Example sentences of "did not take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | KATRIN KRABBE 'S hopes of avoiding a four-year doping ban received a boost yesterday when it was revealed that influential scientific reports backed up her case that she did not take banned steroids . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If they did not take legal advice before buying property together , its division could be complicated . |
| 4 | But the law did not take specific account of Arabs who left their homes for fear that Israeli forces might cause them harm — the reason most Arabs give for their sudden departure . |
| 5 | The controversial nature of Gates 's nomination was highlighted when many of his supporters , most notably Boren , warned him that they would be watching closely to ensure that he did not take retaliatory action against his critics within the CIA . |
| 6 | For years nurses had wanted special pay arrangements which recognized that they did not take industrial action in pursuit of their pay claims . |
| 7 | Environmental policies which did not take economic concerns into account were " doomed to fail " , he said , whereas " there is no better ally in the service of our environment than strong economies , economies that make possible increased efficiencies , that enable us to make environmental gains , economies that can generate new technologies and help us arrest and reverse the damage done to our environment " . |
| 8 | All that was assuming the government did not take direct action to dissolve the boards . |
| 9 | Overall the 1986 Act made many detailed changes , it extended and rationalized means tests , but it did not take social security in the radical new direction that ‘ negative income tax ’ or ‘ social dividend ’ advocates were suggesting . |
| 10 | ‘ Even if she was unaware of what she was signing , and the bank did not take adequate steps to explain the effect of her signature , nevertheless she can not succeed without proof of agency . |
| 11 | Even if she was unaware of what she was signing , and the bank did not take adequate steps to explain the effect of her signature , nevertheless she can not succeed without proof of agency . |
| 12 | That is to say , I did not take sufficient account of the fact that at that time of the day , what Mr Farraday enjoys is a conversation of a lighthearted , humorous sort . |
| 13 | In this case we did not take sufficient care . |
| 14 | The criticisms were not specific : British people were not well enough trained in comparison with people from some other countries , their training did not take sufficient account of what employers wanted , there was too little emphasis on the connection between the launching of new enterprises and the training of people in readiness for and in order to follow the consequences of those launches — and the absence of collaborative management in the past had led to poorly organized training . |
| 15 | By 1904 most of the best of non-academic German painters were Secession members , and after the St Louis affair even most establishment figures did not take academic painting seriously . |