Example sentences of "not take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he moved towards Paris in late March : everyone knew that it did not take six weeks to get from Paris to Attigny . |
| 2 | I was interested in my work and I did not take one day 's holiday during the next two years . |
| 3 | Can I not take one step without falling on my face ? ’ |
| 4 | Have no doubt in your mind about that because we did not take one of our representatives to negotiate with the guard force to enhance your and their membership that is not the ball game I 'm not playing it and we wo n't do that and you can rest assured we will pursue it to Bridlington if need be . |
| 5 | Differentiation by task is a more complex and demanding strategy which does not take one simple form : In this example the teacher identifies the topic content which pupils should learn ( the core ) , then sets different tasks for different ability levels within the class and these tasks are directed to achieving particular levels of achievement . |
| 6 | Since their success depended upon their mobility , they could not take cumbersome engines with them ; instead , they developed military skills sometimes rather different from those employed by more conventional soldiers . |
| 7 | We do not take certain inner City areas . |
| 8 | Therefore I do not take kindly to slander that Pink Floyd or even Mike Oldfield are unwelcome icons . |
| 9 | He was advised by doctors Continued on Page 3 Continued from Page 1 that a degenerative disc might need surgery if he did not take complete rest . |
| 10 | Why not take all of me , |
| 11 | Why not take all of me . |
| 12 | If the hands are too far forwards , as is often the case , the back arm being so close to the CE can not take all the strain and tends to sheet out causing the board to turn into the wind . |
| 13 | Finally , the therapist can not take all the credit for his or her successes ; the healer is merely a catalyst in the process . |
| 14 | They go on to stress that the low level of resourcing can not take all the blame for this state of affairs , since the attitudes and policies of the schools themselves are crucially important . |
| 15 | If it is claimed that reasons are needed for this verdict , which might be doubted , one has to do with the fact that we do not take all the causes of behaviour to be other behaviour . |
| 16 | Provided the government does not take all the extra pre-tax profit in taxes , increasing pre-tax profits must always increase post-tax profits . |
| 17 | John Lade , later to be MP for Southwark , shortly after the passage of the Abjuration Act of 1702 , said " that his friends , meaning the Jacks , were milksops for kicking at oaths , asserting they should never be able to do anything if they , his friends , did not take all the oaths that could be imposed " . |
| 18 | First , it did not take all the development value . |
| 19 | Lugh said it would not take two days and it would not even take all night . |
| 20 | Wandering scholars or rootless intellectuals may not take such things very seriously . |
| 21 | It was all Harriet could do not to confront her , have the whole thing out , tell her that she was not prepared to put up with such behaviour any longer , that she might be a war widow with a child , but she was living in her mother 's house and should at least not take such care and help for granted . |
| 22 | We can not take such ideas too literally . |
| 23 | A study showed that the level of stress related illness among employees in a department which provided support as described was much lower than in a similar department that did not take such precautions . |
| 24 | Firms that are hopeful about the future do not take such measures . |
| 25 | In Tuberville v Savage , the accused laid his hand on his sword and said : " If it were not assize time , I would not take such language . " |
| 26 | A party who makes such an offer shall file a copy in a sealed envelope , but the offer shall not be brought to the attention of the court at the hearing until the question of costs falls to be decided and the court shall , in exercising its discretion as to costs , take into account any offer which has been brought to its attention : Provided that , except in a case to which paragraph ( 3 ) of the rule applies , the court shall not take such an offer into account if , at the time it is made , the party making it could have protected his position as to costs by means of a payment into court . |
| 27 | The results speak for themselves : Labour lost rural seats and could not take key marginals . |
| 28 | Their views of appropriate actions for resolving problems of disability related to their own value systems ; the authors of the study conclude that a standard service , which does not take individual values into account , will conflict with the view of some people it is trying to help . |
| 29 | Karel van Miert , the commissioner responsible for transport , commented that " the situation is likely to become completely unmanageable if we do not take comprehensive measures " . |
| 30 | The examples of partial shifts provided by the Department of Health look reasonable on paper but do not take annual or study leave into account . |