Example sentences of "[conj] it only takes " in BNC.
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1 | But although it only takes a few minutes , life without thick glasses has a cost . |
2 | The main thing to realise with trailer driving is that it only takes one mistake to wreck the trailer and a nice glider , as well as possibly writing off a new car . |
3 | Bearing in mind that it only takes 20 milligrams of this poi-son to kill a dog , and that a cat is equally susceptible , it is clear that here we have a serious threat to an incautious feline . |
4 | ‘ Our stables are just a few miles away at Bognor and it only takes a short time to get him there . |
5 | That small file , and it only takes half a second to combine that relatively small file to there . |
6 | I was n't so sure I was going to throw up now , but that same irresponsible , destructive part of my brain-just a few neurons probably , but I suppose there are a few in every brain and it only takes a very small hooligan element to give the rest a bad name — kept thinking about those fried eggs and bacon on the cold plate , and each time I almost heaved . |
7 | If it only takes you an hour or two a week to run your administration , then you do n't yet need a computer . |
8 | Cos it only takes about six week dun n it ? |
9 | Send in the form at any time during the year , but it only takes effect at the beginning of the next tax year , in April . |
10 | Below that , it sounds more like a traditional diesel , and it does lack response at times , but it only takes a bit of getting used to . |
11 | ‘ They are all wonderful but it only takes someone else to sit in their chair and they 're off in a mood . |
12 | On the evidence of its showing , SAS/EIS is certainly the kind of tool that will empower decision makers with the ability to study their companies and markets in new ways , with only minimum recall to the services of in-house software engineers — ‘ even a CEO can use this because it only takes one finger , ’ claims Jim Goodnight , SAS chief executive officer . |
13 | ( This is one event I have not seen personally , as it only takes place every seven years , the next being due in 1990. ) the last perambulation took place in August 1983 , with about 500 people taking part in the fourteen mile walk . |
14 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |