Example sentences of "[modal v] only take " in BNC.
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| 1 | In smaller businesses , job reviews may only take place when the time comes to decide on salary increases and there might be little consultation with the majority of members of staff . |
| 2 | Depending on the complexity of your operations this may only take a couple of man weeks and could be repeated at regular intervals to monitor progress . |
| 3 | In contrast , Article 16 provides that a diplomatic officer or consular agent may only take evidence , without compulsion , of nationals of the State in which he exercises his functions , or of third States , if a competent authority in the requested State has given its permission , either generally or in the particular case , and subject to any conditions imposed . |
| 4 | If a teenager has been feeling acutely depressed for some time , then it may only take a trigger such as exams , to tip her over the edge ( suicide is the third most common cause of death among the under 25s , and the peak months are April to July ) . |
| 5 | The criteria adopted by the Court of Appeal in Newell ( 1980 ) were that courts should only take account of characteristics with which the provocation was concerned ; permanent characteristics such as race and , probably , religion may be taken into account , but transient conditions such as intoxication and exhaustion may not . |
| 6 | ‘ Should only take a few days . |
| 7 | ‘ Fornication and adultery ’ were sins against the ideal that sex should only take place in ‘ a permanent married relationship ’ , ‘ homosexual genital acts also fall short of this ideal ’ , Christians were ‘ called to be exemplary in all spheres of morality , including sexual morality ’ , and ‘ holiness of life is particularly required of Christian leaders ’ . |
| 8 | I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’ |
| 9 | This means climbing the whole route in the dark , and since an efficient descent on frozen snow should only take four hours , then you should be back at the Couvercle Hut sipping beer by 11am . |
| 10 | ‘ My jewellery case and all its contents to my daughter Sabine ’ , her will had read , with the added proviso that the bequest should only take place after Hugh Russell 's own death . |
| 11 | I think it should only take a few minutes to have you begging me to make love to you … ’ |
| 12 | So I mean it 's seventy miles so it should only take us another hour . |
| 13 | These big events must be properly controlled if ever they take place and they must only take place with police permission and proper licenses . |
| 14 | It 'll only take a couple of minutes — what I 've got to say . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll always honour and obey you , Harry , and I 'll do anything you say or go anywhere you want if you 'll only take me for a wife . " |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll only take me ten minutes … |
| 17 | Er it 's no good saying you 'll turn down the central heating and you 'll only take one holiday instead of two , that 's not really the purpose of retirement , and I think you 've got to be objective about what you 're doing with this . |
| 18 | But it 'll only take a couple of days . ’ |
| 19 | It 'll only take you five minutes . ’ |
| 20 | I promise you it 'll only take a minute . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If you 'll only take hold of this damn bag so I can go I will . |
| 22 | It 'll only take me five minutes . |
| 23 | It 'll only take three . |
| 24 | Come on it 'll only take us , we 'll only be five minutes . |
| 25 | come down with ya , where 's the , they 'll only take twenty |
| 26 | it 'll only take you a second to do that , bring you , mind yourself , let me just , whoosh that 's hot |
| 27 | It is possible to imagine that one of them was brightening with the low cunning of unscrupulous greed and that the other was already stepping into that heavy gloom of shame and guilt which could only take him to the hospital or worse . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , but we could only take a certain amount of weight . ’ |
| 29 | Such a scene could only take place in The Wedding Present 's dressing room . |
| 30 | Despite the growth of a local political consciousness nurtured in its coal-mines , the transfer of militancy from work to council chamber could only take place in Clay Cross once the mines had been nationalized and the culturally paternalistic influence of the local coal-owners had been removed . |