Example sentences of "[not/n't] be take as " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 The Circular points out that the decision should not be taken as sanctioning such advice given to such girls by teachers .
4 But this can not be taken as carte blanche for assuming that long-term recorded crime trends correspond to victimization .
5 While I have not been a wildly flag-waving Canadian I am proud of my birthplace and continue to admire Canada and Canadians immensely , which sentiments must not be taken as damning with faint praise .
6 Indeed in their paper in Physical Review Letters Aspect and his colleagues emphasise that the results ‘ can not be taken as providing the possibility of faster-than-light communication ’ .
7 This condition provides that a consignment note can act as a receipt but under contract law should not be taken as ‘ evidence of the condition or of the correctness of the declared nature , quantity , or weight of the Consignment at the time it is received by the Carrier ’ .
8 Though some feminists have criticised Gilligan 's work on both theoretical and methodological grounds , and its point should therefore not be taken as unquestionably proven , it is worth discussing because it has had enormous influence .
9 For these and other reasons , it can not be taken as axiomatic that the most extreme threats are the most effective .
10 Can we expect to achieve sufficient political agreement to formulate the necessary dispute-resolving rules in an ideologically divided world , even if the avowed intention is to establish rules which are neutral as between such ideologies , the acceptance of which would not be taken as manifesting more than a commitment to getting some agreed rules ?
11 Although Francis Berry 's involvement with the cellar came purely from his friendship with Lutyens , this must not be taken as favouritism Berry 's was one of the oldest wine merchants in the business ( the company started trading in 1699 ) , and their first royal warrant was given to them by Edward VII , an honour the firm holds to this day .
12 The doctrine of the Trinity ‘ is not an immediate utterance concerning the Christian self-consciousness , but only a combination of several such utterances ’ ; that is , it serves to combine and hold together the different affirmations of the Christian consciousness concerning God the Father , Jesus , and the Holy Spirit , but it is essentially a theological construction which has its place in theology but should not be taken as expressing the truth about God .
13 The attacks on the Woodvilles should not be taken as typical of Gloucester 's approach as protector .
14 As we have argued elsewhere ( Wells and Robinson , 1982 ) , however , this should not be taken as evidence against the facilitating effect of an input containing clear , well-formed examples of the target language at an appropriate level of complexity .
15 According to section 15 of the 1982 Act , if the union is sued for inducing breach of or interfering with contract , or for intimidation by threats to interfere with contract , or for conspiracy to commit these torts , then the act in question shall be taken to have been done by the union only if it was authorised or endorsed by a ‘ responsible person , ’ which means the principal executive committee , any person authorised by the rules to endorse acts of the kind in question , the president or general secretary , any other employed official , or any committee to which an employed official reports , but an act by an official or a committee to which he reports shall not be taken as authorised or endorsed if the official or committee was prevented from authorising or endorsing the act by union rules or if the act has been repudiated by the president or general secretary .
16 Of , the ACIR study can not be taken as unambiguous falsification of Marxist and elite theory approaches and support for pluralist approaches The ACIR case studies , as discussed in the ACIR report , do indeed conform to the models of pluralism outlined in Chapter 5 .
17 But this should not be taken as moral and intellectual capitulation to the Romans .
18 But the 's should not be taken as given : in particular , is dependent upon the money supply process .
19 The attacks on the Woodvilles should not be taken as typical of Gloucester 's approach as protector .
20 Whilst ambulatory surgical care has been shown to be cheaper than hospital care in Cali , Colombia , such evidence can not be taken as a general rule .
21 The existence of other cases where this connection apparently can not be made , as pointed out by Jespersen , indicates however that this sense can not be taken as descriptive of the full potential for meaning which to has in contemporary English .
22 His early predictions of independence should probably not be taken as settled opinions but rather as conversational ploys : he often tried out extreme views on his audience , to test their reactions or to play out scenarios in his own mind .
23 This provision shall not be taken as prejudicing a finding to the effect that a person 's occupation of any land is by implied permission of the person entitled to the land in any case where such a finding is justified on the actual facts of the case …
24 The only other alternative would be for the court to disregard one of the clauses and hold that one party had , by conduct , accepted the other party 's terms and waived its own , including the provision providing that it should not be taken as accepting any other terms .
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