Example sentences of "not taking the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only women who are not breastfeeding and not taking the contraceptive pill are eligible . |
| 2 | Earlier that day , Gorbachev had himself appeared to raise the possibility of his stepping down as general secretary at the CPSU congress when , clearly stung by the ferocity of the criticisms being levelled at him , he complained that " people are not taking the general secretary , the President of the country , very seriously " , and added : " It is not a question of me : tomorrow or in 10 or 12 days ' time someone else might be general secretary or party chairman . " |
| 3 | I 'm not taking the bloody drop for them . ’ |
| 4 | If the ferry boat was there it would be quicker , if not she would have lost precious time by not taking the direct path to the bridge . |
| 5 | While other dictionary publishers are not taking the extreme stance taken by COBUILD , corpora are being recognised as increasingly useful tools for creating up-to-date dictionaries that accurately reflect the language . |
| 6 | These include power to strike out an application because the applicant is not taking the proper steps to further the claim , or because it is ‘ scandalous , frivolous or vexatious ’ . |
| 7 | We may find that some of the ideas we want to test are very difficult ones ; certainly , in using this particular example of baptism , we are not taking the easiest idea ever put forward . |