Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( a ) Meetings and their conduct Whatever may have been agreed as to the taking of decisions by unanimous or majority vote , as much a matter of good management as of good faith is the need to ensure that all relevant information is given to all the partners before a vote is taken : the requisite majority of partners should not purport to take decisions and act on them behind the backs of the minority unless such has been expressly authorised or the need for immediate action precludes the convening of a partners ' meeting ; and even then there should be no delay before all partners are acquainted with the circumstances and invited to ratify any decision taken in their name . |
| 2 | Staff should not have to take decisions on restraint without access to written guidelines and advice from managers , who should review the home 's policies in the light of any accidents . |
| 3 | Such analysis suggests the company was never viable from the start and the buy-out should not have taken place . |
| 4 | But I would n't for one moment suggest to the panel that windfalls and recycling of land should n't continue to take place . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps you should n't have taken part . ’ |
| 6 | The big man was n't given to introspection and he certainly was n't known for his sensitivity but even he was aware that the conversation had somehow been wrong , that it should n't have taken place , not with Martin . |
| 7 | Many pieces of information given to the reader are subsequently contradicted , many of the events recounted are then said not to have happened , there are conversations which may or may not have taken place and characters are themselves then someone else , or themselves and someone else . |
| 8 | And we should perhaps add to this list of discourses the critical one which organises an anecdote , which may not have taken place at all , to re-iterate a point about Shakespeare and power . |
| 9 | ‘ Poor her , ’ said Lydia , but as she could not imagine taking care of a disruptive child she could n't truly sympathise . |
| 10 | Because the Czechoslovakian team could not afford to take part in the British leg of the European Grand Slam event next June , a competition was arranged to raise the necessary £600 to cover their expenses . |
| 11 | For , even if they knew in general that it was unlikely to be the case , they could not afford to take chances . |
| 12 | The growth of formal education systems could not have taken place without the incorporation of sectors in society , which had previously been excluded . |
| 13 | We wish to thank both these bodies for the support without which the Conference could not have taken place . |
| 14 | But it could not have taken place without the railways , which once again proved to be the vital enabling factor . |
| 15 | So far as white settlement is concerned , the rapid peopling of the Canadian prairies and north country , of southern , central , and eastern Africa could not have taken place at such a speed without the railway . |
| 16 | We also greatly appreciated the support of our sponsors without which the event could not have taken place . |
| 17 | If , he argues , the misery of large numbers of the agricultural and manufacturing proletariats at the end of the eighteenth century had been the general condition of the labouring population throughout the century , then industrialisation could not have taken place for it depended on " the home sales of articles of everyday life to a section of the labour force which was neither very poor nor very rich " but which wielded an effective purchasing power in the face of many difficulties . |
| 18 | The astonishing achievements of Western civilisation in controlling and exploring the resources of the world , and the consequent increase in material wealth and standards of living , would not have taken place if the procurement of knowledge for its own sake had not mapped out the paths of which technology and investment for profit thereafter took advantage . |
| 19 | To Angela I convey my grateful thanks for undertaking the needlework responsibility in 1986 ; without whom this exhibition would not have taken place in such a lavish way . |
| 20 | Had we followed the advice of our so-called revolutionary counsellors , this substantial move toward a political revolution would not have taken place to anything like the extent shown by the figures . |
| 21 | Great disorders had occurred among the children which would not have taken place had proper influence been exerted by the master . |
| 22 | Possibly a subsequent review stimulates action that would not have taken place but for the committee 's initial probing . |
| 23 | ‘ Do you feel that the killing would not have taken place had overcrowding been less intense ? ’ asked Merrick , pulling a pair of spectacles from his top pocket . |
| 24 | Does the right hon. Gentleman really believe that if politicians in Northern Ireland had been sitting at a table , the awful atrocities that we have witnessed in the past few days would not have taken place ? |
| 25 | Apart from what the customer may or may not find with the price of beer , is it not the case that what the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) has described would not have taken place if the beer orders had not been passed by the House ? |
| 26 | So , given that the screening of A Very British Coup would be raising these issues in the homes of hundreds of thousands of working-class people ( the very audience the left would dearly love to talk to ) , surely here was an opportunity the left would not hesitate to take advantage of . |
| 27 | The very fact that you have written to me suggests that you really would n't mind taking things further with him . |
| 28 | It was made clear to me that I would n't have to take part in any act detrimental to my country 's cause . ’ |
| 29 | I would n't have taken Mike Teague . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's difficult to say that you do n't take notice of criticism , because you ca n't avoid taking notice of it . |