Example sentences of "[modal v] not take [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Unless specifically instructed by the council , a councillor must not take part in the execution of works or actions ordered by the council .
2 He must not take part in the consideration or discussion of the matter or vote upon it .
3 Third , the worker was committed to the idea that treatment of a medical or disabling condition should not take precedence over the child 's social , emotional and cultural needs .
4 It was considered that , under the 1959 Act , an informal meeting of the licensing court prior to the statutory meeting to consider and authorise citations was competent , and there is no reason why such consideration under the 1976 Act should not take place under the provisions of s.15(2) .
5 People taking certain medicines should not take alcohol at the same time , or maybe not take it at all because the alcohol will have a more pronounced effect under/or the effect of the medicine will be altered .
6 According to PC Week , while the Macintosh will use Jot , Newton may not take advantage of the ink standard .
7 The new abortion referendum , approved by the Cabinet last night , will probably go ahead with all speed while the Maastricht vote may not take place until the autumn .
8 Morality could not take precedence in the determination of foreign policy because of structural differences between the setting for individual behaviour and the setting for international behaviour .
9 Quoting from The Times , he would agree that , as applied in Poland , Marxism had created a proletariat disposed to ‘ revolutionising practice ’ inspired by those who could not take advantage of the widespread corruption through which a black economy , supported by western currency , operates to mitigate the sheer harshness of a regime of scarcity .
10 Marie Grubbe could not take offence at the insults and the brutality to which Søren , her third husband , subjected her when she so thoroughly understood herself and him . …
11 If six men were left , we could not take control of the ship ; and because only six were left , the captain 's men did not need my help .
12 The process of conception as such is not affected , and the scientist no more ‘ creates ’ a baby than does the obstetrician who performs a Caesarean section , an operation which has saved the lives of countless mothers and babies in situations where birth could not take place by the natural route .
13 It was a good thing the cameras could n't take pictures of the way she felt , she thought , and smiled inside herself .
14 Foucault is actually arguing that ‘ control ’ need not take place through the direct and constant surveillance of individuals by authorities .
15 In choosing ( 2 ) she would realise that some pupils would be virtually at ( 1 ) for some listeners would not take advantage of the ‘ role ’ opportunity .
16 It had been announced earlier that Lilley would not take action against the national brewers if they still controlled a few pubs in excess of the number allowed under the Beer Orders legislation .
17 But he added that the move would not take place until the end of the year at the earliest .
18 Clearly , the spirit of the laws of this Irish state was to be a religious one and therefore one which would not take account of the then one thousand , and now ten thousand or more of the population in the Southern state who professed no religion .
19 ( 6 ) Where a licensing board decides to order the suspension of a licence , the suspension shall not take effect until the expiry of the time within which the holder of the licence may appeal to the sheriff , or , if the holder appeals to the sheriff or thereafter to the Court of Session , until the appeal has been determined in favour of the suspension or has been abandoned .
20 ( 6 ) Where a licensing board decides to make a closure order under this section , the order shall not take effect until the expiry of the time within which the holder of the licence may appeal to the sheriff , or , if the holder appeals to the sheriff or thereafter to the Court of Session , until the appeal has been determined in favour of the closure order or has been abandoned .
21 ( 7 ) Where a licensing board decides to order the suspension of a licence the suspension shall not take effect until the expiry of the time within which the holder of the licence may appeal to the sheriff , or , if the holder appeals to the sheriff or thereafter to the Court of Session , until the appeal has been determined in favour of the suspension or has been abandoned .
22 If there is any provision contained in these Guidelines or any agreement or arrangements of which they form part which causes or would cause these Guidelines or any agreement or arrangement of which they form part to be subject to registration under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 then that provision shall not take effect until the day after particulars of these Guidelines or any agreement or arrangements ( as the case may be ) shall have been duly furnished to the Director General of Fair Trading pursuant to that Act .
23 They ca n't take children to the school door .
24 K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse .
25 A Soviet commentator explained that ‘ officially the USA will not take part in the new military bloc , but it promises its participants all-round assistance by supplying them arms and training their military personnel ’ .
26 It now seems that only in those cases where there is no identity of interest will the problem of other businesses gaining the benefit of a restrictive covenant be at all important and the courts will not take account of the doctrine of incorporation or of privity of contract if such an identity exists .
27 The court may take account of the circumstances surrounding the making of the contract , in order to understand its purpose , but will not take account of the subsequent conduct of the parties in order to interpret the wording of the contract itself .
28 Crucially , they can not take advantage of the two week cooling-off period available to individuals .
29 Yet although culpable for serving him , Jax can not take responsibility for the three further moral crossroads through which the boy drove against the red lights — namely the decision to get drunk ; the decision to drive in that state ; and the decision to drive recklessly .
30 They can not take people to the outpatients ’ clinic …
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