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

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1 If conditions subsequently permit some slackening of the measures , that can easily be done , especially as the major tax changes do not take effect for a year .
2 If conditions subsequently permit some slackening of the measures , that can easily be done , especially as the major tax changes do not take effect for a year .
3 So too an attempt to make a direct gift , which fails because the proper method of transfer is not employed , will not take effect as a trust .
4 The contradictions of the model help explain why the transition from Francoism to democracy did not take place by a process of radical ‘ rupture ’ , but through a more consensual evolution in which elements of the regime 's own institutions and key political figures played a central role .
5 Though it did not take place in a laboratory , the study by Atkinson et al .
6 Now we know that such a deformation can not take place in a polymer , for if it did some atoms would move relative to their topological nearest neighbours by far more than covalent forces would allow , dissociation would occur ( chain scission ) and the nature of the polymer would change .
7 Practice does not take place in a vacuum , and may be implicitly based on contingent theories which allow few across-the-board answers or approaches .
8 Professional training can not take place in a vacuum .
9 DR MARY Archer ca n't take part in a celebrity sponsored walk today because she 's on holiday .
10 Anyone who did n't take advantage of a situation like this was a fool .
11 Often found on good daysacks , the waist strap does n't take weight like a hip belt but it does provide extra stability .
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