Example sentences of "it takes [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It takes about the same time to do a simple drawing on a 2D machine as on a drawing board .
2 Right , er Right , it 's how long it takes for a whole substance to react , so it ca n't Say you put two
3 The graph below shows how long it takes for the present value of £1,000 per year to reach £15,000 .
4 The basic idea can be captured in minutes and the total concept fully realised in , at most , a couple of hours , which is a lot faster than it takes for the same degree of finish to be achieved in any other medium .
5 The present map ( figure 3.1 ) shows an axis of high density extending broadly south-eastwards from the southern Pennines , where it takes in the industrial conurbations of Lancashire , Merseyside , and South Yorkshire , through the Midlands to the London conurbation .
6 Lavishly illustrated , it takes in the full history of Sally B , the Great Warbirds Air Display and the personalities that have kept the UK 's largest privately-operated warbird going .
7 A camera with a wide-angle lens is fixed high up on the wall at a point where it takes in the widest angle of the room .
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