Example sentences of "they can be taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can be taken a few hours before sleep is required in the new time zone . |
| 2 | Failing that they can be taken out into a yard sprayed with solvent degreaser and pressure jetted , otherwise it is a matter of brushing with a churn or utility brush and using a toothbrush in the crevices . |
| 3 | They do not in themselves betoken infection , although they can be taken as indirect evidence of infection in many cases . |
| 4 | Any deviation from this in practice would be taken as a constraint , the analysis having revealed where such constraints are necessary so they can be taken into account when carrying out the audit . |
| 5 | After that they can be taken out on the parade ground in daylight to learn the basic commands that their mahouts give them . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Perhaps some sense can be made of regarding hypothetical imperatives as objectively true , since they can be taken as statements about what needs to be done to achieve something , but how can there be a categorical imperative , with no one to command it ? |
| 8 | Squirrels are not treated literally as ‘ things ’ in the outer world but as , firstly , parts of sets defined by such criteria as ‘ those that live in trees ’ and , secondly , ‘ available for symbolic manipulation ’ since they can be taken to stand for the very trees they live in . |
| 9 | In addition to these issues which arise from the nature of professional occupations and the control of professional courses , there are two other issues which lie at the heart of professional education , so much so indeed that they can be taken as defining characteristics of it . |
| 10 | Instead , staff are putting them into special collecting bins so that they can be taken away for recycling . |
| 11 | We need to know how things are related , not just how they can be taken apart . |
| 12 | The books have been supplied by the library and are left outside the canteen by members of the library where they can be taken in exchange for a small donation . |
| 13 | I do n't think that they can be taken to be in any particular order . |