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

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1 On the other hand , pay rates for secretarial/office staff in client organisations are often bureaucratically determined and usually can not be adjusted to take account of supply and demand without disturbing established relativities ( see IDS , 1986b ) .
2 In 1912 the same principle was reaffirmed to W. A. S. Hewins by Bonar Law , in a letter that was actually drafted for him by Steel-Maitland : " If a constituency definitely refuses to accept a candidate , even if the Central Office wish them to do so , they can not be forced to take action against their will .
3 This is the firm 's minimax profit , and it is also often referred to as its ‘ security level ’ , since the firm can not be forced to take a lower profit than that .
4 Porcelain can also be TL tested , but it is such a hard ceramic that a drill can not be used to take the sample because of the heat generated and the spurious luminescence signals produced .
5 Early in marriage a re-ordering of priorities is necessary , and some couples can run into trouble if their commitment to , or dependence upon , healthy robust parents can not be allowed to take second place to their commitment to their new partner .
6 You do not know me and so you can not be expected to take anything on trust .
7 He will never lose sight of who his pupils are , what they can and can not be expected to take for granted .
8 With contracting , hospital doctors will be the agents of the provider , not the purchasing authority , and again can not be expected to take on the gatekeeper role .
9 Patients refused admission can not be expected to take much comfort from this explanation of their plight .
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