Example sentences of "[not/n't] be taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not be taken in by current usage . |
| 2 | But it should not be taken too literally . |
| 3 | Judgements made in the course of a lecture will be taken down in notes as if they were facts , whereas it is in the nature of critical judgements that they can not be taken over by others ; it is on this dilemma , I believe , that Leavisism ultimately foundered . |
| 4 | Already in 1928 he was protesting that his own pronouncements at the time of the Imagist manifesto were tailored to the specific needs of 1914 , and should not be taken as binding fourteen years later . |
| 5 | The second bowl — all feeling of loneliness vanishes ; The third bowl — I start searching my soul to find five thousand volumes of ancient tomes ; The fourth bowl — a slight perspiration which washes away all unhappy things ; The fifth bowl — my bones and muscles all cleansed ; The sixth bowl — I establish communication with the immortal spirit ; The seventh bowl — this must not be taken , Already a cool ethereal breeze Emanates from underneath my arms . |
| 6 | The legend could not be taken seriously any longer in what had been , admittedly , a threadbare form . |
| 7 | As long as the latter enjoys only modest powers , the election of its members will not be taken with full seriousness . |
| 8 | While it is a major function of universities to educate , this can not be taken in isolation . |
| 9 | Identifying the typifications of abnormality used by Easton 's section police in this way should not be taken to suggest that there is universal agreement on the abnormality of each specific incident . |
| 10 | Behind this exchange — which perhaps need not be taken too seriously — there lies the fear that a victory for the Labour party in a general election would constitute a repudiation of the King 's actions in August , To the extent that the National Government was formed through the agency of the King , a repudiation of the National Government could be conceived of as a repudiation of the King . |
| 11 | This is not so much a matter of transaction costs as of the unpredictability of offer and counter-offer : it moves economics into the realm of game theory , where efficient outcomes can not be taken for granted ( see box ) . |
| 12 | A ward of court can not be taken out of the jurisdiction of the court , nor can any change be made in his or her position in life , without leave of the court . |
| 13 | Should those decisions not be taken by the courts , in the same way as other sentencing decisions ? |
| 14 | Bad temper could not be taken into account , for that is plainly inconsistent with the standard of reasonable self-control . |
| 15 | But the difficulty with this discussion is that it lacks a firm point of reference because it can not be taken for granted that there should be two levels of offence , rape and procuring sex by threats . |
| 16 | It seems clearly to describe something about our culture , yet can not be taken as an absolute . |
| 17 | American persons who wear training shoes with suits and fur coats can not be taken seriously . |
| 18 | She would not be taken for a fool , either , not when it mattered so much as this . |
| 19 | However , this should not be taken to suggest that the present generation are seduced by their salaries and expenses to the degree that they will abandon their principles in order to continue to have access to the institutional channels for political activity . |
| 20 | Could he not be taken from here , still aslumber ? |
| 21 | The choice to concentrate on this period should not be taken as implying that coin designs are unimportant in the study of other cultures , for this is not at all the case . |
| 22 | Although the depiction of an ancient building on a coin can not be taken entirely at face value , it would be equally wrong to conclude that the evidence of coins is worthless in reconstructing the architectural history of the ancient world . |
| 23 | But you must not be taken in by McLaren and Honda . |
| 24 | It 's great stuff but an act that should not be taken too literally . |
| 25 | In the State of Victoria ( Australia ) the Adoption Law gives rights of access to birth parents and in fact a child can not be taken abroad by the adoptive parents without the consent of the birth parent(s) . |
| 26 | But these pronouncements should not be taken as the fount of all wisdom . |
| 27 | However , Saragossa could not be taken , despite the vast forces set against it and Charles decided to return to Aquitaine , having gained very little other than the defeat of the Basques after storming Pamplona . |
| 28 | However , dogs may not be taken around the lake area , through the tropical house , into the children 's farmyard , or into the Bat House . |
| 29 | The parallel should not be taken too far , however . |
| 30 | The explanations in the official report are so naive that they can not be taken seriously . |