Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] to take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the promise of a pay freeze for Ministers was not enough to take the heat out of the effective pay cut for millions . |
| 2 | Just occasionally an electron whose energy is not enough to take it legitimately over the top will nevertheless emerge the other side . |
| 3 | Makita power tools are the very best quality and are built to industrial standards , not only to take hard work , but also to incorporate many safety features . |
| 4 | Nowadays nurses are faced with complex situations , not only to take account of psychological and sociocultural factors during illness but also as promoters of health , and in helping patients and families to become involved in their own health care . |
| 5 | The clerk , Robert Clive , was able not only to take Arcot by a surprise attack but also to inspire his little force to hang on to it during a 50-day seige in which a series of onslaughts on the citadel was beaten off . |
| 6 | Treaty , included the right not only to take up activities as a self-employed person but also to pursue them in the broad sense of the term and that ‘ The renting of premises for business purposes furthers the pursuit of an occupation and therefore falls within the scope of article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 7 | It is therefore a good idea not only to take note of and practise stress patterns in words in isolation , but also study to see what happens with the stress when the same words are put in various sentences . |
| 8 | He had not only to take Rome : he had also to retain it . |
| 9 | They wanted not merely to take anti-pollution and anti-nuclear measures , but also to change Germany back into a rural economy , yet they grew rapidly in appeal after 1981 and attracted the sympathy of leftists who were dissatisfied with the moderation of the SPD . |
| 10 | And not just to take the phetam , either — not now . |
| 11 | The duty is not simply to take reasonable care to refrain from the act or neglect , but to take reasonable care not to injure such a person by the act or neglect . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not here to take your call . |
| 13 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 14 | ‘ Nick Faldo is not there to take it easy , but that 's Faldo 's game . |
| 15 | ‘ If I was n't here to take care of things , how on earth would you manage ? |