylor and Cameron 's critique of CA methodology can be taken as a warning that purely ethnomethodological methods may not be enough to give a satisfying account of code switching . |