Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . " |
2 | I would not take any notice of CEEFAX speculation . |
3 | ‘ If the government does not have these conditions , I can not take any responsibility for what happens . |
4 | I can not take any points of order on the previous matter . |
5 | Once probate has been granted , which should not take many weeks , this house , and everything in it that is not chosen by Miss Merchiston — ’ |
6 | She must not take any risks , Davis , but she will need the experience before riding to hounds , ’ he agreed . |
7 | But she has vowed that she will not take financial help from the church . |
8 | Another advertisement figured in the speech by Kenneth Clarke , the Secretary of State for Health , who parodied a British Medical Association poster which asked : ‘ What do you call a man who will not take medical advice … |
9 | The minister asked the conference : ‘ What do you call a man who will not take medical advice … healthy . ’ |
10 | But it is infinitely worse if you are so divided that it is apparent you can not take any action at all . |
11 | Chief Inspector John Reeve , of Thames Valley police , said : ‘ We could not take any chances . |
12 | It would be hard to see how communication could take place if we could not take some sort of mutually shared knowledge for granted , if every discourse had to begin from scratch . |
13 | Er and I , as Mr Curtis has suggested , if Mr Shepherd who conducted the greenbelt local plan enquiry decided on massive relaxation or substantial relaxation on the inner boundary , er of the greenbelt , er and the implication being that er some of that land could be made available for housing , then yes , as a matter of principal that would cast doubt on the new settlement er strategy in terms of the in terms of the numbers , conversely , if you look at another option , if you , for example , confirmed the new settlement strategy but thought that the development requirement for Greater York really was er needed to be larger than nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , twelve thousand , thirteen thousand , and I hope not , then the County Council would need to have a look at the issue of one as opposed to two new settlements , and again we will do that , and we will not take any decisions on the basis of having one report , er but not another , and I hope er that that is helpful , I can confirm that er at the end of this month the Greater York authorities will be meeting , erm and er they will be urgently looking towards erm progress erm on this issue . |
14 | We can not take such ideas too literally . |
15 | Yet we can not take foreign accounts at their face value either . |
16 | We can not take any position in this argument ; we must recognize that it exists . |
17 | There are two reasons why we can not take these figures as indicative of the true size of borrowing . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Shares in Bond group companies were suspended on the Stock Exchange after the receivership decision but the group said other lenders had said they would not take immediate action . |
20 | But I knew he might not take this view — it is only hindsight that makes you take it , and he was not old enough for hindsight . |
21 | He could not take more time off . |
22 | It need not take much effort to write to the local paper , or phone a councillor , with a complaint , and the effects will impact upon management . |
23 | Surely he would not take another woman there , not to their place ? |
24 | Lugh said it would not take two days and it would not even take all night . |
25 | But Planck 's quantum principle tells us that each gamma ray quantum has a very high energy , because gamma rays have a very high frequency , so it would not take many quanta to radiate even ten thousand megawatts . |