Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may secretly take pride in our traditions and truth , but we are deficient as long as others are left outside in the cold and unable to share with us the sacrament of the Lord . |
| 2 | In contrast , Article 16 provides that a diplomatic officer or consular agent may only take evidence , without compulsion , of nationals of the State in which he exercises his functions , or of third States , if a competent authority in the requested State has given its permission , either generally or in the particular case , and subject to any conditions imposed . |
| 3 | In smaller businesses , job reviews may only take place when the time comes to decide on salary increases and there might be little consultation with the majority of members of staff . |
| 4 | Officials say that this is a sensible sort of calculation and exercise that should properly take place at this stage in the fiscal year . |
| 5 | ‘ Fornication and adultery ’ were sins against the ideal that sex should only take place in ‘ a permanent married relationship ’ , ‘ homosexual genital acts also fall short of this ideal ’ , Christians were ‘ called to be exemplary in all spheres of morality , including sexual morality ’ , and ‘ holiness of life is particularly required of Christian leaders ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ My jewellery case and all its contents to my daughter Sabine ’ , her will had read , with the added proviso that the bequest should only take place after Hugh Russell 's own death . |
| 7 | The criteria adopted by the Court of Appeal in Newell ( 1980 ) were that courts should only take account of characteristics with which the provocation was concerned ; permanent characteristics such as race and , probably , religion may be taken into account , but transient conditions such as intoxication and exhaustion may not . |
| 8 | This search must necessarily take place against a broader background of views about the relationship between linguistic factors and educational development . |
| 9 | These big events must be properly controlled if ever they take place and they must only take place with police permission and proper licenses . |
| 10 | Regulators have struggled to keep pace , assuming that they should somehow take account of all the risks assumed by banks , no matter how bulky their rulebooks become . |
| 11 | Briefly then , the rule of dovetailing ( like all other artistic laws ) must not take precedence of common sense , but must be regarded as the normal procedure , and deviations from it as exceptions requiring justification . |
| 12 | Unless specifically instructed by the council , a councillor must not take part in the execution of works or actions ordered by the council . |
| 13 | He must not take part in the consideration or discussion of the matter or vote upon it . |
| 14 | You must not take risks and the idea is to hit the opposing tackler and keep the momentum going through second phase , which is not pretty to watch — and not always effective if the other team can tackle , as England showed us recently at Murrayfield . |
| 15 | If there is any suspicion that the building may be inhabited entry must not take place without police assistance . |
| 16 | It is a most important matter that a councillor should not take advantage of his position and use it for his own personal gain . |
| 17 | Is there any reason why a party to litigation in England , either as plaintiff or defendant , should not take advantage of any procedures which might be open to him to obtain discovery or other access to relevant material in some such foreign jurisdiction ? |
| 18 | Most experts are hard pushed to explain why normal , healthy people should not take E. Some suggest that it may promote Parkinson 's disease — after all , the symptoms are fairly similar : short-term memory loss , the shakes , jaw-ache and constant chewing . |
| 19 | Third , the worker was committed to the idea that treatment of a medical or disabling condition should not take precedence over the child 's social , emotional and cultural needs . |
| 20 | Yet the Lord Chief Justice , giving oral evidence , said that he and the Lord Chancellor were at one in their belief that religious affinity should not take precedence over ability in the appointment of judges and , said The Times , he gave the impression that his positive feelings towards the judge were shared by the Lord Chancellor So oral evidence was admitted on the kind of matter for which privilege from disclosure of documents was claimed by the Crown . |
| 21 | You should not take rejection too personally in these circumstances , but you should do all you can to build on the experience . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps you should not take Anna out today . |
| 23 | On passing a sentence of imprisonment of two years or less the Act empowered a court to suspend the sentence by ordering that it should not take effect unless during a specified period the offender committed another offence punishable by imprisonment . |
| 24 | This information is for guidance only and you should not take action without specific advice . |
| 25 | It is important to note that a void charge still remains valid against the company and there is no reason why the chargee should not take steps to enforce it . |
| 26 | In deference to German wishes , the EC agreed that recognition of Bosnia should not take place from yesterday , April 6 , a date still remembered in the Balkans as the anniversary of the Nazi invasion in 1941 . |
| 27 | Information gathering should not take place until a careful assessment has been made of the management tasks and decisions which require information . |
| 28 | No one would argue that , in principle and in practice , testing should not take place and information be made available to all those who need to know about it . |
| 29 | We did not suggest in our previous Scientific Correspondence that such trials should not take place ; indeed one of us ( J. R. ) will soon be involved in a clinical trial of MicroGeneSys gp160 in pregnant women . |
| 30 | It is said that the most the justices should do if they think that contact should not take place is to say that there should be no order as to contact , leaving it to the local authority and the parent by agreement to make any other provisions they wish . |