Example sentences of "not take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he moved towards Paris in late March : everyone knew that it did not take six weeks to get from Paris to Attigny . |
| 2 | I was interested in my work and I did not take one day 's holiday during the next two years . |
| 3 | Can I not take one step without falling on my face ? ’ |
| 4 | Since their success depended upon their mobility , they could not take cumbersome engines with them ; instead , they developed military skills sometimes rather different from those employed by more conventional soldiers . |
| 5 | He was advised by doctors Continued on Page 3 Continued from Page 1 that a degenerative disc might need surgery if he did not take complete rest . |
| 6 | Lugh said it would not take two days and it would not even take all night . |
| 7 | Wandering scholars or rootless intellectuals may not take such things very seriously . |
| 8 | A study showed that the level of stress related illness among employees in a department which provided support as described was much lower than in a similar department that did not take such precautions . |
| 9 | Firms that are hopeful about the future do not take such measures . |
| 10 | It was all Harriet could do not to confront her , have the whole thing out , tell her that she was not prepared to put up with such behaviour any longer , that she might be a war widow with a child , but she was living in her mother 's house and should at least not take such care and help for granted . |
| 11 | We can not take such ideas too literally . |
| 12 | In Tuberville v Savage , the accused laid his hand on his sword and said : " If it were not assize time , I would not take such language . " |
| 13 | The results speak for themselves : Labour lost rural seats and could not take key marginals . |
| 14 | Their views of appropriate actions for resolving problems of disability related to their own value systems ; the authors of the study conclude that a standard service , which does not take individual values into account , will conflict with the view of some people it is trying to help . |
| 15 | Karel van Miert , the commissioner responsible for transport , commented that " the situation is likely to become completely unmanageable if we do not take comprehensive measures " . |
| 16 | ‘ Angel , I would rather not take that name ! ’ |
| 17 | I have no wish to tread on the toes of colleagues who have legitimate local interests , but from the national standpoint , I think that it is regrettable that the link will not take that route . |
| 18 | League tables that do not take that correlation into consideration distort reality and are inaccurate . |
| 19 | The Government document , however , does not take that road to the problems of Scotland 's health . |
| 20 | I 'd rather not take that risk because |
| 21 | Even if our ministries do not take that form of living as radically as that , incarnation does challenge each of us to apply the message of Christ . |
| 22 | It is not appropriate to judge a novel or film , a work of art or philosophy in political terms if the work in question does not take that form ( i.e. , does not organize itself in terms of political discourse ) . |
| 23 | Those who were closest to her were going to make sure she did not take that gift for granted . |
| 24 | Environmental policies which did not take economic concerns into account were " doomed to fail " , he said , whereas " there is no better ally in the service of our environment than strong economies , economies that make possible increased efficiencies , that enable us to make environmental gains , economies that can generate new technologies and help us arrest and reverse the damage done to our environment " . |
| 25 | But Planck 's quantum principle tells us that each gamma ray quantum has a very high energy , because gamma rays have a very high frequency , so it would not take many quanta to radiate even ten thousand megawatts . |
| 26 | Once probate has been granted , which should not take many weeks , this house , and everything in it that is not chosen by Miss Merchiston — ’ |
| 27 | But it did not take many weeks of the Lancashire cotton famine ( due to the interruption of raw material supplies by the American Civil War ) to reduce even such a family to charity . |
| 28 | But the law did not take specific account of Arabs who left their homes for fear that Israeli forces might cause them harm — the reason most Arabs give for their sudden departure . |
| 29 | For years nurses had wanted special pay arrangements which recognized that they did not take industrial action in pursuit of their pay claims . |
| 30 | The controversial nature of Gates 's nomination was highlighted when many of his supporters , most notably Boren , warned him that they would be watching closely to ensure that he did not take retaliatory action against his critics within the CIA . |