Example sentences of "only take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matrix sampling is also used , such that each student only takes a small part of the total battery of tests . |
| 2 | It only takes a small slippage for government revenue and spending forecasts to be thrown out of kilter . |
| 3 | It is the ongoing maintenance requirements which will be most scrutinised by the environmental health officer , and in many cases , it only takes a dirty grease filter system dripping onto the food cooking surfaces to alert the authorities . |
| 4 | ‘ It only takes a little thing like that . |
| 5 | It only takes a little imagination to turn the Cam pit into a nature reserve and if it was possible to lay out a few paths making nature trails etc. the future of the Great Pit that Rugby Cement Works are now engaged in could in years to come make an ideal game reserve and possible " marina " with a link to the river . |
| 6 | ‘ Our stables are just a few miles away at Bognor and it only takes a short time to get him there . |
| 7 | Most phone lines can only take a total REN of 4 , so a phone plus the Ascom would be the limit . |
| 8 | Craigievar Castle too has special problems in that it is a tower house and can only take a limited number of visitors at any time . |
| 9 | It would only take a certain kind of eyelashes or a whiff of one particular aftershave and I would be sick with love . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , but we could only take a certain amount of weight . ’ |
| 11 | Since any glass can only take a certain amount of fluid it represents an easy way of thinking of our body 's limitations to the amount of stress we can endure . |
| 12 | In this case the motherboard replacement is n't as clear cut a winner and it would only take a slight change , such as not being able to use the RAM , to make it look even worse . |
| 13 | The entries in some columns of the database views are restricted to only take a predefined set of values . |
| 14 | The entries in some columns of the database views are restricted to only take a predefined set of values . |
| 15 | This can be annoying sometimes because jobs that would only take a little while can often take a lot longer . |
| 16 | Then , out of breath , he 'd realised it would only take a quick word with the girl at the desk to find out . |
| 17 | I only took a wee bit , leave it there and I 'll eat it at the end of the day . |
| 18 | She points out that after battling against the booze for some years it only took a short relapse to destroy much of what she 'd worked for . |
| 19 | It only took a little adaptation for many familiar songs to take on a new life and vigour , especially with the accompaniment of timbrels , clapping and dancing . |
| 20 | ‘ After that it only took a single phone call to a friend on the television station in the north where you used to work . |
| 21 | ‘ I only took a quick look , he 'd been dead a long time , it was n't nice , and yet — it looked like Uncle Mosse . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Mrs Funnell thought it better not to call him because you 'd only taken a small dose . |
| 23 | The controversy stemmed from an equivocal statement on the coup by the BSP on Aug. 19 , and the perception that the party had only taken a clear stand when the coup began to crumble . |
| 24 | Our discussion this time will restrict itself much more to the two chosen passages , and will need only to take a brief look at a few details of the narratives leading up to them , and at the stories that immediately follow them . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh well , ’ said very prettily , ‘ I can put up with mosquitoes since they only take a little nibble . |
| 26 | If the attempt to entice custom from people who only take a foreign holiday when it is ultra-cheap has been abandoned , they will be glad . |