Example sentences of "[noun] can only take [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Notice that the buying and selling of units can only take place between the trust and the original purchaser .
2 But new rules for NHS dentists are delaying her new set and Ivy can only take liquids .
3 Mining can only take place where the commodity is available , although transport of and returns on the exploited material will always dictate if resources are mined or not , together with whether people think the resources important or not .
4 But a crucial difference in the case of cricket is that the consultation process can only take place off the field .
5 Changing the patterns of our social performance can only take place from within our own selves , and through our own volition .
6 Please make every effort to write , because councillors can only take action if they have the community behind them .
7 A transfer of a licence can only take place during its currency ( for which see s.30 ) .
8 ( ii ) Modernization can only take place through struggles .
9 Thus , if the enzymic component is sequestered in a cellular-subcellular location , access to substrate can only take place via lipid bilayers .
10 It is obvious that we should have talks but I am not willing to be told that the talks can only take place at one location and I am not willing to accept an invitation to a slanging match .
11 For even the most primitive practices are dependent upon a certain amount of theory , and even the most ‘ theoretical ’ activities can only take place within practices .
12 In ( 183 ) and ( 184 ) , similarly , it is clear that the effort to mentally blot something out of existence can only take place while it is still in existence , that is , before the state of non-existence into which one is trying to project it .
13 Like the herring gull , eider can only take dog-whelks that are small enough to be swallowed whole .
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