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

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1 There are complaints when they do not take a child into care and there are complaints when they do .
2 If you 're in search of Christmas presents with a classic look this year , why not take a look at the Sanderson range of festive gifts ?
3 Luke laughed , then said to Anna , ‘ When you 've done Sherwood Forest , why not take a look at Newstead Abbey ?
4 There is no reason at present why you can not take a course in one country even though you intend to take up a job elsewhere .
5 He will not take a decision on his own that his team does not respect , so colleagues find him caring and tolerant .
6 The House did not take a decision on the Bill or express a view on it .
7 Why not take a couple of days off work ?
8 ‘ I have to be here anyway , and it does n't need two of us to cover , so why not take a couple of hours or so ? ’
9 Do not take a job on the basis of a vague letter of appointment .
10 And so , when you come to the bible and you read the account of Jesus here on the earth , turning the water into wine , of Jesus stilling the storm , when you into the old testament and you read accounts there of the children of Israel , of the me , of the tremendous miracles that were performed by Jehovah , God for them well of course , there 's a natural explanation to it , because you ca n't do these things , there are natural laws that stop you doing them you can not take a glass of water , even if you 're God , you can not take it and make it into a glass of wine instantly , it 's got natural processes to go through .
11 The French are masters of restaurant cooking and atmosphere , so why not take a leaf from their book ?
12 Manager Lennie Lawrence has delayed a final decision but he can not take a risk for a game that could clinch Boro automatic promotion .
13 Stoute said Alnasr Alwasheek does not take a lot of getting ready for a race .
14 It would not take a lot of imagination to believe some of these old tales in such conditions .
15 I will not take a point of order .
16 No , I can not take a point of order until after the statement .
17 Mr. Graham does not take a fee for his talks but directs it to UNICEF .
18 Losing one player does not take a team from being championship contenders to relegation candidates I 'm sure he is , but there is no bottomless pit of money , so certain players may end up being sold .
19 ‘ I will not take a penny of collection money to pay for Jennifer , ’ she said .
20 England 's first choice spinners , Emburey and Tufnell , did not take a wicket between them until the third day of the third Test .
21 Eleven members of the Democratic Progressive party elected to the National Assembly have been barred from taking their seats because they will not take an oath of loyalty to the Republic of China ( the official name for Taiwan ) , only to the Republic of Taiwan .
22 The courts will not take the incidence of future inflation into account in calculating the dependency , but if it is established that the deceased would have increased his income in the future for reasons other than inflation ( eg because he would have been promoted if he had remained in his job or because he would probably have attained higher and better paid skills or a better paid job if he had lived ) this might give grounds for increasing the multiplicand .
23 Held , allowing the appeal , that the retraction by a witness in extradition proceedings of evidence previously given in the requesting state did not in itself discredit that evidence and , unless it was worthless , the magistrate was entitled to act upon it in deciding whether there was sufficient evidence to justify an order for committal ; that , equally , a witness 's evidence was not to be automatically discredited by virtue of that witness having been an alleged accomplice of the accused ; and that the magistrate had given proper consideration to the retraction of P. 's evidence and to his being an alleged accomplice when deciding if there was sufficient evidence to justify the applicant 's committal ; that , further , since the provision in article 1 of the Treaty allowing for extradition in respect of offences ‘ committed within the territory of the requesting party ’ having been extended by article 3(2) to cover participation in extradition offences punishable by the laws of both states , the lack of evidence of the applicant 's presence in Sweden at the relevant time did not take the offences outside the ambit of the Treaty ; that under Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 the magistrate was concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to the English crimes specified in the order to proceed and not with the jurisdiction of the Swedish court ; and that , accordingly , the magistrate had been entitled to commit the applicant ( post , pp. 846D–F , 850F — 851A , E — 852C , 853A ) .
24 If someone who is offered an obviously forged check believes that if the issue is litigated a court will lay down a rule denying recovery for the future and apply that rule against him , he will not take the check in the first instance , and society will have the benefit of the better rule without actually paying the costs of litigation or incurring the disadvantages of bad commercial practice before the case is litigated .
25 Some of these aspects may well combine in complex and inexplicable ways in the learning process and clearly the teacher can not take the chance of depriving learners of effective learning conditions on the grounds that they can not be explained or controlled .
26 But wordings which did not take the shape of a request also soon came to be accepted .
27 We have just got you well again , Jenna , and I can not take the responsibility of letting you out of my sight . ’
28 Those who could not take the Pioneers at any price had the option of training for essential civilian work .
29 Was she a child then still , that she could not take the decision for herself ?
30 If he does not take the decision before the election and if the Conservatives are re-elected , I am afraid that we shall lose another 100 jobs in Carlisle .
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