Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] to be take " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be said that Rochlin is not to be taken seriously , being merely a popularizing psychologist . |
| 2 | Britain 's highest peak is not to be taken lightly . |
| 3 | Marcellus says the condition on the manumission is not to be taken to be repeated in the case of the substitutes . |
| 4 | Similarly , the hero of The Prelude is taken from the ‘ educational processes ’ of the Lake District , Cambridge and so on , which take up the first half of the poem , and engages with society and history in the conflicts of the French Revolution ; the Revolution is not to be taken as a purely fortuitous occurrence , but the main event of the time , that which separates off the Modern Age from all that had gone before . |
| 5 | In Eastern Canada , Scottish first division tourists Jed-Forest quickly found rugby in Ontario is not to be taken lightly . |
| 6 | A child is not to be taken as having a learning difficulty solely because the language ( or form of the language ) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language ( or from of language ) which has at any time been spoken in the house . |
| 7 | Yet , as they finally declare their love for each other — having been tricked into so doing — Beatrice asks one favour : It seems to me that the fact that this request comes in prose is a sign that it is not to be taken seriously , since it , too , like so much else in the play , is based on false appearances . |
| 8 | The charter that was drawn up represents , in fact , just such a claim : it was a political weapon in the battle for status and funding and is not to be taken simply at face value . |
| 9 | Freud is not to be taken to be providing a theory of instinct for all species , but trying to puzzle out the complex similarities and differences between man and animals . |
| 10 | However , it is not to be taken as part of the definition of a causal circumstance that it must include more than one element — more than one condition , event , individual property or whatever . |
| 11 | It is not to be taken seriously — of course , electrons do not " choose " — but it is somehow irresistible for physicists to talk in this way , at least informally when they are not writing grave papers for their colleagues . |
| 12 | The condition is not to be taken lightly . |
| 13 | In making an apology one accepts blame for what has happened , but at the same time one tries to convince the injured party if there happens to be one , or the world at large if not , that the error is not to be taken as representative of the real self . |
| 14 | In this case , as in all other ex parte applications , it is not to be taken that an ex parte application for the return of a child , or an ex parte application for an interim residence order , will be granted easily . |
| 15 | It is that wherever Parliament in an earlier statute has directed its attention to an individual case and has made provision for it unambiguously , there arises a presumption that if in a subsequent statute the legislature lays down a general principle , that general principle is not to be taken as meant to rip up what the legislature had before provided for individually , unless an intention to do so is specially declared . |
| 16 | This can be avoided by asking only for condemnations of the path that is not to be taken . |
| 17 | The classifying genitive is highly idiomatic and its meaning is not to be taken literally . |
| 18 | However , the NIAAF are emphasising that the number travelling to Holland is not to be taken as the number likely to go the Commonwealth Games . |
| 19 | This is not to be taken literally . |
| 20 | It should be noted however , that this advice is not to be taken as suggesting that pupils must study these four Short Courses throughout S3/4 . |
| 21 | Next , the tenant 's adviser should ensure that there is a minimum turnover figure , which is not to be taken into account in assessing the rent , and possibly a maximum figure above which turnover is ignored . |
| 22 | The fact that a person is aware of a notice or contract term purporting to exclude another 's liability for negligence is not to be taken as indicating a voluntary assumption of any risk ( s2(3) ) . |
| 23 | We are invited to thrill to the idea of travelling nightmares , but the essentially humorous style informs us that it is n't to be taken entirely seriously . |