Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] only take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was clear from the start that American aid would only take place in the context of commitments to economic reform within Europe . |
| 3 | It is normal practice , subject to negotiation , for contracts to be executed on the basis that completion will only take place once the relevant consents have been obtained or approvals given . |
| 4 | In relation to a fixed charge , the purchaser should insist that completion will only take place if a deed of release in terms satisfactory to the purchaser is delivered at or before completion . |
| 5 | Such a scene could only take place in The Wedding Present 's dressing room . |
| 6 | The machine could only take material of a certain size — not a whole figure , for example — and so fragments were collaged together . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But a crucial difference in the case of cricket is that the consultation process can only take place off the field . |
| 9 | The system is a remarkable one and says much for our political culture : land ownership of itself conferred no right to develop ; development could only take place if a developer had obtained planning consent , and if permission was refused there was no payment of compensation . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Changing the patterns of our social performance can only take place from within our own selves , and through our own volition . |
| 13 | A transfer of a licence can only take place during its currency ( for which see s.30 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Voting would only take place after considerable debate and amendments to existing family and property laws . |
| 16 | ( ii ) Modernization can only take place through struggles . |
| 17 | He clearly has a highly unrealistic view of human nature if he assumes that sexual activity will only take place when progeny is desired . |
| 18 | Thus , if the enzymic component is sequestered in a cellular-subcellular location , access to substrate can only take place via lipid bilayers . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Rachaela could only take Ruth to the school in the mornings ; at least she saw her to the gates . |