Example sentences of "it takes [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes either a flat battery ( MN1203 ) , three AA batteries ( MN1500 ) with a round cell adaptor E06 , or a Petzl E55 rechargeable battery . |
| 2 | Clearly it takes on a further significance in the context of the discussion in this paper . |
| 3 | Obviously , when sport offers itself as one of the few accessible routes away from deprivation , as it was to the early slaves , it takes on an attractive quality . |
| 4 | For most materials — like iron and stone — it takes only a tiny fraction of a calorie to raise the temperature by one degree C. |
| 5 | It takes only a small leap of imagination to think of much wider applications , from artificial wetlands full of bird-life designed to remove agricultural phosphates from Loch Leven 's influent streams , perhaps , to plant-filled lagoons created to transform fish farm effluents into natural water gardens . |
| 6 | It takes out a blue tag printed with the words ‘ Staff in confidence ’ and sticks it into the space on the label . |
| 7 | Erm something they tell you throughout the , it takes quite a long time . |
| 8 | Indeed , it takes quite a wise person to be sufficiently aware that they have a problem to seek professional help . |