Example sentences of "[noun] can not be take " in BNC.

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1 In an economy as complicated as ours , action can not be taken very quickly , and any change in our national taxation system would take years to complete .
2 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 .
3 The metabolic concentrations can not be taken to be representative of analgesic ratios .
4 As always with cohort measures , the data can not be taken up to the present day without a considerable element of projection ( broken line ) of the generation rate .
5 ( The ILEA figure can not be taken at face value in its last , incomplete , year .
6 First , the poetry of Byrd 's songs can not be taken lightly .
7 The only problem that I can see is that fact that many books can not be taken home and that many sources can not be photocopied .
8 There are claimed benefits in academic progress and in social and emotional maturity , but the solution to the basic problem of the language and learning environments can not be taken to be solved in the mainstreaming option .
9 But Ward re-asserted BAF 's belief that ‘ ignorance on the part of an athlete can not be taken as a plea of not guilty .
10 Clearly , the fact that ethnic minority parents do not request help can not be taken to mean that they fully understand the information they receive .
11 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) .
12 But in any case , her prominence in the preparations for the 5 October march , and her leading part in it , did not mean that she intended that it should lead to a violent outcome , and the mere fact of her CPNI membership can not be taken as evidence for the existence of a violent conspiracy .
13 Under a Section 226 policy , retirement can not be taken before the age of 60 .
14 According to David Downes , Dutch elites have ‘ a distinct appreciation of the extent to which community tolerance can not be taken for granted , but needs active elicitation and encouragement ’ .
15 However , the continuation of a tradition of appointed local boards can not be taken as a vote of confidence in their predecessors .
16 The decompilation right can not be taken away by terms in a licence agreement , any such term being unenforceable at law ( section 296A ) .
17 This right can not be taken away by any terms in a licence agreement but there may be some difficulty with deciding when making a back-up copy is truly necessary .
18 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 .
19 If goods can not be taken up by their buyers upon their arrival , many of the advantages associated with air shipments disappear .
20 American persons who wear training shoes with suits and fur coats can not be taken seriously .
21 In effect , they argue that the governmental agenda can not be taken as a given .
22 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 .
23 It has already been shown above that the argument can not be taken to mean that either institutional investors or the board of directors do in reality constrain corporate managers to profit-maximize .
24 We regret that children under 5 years of age can not be taken underground .
25 The meanings that these categories come to have for people in given situations can not be taken for granted , but is a subject for sociological study .
26 ( Logs can not be taken of negative numbers . )
27 It also means that there will be occasions when decisions can not be taken , such as that taken by the former Prime Minister at Aspen , with President Bush , to put troops into Saudi Arabia .
28 But to contend , as does Mr. Wall , that the consideration of their interests can not be taken into account at all unless the criterion to be found in paragraph ( b ) of article 13 is satisfied is , in my judgment , unwarranted by anything in the language of the Convention and unwarranted in principle .
29 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 .
30 For the moment , however , it is sufficient to note that the formation of interest groups is a problem of the highest order ; the group world can not be taken as a given but needs to be explained ; and we have to attend to the determinants of individual consciousness and awareness , and the part they play in the development of groups and political conflict .
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