Sentence examples for take as a given from inspiring English sources

Let me illustrate something mundane and everyday which I used to take as a given.

Controversy over whether major depression could occur in teenagers, something we now take as a given, persisted until the 1980s.

Many young conservatives, like their peers on the left, take as a given the right of gays and lesbians to marry.

You can pretty much take as a given that 2012 in New York will be defined by events none of us can imagine today.

We have to take as a given that Zoe initially had basically no scruples whatsoever, and apparently no idea what she wants.

Current regulations take as a given that the moment we go below flood stage we are on the verge of what is termed "a drought of record".

This cannot be taken as a given.

"Military service is more or less taken as a given".

For many Afghans, the warlords' atrocities are taken as a given — old news better left unrevived.

It is taken as a given that legal status will help them climb the economic ladder.

All the same, his organisational skills should not be taken as a given.