Example sentences of "[modal v] take any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this be so , surely the leaders of the Western world must take any proposals he makes for arms limitation extremely seriously ? |
| 2 | I wrote to the Secretary of State for the Environment and was told that it was really a matter for the chief environmental officer of the local authority , but when I took the matter up with the local environmental officer , his response — and it is to his credit that he responded — was , ’ Well , it may be bad , but it is not really so bad that I must take any action . ’ |
| 3 | A court should take any map or plan , etc. into account when deliberating on the question of what is a highway . |
| 4 | which we did , and I 'm pleased to say that they endorsed that that general position , in other words their not going to come to a conclusion whether or not they should take any part in the proceedings , whether they should intervene or seek to stop the project until much later in the day . |
| 5 | Building societies believe the Government is responsible for establishing a new test and surveyors should take any risk on their professional indemnity insurance . |
| 6 | Ask whether you should take any items for your dog , such as a favourite sleeping blanket or toy . |
| 7 | I do n't think anyone should take any notice of them . |
| 8 | Governors should take any grievance relating to employment very seriously and give proper consideration to it through a fair grievance procedure . |
| 9 | A local authority obliged to investigate under s47 must make whatever inquiries it considers to be necessary to enable it to decide whether it should take any action to safeguard or promote the child 's welfare ( s47(1) ) . |
| 10 | We 'll take any signals from the UK Government but there have n't been any so far |
| 11 | Is he a baby really , a stupid kid who hides your toys because he wants you to get mad and spend lots of time trying to find them because otherwise nobody 'll take any notice of him ? |
| 12 | ‘ Much better , if they 'd take any notice of me , ’ said Melissa with a grin . |
| 13 | ‘ You could take any keeper in Britain — there 's not one we would rather have between the post tonight more than him . |
| 14 | The transmission of such exempla could take any form from the imitation of an exemplum heard or read to the compilation and dissemination of greater or lesser collections of exempla intended , for a variety of possible reasons , to provide a wide-ranging , or even comprehensive , corpus of moral precept . |
| 15 | The dipole changes may take any orientation with respect to the inertial axes , and bands may have a- , b- or c-type contours or any hybrid . |
| 16 | ‘ No officer involved with the investigation of the case against the suspect may take any part in these procedures . ’ |
| 17 | A more general treatment in which path lengths and directions may take any values is possible using the method of Markoff . |
| 18 | Upon declaration a variable may take any value , the choice being nondeterministic . |
| 19 | Based upon his evaluation of the Senior Management Team conduct of assemblies , the Head of Department said that he would take any criticism of teaching skills very much to heart if it came from the DHS . |
| 20 | I think at the moment Brenda he would take any job if he could get one . |
| 21 | What they had begun to realize was that they were getting a rough deal and that no one else would take any notice . |
| 22 | They do n't and to be dramatic they 'd be very , very silly to do so because I would take any step to avoid that happening . |
| 23 | Quite apart from mirror , the hall , corridor , landing and staircase walls will take any number of pictures , and general memorabilia . |
| 24 | Do you think Mr Gorbachev will take any notice of you ? |
| 25 | It is thought that the government will follow the Iraqi cause , but the country depends on US and French aid to an extent which makes it hard to believe that the government will take any action to prejudice its continuance . |
| 26 | They also want to know whether the French Government will take any action . |
| 27 | Deviation as a means of self-reference , on the other hand , can take any direction , and is not necessarily concerned with a particular kind of emotive effect , since self-reference is an end in itself . |
| 28 | ‘ I can take any debts you might have on to my books and raise the money I need to start the business off , but I must tell you one thing , ’ Emily said , ‘ I am not rich , do n't make that mistake , I need the business to succeed or I 'm finished . ’ |
| 29 | Mary can take any serviceman 's record of service and turn it into a stunning gouache painting of unit badges , decorations and awards , supported by a beautiful write-up in calligraphy . |
| 30 | They can take any shape and cover vastly varying distances . |