Example sentences of "not [be] taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | After he has made his first claim for Landor , Pound writes two paragraphs of the sort that have provoked near-apoplexy , because they have not been taken in the spirit that Pound intended : |
| 2 | ‘ In such a phase , where final decisions have not been taken , nobody can say anything is for sure , ’ Mr Saeger said . |
| 3 | It had not been taken as a result of the breakdown in 1946 of Anglo-American atomic cooperation . |
| 4 | This arrangement , which appears to have much to recommend it in professional terms as well as adding to the attraction of professional posts for recruiting purposes , has not been taken up on any scale by public libraries . |
| 5 | From the survey , it would seem that many bureaux which own the microfilm system find many uses for it within the bureau when it has not been taken out for an outreach advice session ; it is used for training purposes in order to demonstrate access to and use of information in CAB advice work and it is also used for giving talks to outside groups . |
| 6 | The work itself is a primary source , since the data have not been taken from other published sources — if they are presented in a survey actually supervised by the writer . |
| 7 | ‘ The Society also looks at the loans that are six months or more in arrears but have not been taken into possession , and adds a percentage of such arrears to the specific provision figure . |
| 8 | It had not been taken seriously by MPs or press and the Black case was discredited by being placed alongside the earlier claim . |
| 9 | On the other hand , he could not remember a time when it had not been taken for granted the Hall would one day be his own . |
| 10 | But the alarm was only raised 30 hours later when a hotelier phoned to ask why their reservations had not been taken up . |
| 11 | Faced with losses of £1,500,000 a week , chairman Nick Schele said the company would have closed by now if it had not been taken over by Ford . |
| 12 | You placed the packet , you returned an hour later and because the packet had not been taken you retrieved it . |
| 13 | Holly finding that his packet had not been taken , retrieving it , hurrying away , and frightened to look over his shoulder and check whether he was under surveillance . |
| 14 | But Zeebrugge and Ostend had not been taken , nor the enemy rolled back . |
| 15 | The reason why the seventies are so often dogged by aches and pains is that sufficient care has not been taken during the fifties and sixties . |
| 16 | But those who composed the Brezhnev doctrine have not been taken in by this line of thinking , at least not to date . |
| 17 | Anyone considering a purchase from this company should make sure they get cast-iron guarantees concerning specification and after sales support or , like me and many others to my knowledge , they will wish that they had not been taken in by misleading advertising and had paid a little more money to an established British company . |
| 18 | This question has not been taken up in any serious way . |
| 19 | The setting up , in 1991 , of the Ecole Nationale du Patrimoine , staffed mainly by art historians , has further demoted archaeological research ; the national plan for archaeology , which was to have been a blueprint for future research projects , has not yet received the promised funding of FFr17 million ( £1.7 million ; $2.9 million ) ; and their proposal that special forms of taxation be introduced to pay for urgent excavations ( with priority given to the most deserving cases ) has not been taken up . |
| 20 | Russia declared war on Japan on 8 August but , as the Japanese military reported , the Soviet forces did not appear fully prepared for conflict extending throughout Manchuria and Korea : while much of Manchuria was captured , significant parts of southern Manchuria had not been taken when Japan surrendered on 15 August . |
| 21 | Bowen C.J. held that the listing decision had not been taken under the treaty-making power , and that the Cabinet was not acting under any internationally binding obligation . |
| 22 | Sectarianism and intimidation in the workplace have not been taken into account either , when we asked about this at the same meeting we were told you had to prove you were being intimidated . |
| 23 | Only three attended the next meeting on 21st September , at which it was resolved to take steps to reduce the quorum from five to three , and the meeting adjourned ; two weeks later , however , steps had not been taken — in the absence of a quorum , of course , it was impossible — and the meeting had again to be adjourned with only four present . |
| 24 | As that course had not been taken , the sentence of three years ' detention took effect , by reason of Criminal Justice Act 1982 , 5.1B(S) as a sentence of 12 months ' detention , and the excess of the sentence over 12 months ' was remitted . |
| 25 | Beckman had indeed contacted Branson to see if he could advise him on the taking of anti-trust action , but the offer had not been taken up . |
| 26 | The service also proved a modest success , and Branson began exploring the possibility of flying to Dublin , and to Miami , on a route which had not been taken up by a British carrier since the collapse of Laker . |
| 27 | Nor had the return invitations been much more successful : often , indeed , to Mrs Crump 's shame , the invitations simply had not been taken up and those for whom the very considerable expense had been laid out did not attend the ball . |
| 28 | The letter expressed the CPSU 's ‘ deep anxiety for the fate of socialism in Poland ’ , regretted that the necessary measures had not been taken against domestic anti-Soviet and anti-socialist forces , and called upon the Polish party to ‘ reverse the course of events and channel them in the right direction ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ The malefactors named to you have not been taken ? ’ |
| 30 | Some Conservative critics from the think-tanks were disappointed that consumer choice and true market solutions had not been taken further ( Green , 1990 ) . |