Example sentences of "not take [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although they vary either in their particular concerns or in the foci of their campaigns — even the Responsible Society , which states that it does not take part in demonstrations and public protests , campaigns through its literature — it was ‘ permissiveness ’ or their particular interpretation or conception of permissiveness that was the galvanizing force behind their development .
2 His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf .
3 Where people do not take part in politics , the study enquires whether this is due to satisfaction , hostility or apathy and in what circumstances people might come to take a more active part .
4 Girobank 's post-tax profit — calculated on a basis that does not take inflation into account — was £9million , unchanged on the first half of 1988 .
5 Yet the Lord Chief Justice , giving oral evidence , said that he and the Lord Chancellor were at one in their belief that religious affinity should not take precedence over ability in the appointment of judges and , said The Times , he gave the impression that his positive feelings towards the judge were shared by the Lord Chancellor So oral evidence was admitted on the kind of matter for which privilege from disclosure of documents was claimed by the Crown .
6 The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime .
7 In the final analysis , if the small farmer and peasant of the Third World can not or will not take conservation to heart , no amount of model-building , empirical plot studies , erosion risk assessment or legislation will result in the preservation of the soil 's resources .
8 Odd that Johnson did not take note of Strichen , whose development was in full swing when he called there for his Wednesday lunch .
9 The ANC conference held in Johannesburg on Dec. 14-16 ended with a commitment to continue negotiations but with a threat to suspend them if the government did not take action before April 30 , 1991 , to halt township violence , release all political prisoners , allow exiles to return , repeal remaining " repressive " legislation and halt political trials .
10 and the building societies at one time would not take overtime into account , but in the eighties oh my God , you know , how much , oh have as much as you want
11 I would not take office under MacDonald , and yet it would have been impossible to have refused .
12 These hapless people did not take flight in response to the spread of ‘ rumours of independence ’ .
13 The work was actually carried out in 1971–72 , although the lease did not take effect until February 1974 just two months before the old county borough ceased to exist at the time of local government reorganisation .
14 Since the telex did not take effect in England , the English courts have no jurisdiction .
15 ( Luke : The account of the trial in Luke does not take place at night but in the morning .
16 Casual , individual violence was almost certainly more common than today but ‘ hooliganism ’ in the collective and contemporary sense did not take place at football matches .
17 In view of the international and domestic controversy generated in 1985 when Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone visited the shrine , together with the complications arising from Japan 's strict constitutional separation of church and state — those commemorated by the shrine being revered as Shinto deities — and the recent accusations of incipient militarism made by many neighbouring countries following the enactment of the PKO bill , however , Miyazawa stressed that his visit would be " in a private capacity " and would not take place on Aug. 15 , the anniversary of the ending of the Pacific War .
18 But we are determined that bait digging will not take place on Budle Bay and we will rigorously protect it , ’ he said .
19 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 .
20 If there is any suspicion that the building may be inhabited entry must not take place without police assistance .
21 The ward is not a classroom , and teaching and learning can not take place without interruptions and constraints .
22 The official inaugural meeting did not take place until October when the room had been open six months , and took the form of a Tea Soiree .
23 Initially the communications between Jones and Pons were by telephone and mail ; a formal meeting did not take place until February 1989 .
24 The formulation of a decision was quite distinct from its implementation , which often did not take place until months or even years later .
25 In the same year the Ernest Ayliffe Home was ready to receive its first residents , but the official opening did not take place until June 1950 .
26 But while the choice is individual , it does not take place in isolation , but within a framework of given options .
27 Scientific research does not take place in isolation ; the communities within which new discoveries take place , and among whose members these discoveries are communicated , are recognisable social groups .
28 Only if that background is established can we be assured that abuse will not take place in future either in Leicestershire or in other counties .
29 It is not enough for librarians to claim that censorship does not and will not take place in libraries .
30 I READ that some people ( HAS January 30 ) would have us believe that history did not take place in Hitler 's Nazi Germany .
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