Example sentences of "not [be] taken [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Mixed institutions , the greater part of which were used for other than hospital purposes , were to remain with the local authority and would not be taken into the National Health Service .
2 He need not be taken to a designated police station if it is not anticipated he will be detained for more than six hours or where the arresting officer is without help .
3 This view would appear to contain much sense ; but it must not be taken to the extreme .
4 The other points to note on the Regulations are : ( i ) that advantage can not be taken of the section if a provision , ‘ however expressed , ’ of the company 's memorandum or articles requires copies of the full accounts to be sent to members or which prohibits the sending of summary financial statements ( ii ) that provisions , similar to those in relation to the full accounts , apply to approval by , and signature on behalf of , the directors of the summary , and ( iii ) that , up to the end of 1991 , most listed companies do not seem to have opted to adopt the innovation .
5 The illustration should not be taken as a forecast , and the actual policy proceeds may be higher or lower than the amounts illustrated , depending on future investment conditions .
6 The illustration should not be taken as a forecast and the actual policy proceeds may be higher or lower than the amounts illustrated , depending on future investment conditions .
7 However , the continuation of a tradition of appointed local boards can not be taken as a vote of confidence in their predecessors .
8 Our table lists the factor that influences most choices — the price per gallon — but this should not be taken as a measure of value for money merely as an indicator of price .
9 Perhaps this is inevitable , but what we see today must not be taken as a true vision of the past .
10 If not , the ratification of Maastricht should not be taken as a signal that the Europe of the past few decades has been assured of perpetuity , but rather that a redefinition of its ambitions is overdue .
11 For the moment , however , it is sufficient to note that the formation of interest groups is a problem of the highest order ; the group world can not be taken as a given but needs to be explained ; and we have to attend to the determinants of individual consciousness and awareness , and the part they play in the development of groups and political conflict .
12 In effect , they argue that the governmental agenda can not be taken as a given .
13 The present lack of a definitely accepted account of the origin of life should certainly not be taken as a stumbling block for the whole Darwinian world view , as it occasionally — probably with wishful thinking — is .
14 The publication of results need not be taken as a threat to a good education system .
15 The real wage rate w which reconciles the target real wage with the feasible real wage at NAIRU should not be taken as a measure of Keynes 's ‘ marginal disutility of employment ’ .
16 But that should not be taken as a serious disappointment .
17 But Ward re-asserted BAF 's belief that ‘ ignorance on the part of an athlete can not be taken as a plea of not guilty .
18 As has already been noted , the number of foreign-language publications read can not be taken as a direct measure of the success or otherwise of the Library 's foreign purchasing programme ; however , in 1973 the then level of demand for such items was described as ‘ disappointingly low ’ , and the hope that the external circulation of lists of foreign accessions would have increased it was recognised to have been vain .
19 After the violent conditions that erm we think occurred in the early life of the earth and injected energy and churned up the atmosphere and formed the prebiotic molecules , we find that just those same molecules are actually in the clouds in space , and these clouds are the basic raw material from which stars and plants form in the first place , so we might ask the question could they have got into the earth 's atmosphere without this intermediate process , and I think there are mechanisms whereby these molecules can accrete into the earth 's atmosphere , and it certainly suggests that we should look at thse and certainly not be taken as a foregone conclusion that the Uray/Miller experiments are the only mechanism whereby the prebiotic soup was formed .
20 It seems clearly to describe something about our culture , yet can not be taken as an absolute .
21 We are currently seeking alternative rapid methods , but the lack of a suitable rapid assay must not be taken as an indication that therapeutic monitoring is unnecessary .
22 The fact that ECGD may have instructed them should not be taken as an endorsement of their expertise , official or otherwise .
23 This should not be taken as an affront to Philip 's power and prestige .
24 Retirement , though , could not be taken as an easy escape from controversy .
25 But these pronouncements should not be taken as the fount of all wisdom .
26 I think I need to say on that , that that should not be taken as the county council sitting on the fence between two opposing er extremes .
27 She would not be taken for a fool , either , not when it mattered so much as this .
28 Extractive hay or silage crops should not be taken in the first year , although the ley may be topped if necessary .
29 That course could not be taken in the present case , because of a specific and unusual statutory provision which anticipated the kind of mistake which was made by the sentencer in this case .
30 The officer did not invite the defendant to express a preference for giving blood or urine but warned him of the consequences of failure to provide a specimen and gave him the opportunity to put forward any reasons why a specimen of blood could not be taken by a doctor .
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