It was taken for granted by all for many years that their grandchildren would live amid greater abundance than they did.

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Anzor said he grew up in Soviet times, when it was taken for granted that Muslims didn't have to follow such strict rules.

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It was taken for granted that she would come backstage afterward.

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Until this century, he argues, it was taken for granted that you could tell what was and was not a work of art by its look.

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Sir Ian replied that it could not be "taken for granted" that the only way was up for public confidence without a "clean break" from the old system.

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Before long, her lavish hospitality was being taken for granted, and several of those who had accepted it had no qualms about cruelly mocking her in print.

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The IBM Country Club was a benefit that most of us took for granted as employees, and some may not have appreciated it until it was taken away.

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