Example sentences of "[not/n't] take [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he had helped to set up British Aerospace as a nationalised company , he was convinced it could not take on the huge rival plane-makers in the United States unless it was unfettered from government control . |
| 2 | Hall is right to say that current Labour and Liberal parties can not take on the task of realignment , but would be equally correct in saying they ca n't be by-passed . |
| 3 | Normal human curiosity flexed under the strain , but would not take on the forces of discipline in open combat . |
| 4 | Although it welcomed the extension of home ownership , it also recognized the problems of families who could not or would not take on the responsibility of home purchase ( Department of the Environment 1977b ) . |
| 5 | This is not to say that older men do not take on the role of ‘ carer ’ , nor that the perceived threat to independence is only an issue for women . |
| 6 | Immediately after the election Lafontaine announced that he was returning to his post as Saarland Minister President , and would not take on the SPD party or parliamentary group leadership . |
| 7 | Well , what people forget is that , if you put employers in a straight-jacket , the people who suffer first , are the employees , which as you appreciate will not take on the future . |
| 8 | The water in the basins had a layer of ice on them , which had to be broken before the children could wash ; then , in the dining room they sat shivering , for the fire at the end of the room did not take even the chill away . |
| 9 | Banks will not take up the slack . |
| 10 | Only 600 schools did not take up the offer of half-price computers . |
| 11 | If the profession does not take up the challenge others will , and an opportunity will have been missed . |
| 12 | ‘ Certain highly technical factors , intelligible only to the expert and with which I will not take up the time of this inquest , have led me to conclude that Subject A had been dead for more than nine years and less than twelve . |
| 13 | She would not take up the cudgels of such a battle . |
| 14 | Before yesterday 's hearing Mr McTear , gasping for breath , said his goal was to ensure youngsters did not take up the habit and go through his ordeal . |
| 15 | We need not take up the argument here : let us , instead , turn to the more interesting subject of the explanations offered by the Ndembu themselves for certain key symbolic motifs . |
| 16 | When he returned to England from Calcutta , which he did as soon as he was well enough to travel , he did not take up the glorious and interesting life that was waiting for him there , as one would have expected . |
| 17 | To use the ‘ negotiation ’ metaphor , we can say that speaker M offers elements in her personal topic ( in her second contribution ) as possible elements to be included in the conversational business , but speaker L does not take up the offer . |
| 18 | He did not take up the point . |
| 19 | If students do not take up the publicly provided loans that are available for them , they are neglecting an important element of the student support system . |
| 20 | I do not envisage a long-lasting solution to the problem of Yugoslavia that does not take up the issue of minority rights and seek to entrench them , perhaps by international action . |
| 21 | I have details here of scores of cases , but as I can not take up the time of the House in referring to all of them , I will pick one or two examples . |
| 22 | I shall not take up the argument of the hon. Member for Durham , North ( Mr. Radice ) ; it would be unwise to do so . |
| 23 | Third , when the provincial gentry still did not take up the cause of reform with alacrity the tsar bypassed them by appointing a majority of keen reformers to the Editing Commissions . |
| 24 | I suggest you will not take amiss the suggestion of a suitable restorative . ’ |
| 25 | He could not take over the South Metropolitan until a suitable post had been found for Mr. Mason . |
| 26 | It announced that it would not be concerned with the public sector and that it would not take over the extant SORPs from the Accounting Standards Committee . |
| 27 | However , Botha later insisted that while the government welcomed fact-finding missions from all over the world , the Security Council " could not take over the job of the government " . |
| 28 | We 've had some discussion with the College to seek to resolve this , and the proposals erm , are set out in paragraph four , three , er , in that it would mean that the College would not take over the ownership of the site , er , and it , but , but they would continue to occupy their part of the site er , effectively rent free from the County Council , but if , at any time , they decided they , the College wanted to move away from the site , it would revert to the County Council , it would n't actually become a College asset . |
| 29 | Give words of encouragement , and do not take away the food immediately if it is ignored . |
| 30 | Talking about the experience can not take away the grief and fear , but it can chart a path through it . |