Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] place [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of a totally sealed labour market , new employees would only be drawn from the families of existing staff , and efforts would be made to ensure that individuals did not seek places outside the firm . |
| 2 | The story I have sketched here should be sufficient to indicate that the Copernican Revolution did not take place at the drop of a hat or two from the Leaning Tower of Pisa . |
| 3 | Conversely , abstract communication can not take place without the development of appropriate models . |
| 4 | This change can not take place without the involvement of the people themselves and , therefore , they must be moved from their traditional passivity towards an active role in shaping their own lives . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The matter is , however , far from conclusive and the presence of the southern building on a different alignment , much nearer to an east-west axis , with the entrance at the west side , raises the possibility that a small Christian shrine was built to sanctify the site ; , but this , according to the rather tenuous argument over the coins , did not take place until the end of the century . |
| 7 | But he added that the move would not take place until the end of the year at the earliest . |
| 8 | Certainly the development of community care did not take place in the way that might have been envisaged . |