Example sentences of "[not/n't] take [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The relevant circumstances are set out in s1(2) of that Act which states : ( 2 ) The circumstances referred to in the preceding subsection [ the extinguishment of any right of the sender to the goods ] are that the goods were sent to the recipient with a view to his acquiring them , that the recipient has no reasonable cause to believe that they were sent with a view to their being acquired for the purposes of a trade or business and has neither agreed to acquire nor agreed to return them , and either ( a ) that during the period of six months beginning with the day on which the recipient received the goods the sender did not take possession of them and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so ; or ( b ) that not less than thirty days before the expiration of the period aforesaid the recipient gave notice to the sender in accordance with the following sub-section , and that during the period of thirty days beginning with the day on which the notice was given the sender did not take possession of the goods and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so .
2 Marie Grubbe could not take offence at the insults and the brutality to which Søren , her third husband , subjected her when she so thoroughly understood herself and him . …
3 The Mesopotamian Jews did not take part in the Maccabean rebellion and apparently were unaffected by it .
4 He must not take part in the consideration or discussion of the matter or vote upon it .
5 Chris said one of the biggest failings was that parents did not take part in the education of the children , this is where it fell down , that , once the education was seen as a government thing that
6 Justice David H. Souter , the most recently appointed member of the court , did not take part in the case .
7 It was notable that Mr Adamec 's replacement as Prime Minister , Mr Marian Calfa , did not take part in the talks .
8 Last year , although they qualified , they did not take part in the final .
9 Unless specifically instructed by the council , a councillor must not take part in the execution of works or actions ordered by the council .
10 The person doing it does have scientific training , and the MD is more difficult than a PhD in that the supervisor does not take part in the examination .
11 Mussolini himself did not take part in the march , but waited at Milan for the call to power .
12 Peden was not armed and did not take part in the band 's less reputable exploits .
13 The reaction can also be represented by an ionic equation : In this equation the sulphate ions , have been removed since they do not take part in the reaction .
14 Various aspects of the parties ' life , resources , and activities will be helpful to them in the conflict , but many of these are resources and activities that they will have possessed or engaged in or wished to posses or to engage in in any case , even if they did not take part in the contest .
15 Sculptors already fully valued in 1985 notably Alexander Archipenko and Aristide Maillol ( average prices £30,000 and £70,000 ) did not take part in the surge up to 1990 nor in the subsequent fall .
16 In Annie Fox v P G Wellfair Ltd ( in liquidation ) and Philip Fisher v P G Wellfair Ltd ( in liquidation ) [ 1981 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 514 , the respondents did not take part in the proceedings but the applicants produced expert evidence at the hearing .
17 Two of the Stewards , Lord Wolverton and Major Eustace Loder , interviewed the jockeys concerned in the finish ; the third , Lord Rosebery , did not take part in the adjudication as he had a runner in the race .
18 The former sprint champion , who built a career on the use of illegal substances , did not take part in the meeting , of course , after he was caught taking the tablets for a second time .
19 In the Soviet Union most funds are channelled into Olympic sport , and because rugby does not take part in the Olympics we get a very small proportion from the budget . ’
20 The movement 's historian has described it as ‘ a landmark in Free Church history ’ although he admitted ‘ it did not take hold on the life of the Free Churches in the way that might have been expected ’ .
21 Third , the worker was committed to the idea that treatment of a medical or disabling condition should not take precedence over the child 's social , emotional and cultural needs .
22 Morality could not take precedence in the determination of foreign policy because of structural differences between the setting for individual behaviour and the setting for international behaviour .
23 According to PC Week , while the Macintosh will use Jot , Newton may not take advantage of the ink standard .
24 As a member of the ‘ shadow board ’ of the Football League , with whom the Professional Footballers ' Association have no quarrel , propriety demands that I do not take sides in the dispute between the Premier League and the PFA .
25 The warehouse proprietor was unaware of B's purchase and himself bought them from A. It was held that the warehouse proprietor did not acquire good title , since being already in possession of the goods he did not take delivery under the contract of sale .
26 Do not take naps in the daytime if you feel tired .
27 You should always keep spares in stock , you can not take needles from the ends indefinitely !
28 If six men were left , we could not take control of the ship ; and because only six were left , the captain 's men did not need my help .
29 They can not take people to the outpatients ’ clinic …
30 If there is any provision contained in these Guidelines or any agreement or arrangements of which they form part which causes or would cause these Guidelines or any agreement or arrangement of which they form part to be subject to registration under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 then that provision shall not take effect until the day after particulars of these Guidelines or any agreement or arrangements ( as the case may be ) shall have been duly furnished to the Director General of Fair Trading pursuant to that Act .
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