Example sentences of "it takes at [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well normally it takes at least two days |
| 2 | It takes at least two terms even to become familiar with a new job but , after that , few management changes can be put off for more than a year . |
| 3 | It takes at least five Americans to write a book erm they 're all multi- authored volumes erm for , for most of your purposes , for almost all your purposes er and certainly for basic reading for , for lectures and , and tutorials it really does n't matter which one you read erm there are , I mean there are in the library I think the last time I counted them about twenty five or thirty general textbooks on American politics , it does n't really matter er which one you read . |
| 4 | For example , it takes at least three times the energy to convert iron ore ( most of which has to be imported nowadays ) into steel than to convert ferrous scrap into equally good steel . |
| 5 | It takes at least three years to put into effect any major alteration in a course , and by that time you will have left college , we hope , with a completed degree . |