Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is regrettable that the House of Lords has not taken a similarly progressive approach . |
| 2 | Apart from a cameo role in the ill-fated and so far unreleased Bloodhounds of Broadway , she has not taken a film role since the poorly conceived Shanghai Express and Who 's That Girl . |
| 3 | Although the Labour Party as a whole has not taken a stand on the political position of the monarchy , Tony Benn has expressed the view that these two powers of the Crown should be transferred to the Speaker of the House of Commons because he stands apart from the political parties and is directly answerable to the Commons for the conduct of the chair in a way that does not apply to the position of the Crown . |
| 4 | The division has n't taken a completely structured approach to its use of FDC , and much of the necessary data is still input manually . |
| 5 | Tell them the company has n't taken a stance at all , that our analysts are still working on it . " |
| 6 | ‘ It certainly has n't taken a back seat and there have been developments , but I 'd better not tell you what they are until the details are officially released . ’ |
| 7 | So you tend to gradually come round to the view that unless it 's causing very bad visual pollution , or you 've had a run of complaints about it , then you tend not to take a stat . ’ |
| 8 | G. decided not to take a stat for this reason , though there was every reason to , as he acknowledged . |
| 9 | It did not take a mathematical genius to work out that — with 59 clauses still to go — this was not brilliant progress . |
| 10 | There was nothing , even Nature , that did not take a side . |
| 11 | It is a tribute to the efficacy of Daynurse ( recommended by his driver ) , and the restorative powers of malt whisky ( a present for his 50th birthday ) that the campaign did not take a more visible toll . |
| 12 | Richard Chauncy 's eldest son William Henry ( 1728–1788 ) was matriculated at Oxford on 17 March 1743–4 , but did not take a degree . |
| 13 | The group did not take a big advance . |
| 14 | But it did not take a sharp journalistic instinct to realise that for refugees — particularly young refugees — life could never be that simple . |
| 15 | In nine cases out of ten , it did not take a professional analyst to detect the cause of the problem . |
| 16 | Mercifully the illness did not take a long course . |
| 17 | ‘ No man to upset and it did not take a great deal to upset him . ’ |
| 18 | The leather trade was one which did not take a great deal of effort to run successfully but then Craig believed that his brother had a hand in the unprofitable deals Uncle Thomas had made and had profited from them . |
| 19 | It could not be suggested that these justices in the instant case did not take time to consider the matter and it is not suggested , nor could it be , that they did not take a great deal of care in carrying out their duties . |
| 20 | However , it should be noted that additions to IBM files did not take a great deal longer than to ICL files , while random retrievals from IBM files were not markedly more rapid . |
| 21 | Francis Maginn did not take a prominent part in the affairs of the BDDA after its formation . |
| 22 | Tessa did not take a taxi . |
| 23 | His presence was not continuous as he was entered again as a scholar commoner in 1571 , but did not take a degree . |
| 24 | His father retired in 1813 to London , and Auldjo was educated at Atwood 's School in Hammersmith , and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he matriculated as a pensioner in 1823 but did not take a degree . |
| 25 | Eva , who felt she owed all she was , and had achieved , to her mother did not take a great deal of convincing . |
| 26 | did not take a view or action regarding the adequacy of the Regional five year land supply ; |
| 27 | It said that the Government had no policy for industry and no policy for the country , and that if they did not take a new direction there would be no British-owned manufacturing industry left in this country — now answer ! |
| 28 | The House did not take a decision on the Bill or express a view on it . |
| 29 | The school did not take a very romantic view of these broad assessments : teachers knew when sanctions had to be applied but they were also aware that pupils realized the power of reward . |
| 30 | England 's first choice spinners , Emburey and Tufnell , did not take a wicket between them until the third day of the third Test . |