Example sentences of "[noun sg] could not take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan had asked me to arrive in good time with the Registration of Death certificate and , equally important apparently , the cheque , without which the cremation could not take place . |
| 2 | His mind could not take in all the implications of this sudden realization . |
| 3 | Such a contribution can not be assessed , but assuredly , the research could not take place without it . |
| 4 | Such a contribution can not be assessed , but assuredly , the research could not take place without it . |
| 5 | " Once , " said Daniel , " I was in Charing Cross Hospital , someone 's kid had taken an overdose and died , they pump them out there regular as clockwork but this one 's liver could n't take any more . |
| 6 | A spokeswoman for the Ombudsman 's office said the draft report was still in the hands of the DTI and that publication could not take place until it had been returned . |
| 7 | Even the summer sun could not take the grey away from the thick band of the Thames , sluggishly curving towards Wandsworth . |
| 8 | Morality could not take precedence in the determination of foreign policy because of structural differences between the setting for individual behaviour and the setting for international behaviour . |
| 9 | ‘ Emily , the marriage could not take place yet , ’ he told her . |
| 10 | The question of prohibited degrees , within which marriage could not take place , also appears in the late seventh century , when bishop Leodegar of Autun is said to have attacked the marriage of Childeric II to his cousin Bilichild . |
| 11 | Faith in collective bargaining could not take root . |
| 12 | It was recently applied in Commercial Plastics Ltd v Vincent [ 1965 ] 1 QB 623 where it was said that as the provision was a single one and could not correctly be divisible into two or more parts severance could not take place . |
| 13 | The Cleveland firm which installed the panelling for a drugs trial could not take it down until today at the earliest . |
| 14 | And her husband could n't take his eyes off her . |
| 15 | My imagination could not take me to such depths of anger , so I implored her to tell me what was happening before Kareem ( my husband ) paid his afternoon visit . |
| 16 | Ltd. , formerly part of the UndergrounD Group , but which London Transport could not take over . |
| 17 | Some would say that the universe is such that a resurrection could not take place , and they would base this assertion on " science " . |
| 18 | The ANC also rejected the call made by de Klerk that the ANC become a political party , saying that such a transformation could not take place until a constitution was in place allowing the participation of blacks at all levels . |
| 19 | Coffin could n't take his eyes off it . |
| 20 | Mary would work like a slave , but a woman could not take the animals to market , though he knew of widows living alone , soldiers ' wives mostly , who farmed on in a rough way by themselves , their cattle straying and mixing with the herds of others , their oats still standing in November … |
| 21 | Defries , Daak and Ace could n't take their eyes from it as the shuttle took them inexorably towards it and it grew across the window . |
| 22 | But doctors say a smaller chair could n't take her body weight . |
| 23 | no completely void because you ca n't severe the good from the bad in section fourteen , your Lordship could n't take a blue pencil and , and , and find some words in section fourteen which say erm , you know , I can take out an article eighty five claim or I can allow an article eighty five claim but I can leave something else in |
| 24 | The process of conception as such is not affected , and the scientist no more ‘ creates ’ a baby than does the obstetrician who performs a Caesarean section , an operation which has saved the lives of countless mothers and babies in situations where birth could not take place by the natural route . |
| 25 | So the ambassador could not take a single firm line . |
| 26 | If this were not possible , inter-subjective communication could not take place . |
| 27 | However , if the relevant project could not take place at all without cooperation , then Article 85(1) will not be infringed . |
| 28 | Dad could n't take it because it 's confidential |
| 29 | This philosophy produced strong and excellent aeroplanes so long as one was quite sure which members were in tension and which in compression , for , though a strut could at a pinch take tension , a wire could not take compression . |
| 30 | Though Dr Runcie and his party could not take Holy Communion at the papal mass , he had earlier celebrated the eucharist at the Anglican church in Rome after three demonstrators rose from the congregation as he ascended the pulpit ; the visit has been dogged by protests from supporters of the Rev Ian Paisley . |