Example sentences of "[conj] take no " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is largely the result of a dramatic increase in the level of reported and detected crime over the same period , though it also reflects decisions by the police and prosecuting authorities to deal with such offenders by means of prosecuting them instead of cautioning them or taking no further action . |
| 2 | The choice facing the Government is whether to take a risk with inflation by reducing interest rates in order to get the economy out of recession , or to take no risk with inflation , await a recovery in the domestic economy ( now more likely because of a lower pound and lower interest rates ) , and a decline in German interest rates , before rejoining the ERM . |
| 3 | Oh , I said to him look I said she obviously a person that takes no notice , but she lives out in the country . |
| 4 | Companies that take no risk disappear . |
| 5 | Even worse off is the pilot who still believes he will make it and takes no action until he arrives on the ground or in a hedge . |
| 6 | At best , heterosexuality and homosexuality are seen as psychological variants , a perspective which homogenizes these orientations , underplays the social differences which accompany them , and takes no account of political lesbianism . |
| 7 | In this view , the social scientist produces neutral science and takes no responsibility for the ways in which it is used . |
| 8 | LIFE IS THE SEARCH for the dish that tantalizes , draws oohs and aahs of appreciation from your dinner guests , and takes no more than a quick yo heave ho to knock together . |
| 9 | The current prescribing unit breaks practices into two age bands ( under 65 and over 65 years ) and takes no account of sex . |
| 10 | The Kingdom of Sweden is a parliamentary democracy in which the monarch retains purely ceremonial functions as head of state and takes no active part in government . |
| 11 | My sister , who is 80 , lives on her own and takes no tablets . |
| 12 | The Trust is not an anglers ' or owners ' association and takes no side in the arguments between the supporters or sporting and commercial fishing , but it does believe that salmon should be taken only in their rivers of origin or their estuaries so that the total level of fishing effort can be controlled in order to ensure that enough fish reach the spawning sites to maintain stocks naturally . |
| 13 | Your heart would go out to her , Wilson , if you were to see how she struggles to be her old self but is exhausted after a mere ten minutes of conversation , and then she is obliged to fall back and take no more part in it though wishing to do so . |
| 14 | None of this was available to the hard-pressed scholarly hacks in Gissing 's new Grub Street , or to the real-life Francis Thompson , keeping himself just alive by high-quality literary journalism , which involved working for twelve hours every day and taking no holidays . |
| 15 | Everyone was singing a different song out of tune and taking no notice where they were throwing the water . |
| 16 | And Albert Sandwich who was still sitting quietly on his suitcase , reading his book and taking no notice . |
| 17 | When the beachmaster is angered by a serious challenge , he thunders across the sand , humping and heaving his huge body with surprising speed and taking no notice whatever of what lies in his way . |
| 18 | Lachlan Watt had been about to leave Hamish and Antonia 's party when Fergus had fallen over and Fiona had decided it was time to take her husband home ; she had offered Lachy a lift back to his brother 's house , but when they 'd got there Fergus had seemed fast asleep , snoring loudly and taking no apparent notice of Fiona shaking him and shouting at him ; Lachy had volunteered to come back to the castle to help get Fergus out of the car and upstairs to bed ; Fiona would run Lachy back afterwards . |
| 19 | Prince Philip was frankly disappointed in his first born and took no pains to hide his feelings . |
| 20 | For Labour , Mr Donald Dewar said the figures did not amount to a real increase and took no account of cuts in local authority spending in recent years . |
| 21 | All three jockeys gave evidence to the stewards , who , after hearing from the betting intelligence officer , accepted their explanations and took no further action . |
| 22 | Most of today 's moneyed people were jumped-up and took no interest in the old way of life . |
| 23 | Each clique treated the establishment as its club and took no notice at all of anyone outside the charmed circle . |
| 24 | Thomas himself left the Company in 1916 and took no further part in the matter . |
| 25 | He knew no English and took no interest in what he must have regarded as a far flung outpost of his Angevin Empire — except for the revenues it could bring . |
| 26 | Holding out her hand enticingly , Penny called softly and persuasively to try and attract the bird down , but Kelpie stayed on his perch and took no notice at all . |
| 27 | Rother 's woes were further compounded when Richard Whitmore Jones was injured in the first game and took no further part in the match . |
| 28 | As he had no profession , and took no interest in the running of his estates , he indulged himself in pastimes such as shooting and fishing , but above all in training and racing thoroughbred horses . |
| 29 | Bridget listened and nodded and thought to herself ‘ the silly bitch is jarred ’ and took no notice . |
| 30 | I was just a squib and he was a six-former , very fine chap and took no notice of grubby little oicks . |