Example sentences of "[noun pl] do [adv] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Users themselves , however , are not completely blameless when it comes to the slow uptake of open systems , Wendler observes , ‘ our clients do n't take products seriously until IBM is involved . ’ |
| 2 | The Mesopotamian Jews did not take part in the Maccabean rebellion and apparently were unaffected by it . |
| 3 | The vast flocks of gulls at rubbish tips do not normally compete for food resources with other birds , but black-headed gulls do sometimes take advantage of other species ' food-finding skills . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | This also has implications for econometric models since most of the existing models do not take account of knowledge of published forecasts . |
| 6 | Confirmations and ordinations did not take place — most of the bishops and many of the religious communities were in exile . |
| 7 | The report observes that many companies do not take action on environmental issues until they are forced to do so by legislation . |
| 8 | The movement may have been divided in this period , but these attacks did not take place without resistance and the value of collective action was learned . |
| 9 | These calculations do not take account of the value of the long term assurance business . |
| 10 | However , if excavations do not take place the cemetery and its treasures are likely to be destroyed by ploughing within a few years . |
| 11 | The steering committee itself states the need for better working practices , observing that ‘ if these changes do not take place , disenchantment will grow , … leading to increased drop out rates ’ with ‘ the potential for staff shortages . ’ |
| 12 | In other words , the changes do not take place gradually but as sporadic bursts , as a series of minor catastrophes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | and peasant antagonism ought to have been greatest and therefore you on the face of it it seems surprising does n't it that land reforms did n't take place immediately , or they were n't attempting land reform to take place immediately . |
| 16 | Of course , the stressed representations do not take account of the distribution of sentence stress in the utterances . |
| 17 | To say that the death of the pigs did not take place on the same occasion at all and has nothing to do with the miracle . |
| 18 | What is not in doubt is that there is a highly active market in take-overs in the UK , and therefore not surprisingly managements do commonly take steps to safeguard their positions . |
| 19 | William Whitelaw and his Whips did not take sides in any outward way . |
| 20 | Well , all right , technically he was concealing information about a deserter — although nothing like the scale on which Maj or Maxim was doing it — but civilians do n't take desertion seriously . |
| 21 | Civilians do n't take orders from the military . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I 've enquired of the regular users of this service and they tell me that on the following days the advertised journeys did not take place : |
| 24 | This assessment appears valid , but the authorities did not take satisfaction from it . |
| 25 | However , one of the arguments put forward by those who support all forms of field sports is that the landowners over whose land foxes and deer are being hunted and game birds shot , will maintain a more natural environment than if such activities did not take place . |
| 26 | Hir investigations did n't take hir further than the light beneath Tammuz Malamute 's door . |
| 27 | Important shifts did nevertheless take place in ways which profoundly reshaped the organisation of sexuality . |
| 28 | That such shifts did indeed take place , is shown by the geological and biological conformity at the edges which once joined together . |
| 29 | The responsibility which parents have to ensure that sexual acts do not take place between themselves and their children is surely not confined to sexual intercourse . |
| 30 | It is unfortunate that the plaintiffs did not take care to see that the defendant had independent advice in the matter . |