Example sentences of "[prep] take any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their courses are based on the BHS and National Vocational Qualifications ( NVQ ) standards , which will certainly complement your practical training for these exams , although you do not have to work towards taking any exams to follow any of the courses . |
| 2 | Everywhere he found the same thing : elderly employees , attempting to run things as they thought the old baron would have wanted , out of touch with new ideas , fearful of taking any decision on their own , and consequently stalling , allowing problems to build up . |
| 3 | She was incapable of taking any action without seeking justification from her compliant husband . |
| 4 | In the eighties , a secret cabinet committee under William Whitelaw considered further ideas for reform , including joint Lords/Commons committees , and dividing the Lords into voting and non-voting peers , but again they ducked out of taking any action . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't feel like taking any reward for this . |
| 6 | I would therefore advise against taking any kind of drugs , not just because it is unsporting , or because of the threat of severe penalties on discovery , but also because of the adverse effects any drug regime has on the mind and body . |
| 7 | During the latter years the only minute of interest was in October 1869 when " the secretary was empowered to write to Mr Menzies and Dr. Campbell , the former from taking any papers and the latter from entering the room altogether , not being a subscriber , " In 1870 there was a complaint about the pilfering of papers and the committee have to acknowledge , with regret , that their attempts to prevent this evil have not been attended with such success as had been anticipated . |
| 8 | Late yesterday , Fimbra issued a suspension notice preventing the company from taking any investments and freezing existing client funds . |
| 9 | He refrained from taking any alcohol or drugs , but when he returned to Hollywood to commence filming , he began drinking again and was picked up by the police for drunken driving . |
| 10 | Check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any drugs during pregnancy . |
| 11 | Before taking any decisions about living together , everyone should agree on the basic structure and routine of how it can work , from sharing the bathroom and kitchen to how to manage finances . |
| 12 | Before taking any decision to relocate , organisations should consider carefully whether relocation is the answer to their problems . |
| 13 | He also promised to speak to Mr Kinnock before taking any action . |
| 14 | This is rather a complex area , so before taking any action you are strongly advised to consult an accountant . |
| 15 | Solicitors are therefore advised to await confirmation of cover before taking any action with regard to related proceedings . |
| 16 | " It has been dinned into the ears of our members without hesitation or scruple , and we repeat with the greatest force at our command that seamen , to whatever class they may belong , are false to themselves , to their cause and to their country in taking any course that may , even in the smallest degree , weaken the hands of those responsible for the conduct of the present campaign against the most ignoble foe that it has ever become Britain 's duty to tackle " . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , outposts of the NHS Management Executive , which are supposed to monitor trusts , have proved totally ineffectual in taking any action on this matter . |
| 18 | What has happened since December , leading to the Bill that we are debating , shows clearly that the Government were more interested in grabbing the headlines about repossessions than in taking any action to stem the flow of repossessions . |
| 19 | Erm I think it 's also now pretty much common ground that the capacity of York city is around three thousand three hundred , but I think in in in taking an view on that , and in taking any view o on future windfalls , it is necessary for the panel to keep in mind that historically in the nineteen eighties windfalls were coming through at a time when it was not a adopted local plan for the city of York , so to some extent anything by definition of a substantial size was likely to be a windfall , erm , but also more to the point than that definitional point , I would expect to see , and I think what Mr Curtis has said earlier on that the local plan is likely to tighten up on criteria for release of sites , both small and large , he referred to the shortage of open space , and I would expect to see a policy change in short , a policy climate change , within the city of York that would constrain past historical rates of windfall release . |
| 20 | That on one side can be used to record the names of the individuals responsible for taking any actions that have been decided on . |
| 21 | Many trailers are dangerous much above 80 k.p.h. ( 50 m.p.h. ) and it is just not worth taking any chances going much faster . |
| 22 | It has not been explained how they were able to do so without taking any instructions from Mrs. Steed , but it has not been suggested that Mrs. Steed authorised them to do so . |
| 23 | It 's also capable of running the most sophisticated pen applications available today , so you can dip into the world of pen computing without taking any chances . |
| 24 | I would like my children to stay healthy , on the right side of the law , and lead fulfilling lives without taking any risks . |
| 25 | Even the USA , which in the 1980s still seemed sufficiently vast and dominant to deal with its economic problems without taking any notice of anyone else , at the end of that decade became aware that it ‘ had ceded considerable control over its economy to foreign investors … ( who ) now hold the power to help keep the US economy growing , or to help plunge it into recession ’ ( The Wall Street Journal , December 5 , 1988 , p1 ) . |
| 26 | If an ON ERROR statement has been encountered , BBCBASIC(Z80) will transfer control to it ( without taking any reporting action ) when n error is detected . |
| 27 | Reifenhauser K.G. Maschinenfabrik where discovery procedures were in their third year , the defendant having already answered two sets of interrogatories without taking any point about the applicability of the Convention . |
| 28 | The idea was to take a person who was in excellent nutritional shape and consuming a good , better than average diet without taking any vitamin or mineral supplements , who was a non-smoker and moderate consumer of alcohol , sugar , tea , coffee and chocolate ; and to see what effect consuming the national average amount of alcohol , cigarettes , sugar , tea , coffee and chocolate would do to this fine healthy specimen . |
| 29 | Fourth , the holder of a floating charge will have some measure of control over the company even without taking any steps to enforce it . |
| 30 | likely to be , they 're not gon na go , they 're gon na , say the people next door , they 're not gon na take any notice of it . |