Example sentences of "do not take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It said that the Government had no policy for industry and no policy for the country , and that if they did not take a new direction there would be no British-owned manufacturing industry left in this country — now answer ! |
| 2 | Mercifully the illness did not take a long course . |
| 3 | ‘ No man to upset and it did not take a great deal to upset him . ’ |
| 4 | The leather trade was one which did not take a great deal of effort to run successfully but then Craig believed that his brother had a hand in the unprofitable deals Uncle Thomas had made and had profited from them . |
| 5 | It could not be suggested that these justices in the instant case did not take time to consider the matter and it is not suggested , nor could it be , that they did not take a great deal of care in carrying out their duties . |
| 6 | However , it should be noted that additions to IBM files did not take a great deal longer than to ICL files , while random retrievals from IBM files were not markedly more rapid . |
| 7 | Eva , who felt she owed all she was , and had achieved , to her mother did not take a great deal of convincing . |
| 8 | But it did not take a sharp journalistic instinct to realise that for refugees — particularly young refugees — life could never be that simple . |
| 9 | In nine cases out of ten , it did not take a professional analyst to detect the cause of the problem . |
| 10 | Francis Maginn did not take a prominent part in the affairs of the BDDA after its formation . |
| 11 | The group did not take a big advance . |
| 12 | It did not take a mathematical genius to work out that — with 59 clauses still to go — this was not brilliant progress . |
| 13 | I do not take a lapwing diversion from the nest via such topical matters of the day as the political turmoil in Eastern Europe , the freshest African coup , the survival chances of the whale , and that surly ripple of low pressure currently pendant from Greenland 's coathook . |
| 14 | Do not take a large supper which may make sleep difficult immediately afterwards . |
| 15 | It did n't take a great mind to work out that this was some security conscious area . |
| 16 | It did n't take a psychic to see that Annie had worked that out for herself . |
| 17 | Katze had never seen this type of explosive , but it did n't take a scientific genius to work out what the thing was . |
| 18 | He did n't take a positivistic line and argue that the sentence ‘ God exists ’ is literally meaningless , but he did at least think that it was , expressed a proposition which no reasonable person would accept . |
| 19 | We 'll prosecute ’ , because that silly fool down there did n't take a statutory sample . |
| 20 | And you do n't take a strange card in the blind alley . |
| 21 | Ooh , I do n't take a bloody notice now . |
| 22 | D'yer know that Billy o' mine do n't take a blind bit o' notice when Daniel talks to 'im , but 'e soon listens ter me . |
| 23 | You do n't go into areas that are poorly lit if you can help it , you do n't take a short cut through the dark woods because it 'll save you five minutes on your journey , stick in well lit , we well lit areas . |
| 24 | If the landlord does not grant and the tenant does not take a certain term the grant does not create a lease . |
| 25 | It does not take a well-qualified anthropologist to guess at the impact on self-esteem , relationships , and family lifestyles . |
| 26 | The system does not take a zero-based view of needs but has an incremental approach as the formula is replicated from year to year . |
| 27 | IT does n't take a professional fashion pundit to work out that when it comes to glamour , Liverpool girls are a force to be reckoned with . |
| 28 | Does n't take a chunky chop does it ? |
| 29 | The Earth does n't take a circular path around the sun so it passes it quickly sometimes and slowly at other times . |