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

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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
8 These hapless people did not take flight in response to the spread of ‘ rumours of independence ’ .
9 ( Luke : The account of the trial in Luke does not take place at night but in the morning .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 But while the choice is individual , it does not take place in isolation , but within a framework of given options .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Much care and restraint necessary from both partners to ensure intercourse does not take place around ovulation .
16 This also has implications for econometric models since most of the existing models do not take account of knowledge of published forecasts .
17 Like Lockwood they base their analysis on market and work situations , but they do not take account of status situation .
18 But most government business does n't take place on television most government business takes place behind closed doors .
19 ‘ It 's difficult to say that you do n't take notice of criticism , because you ca n't avoid taking notice of it .
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