1. take into account - Verb
2. take into account - Phrase
allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
Source: WordNetIn order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality. John Archibald Wheeler
The notion of a prison industrial complex insists on understandings of the punishment process that take into account economic and political structures and ideologies, rather than focusing myopically on the individual criminal conduct and efforts to "curb crime." Angela Davis
...one must take into account the shocking fact that we live on a world that spins. After considering this truth, nothing should come as a surprise. Thomas Ligotti
Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities. Arthur Keith
Nowadays I'm not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer. Bob Schieffer
You have to take into account it was the cell phone that became what the modern-day concept of a phone call is, and this is a device that's attached to your hip 24/7. Before that there was 'leave a message' and before that there was 'hopefully you're home.' Giovanni Ribisi