Example sentences of "it take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It takes four |
| 32 | and wrap it up into a package and say you know if anything goes wrong and it takes four hours then you |
| 33 | Mm , yeah , It takes four hours to get to Lanzarote . |
| 34 | It takes much cranking of the engine with the starter motor to get going again — although the time it takes to fire up does vary . |
| 35 | This is a truly radical development for the church , because it takes much of its thinking from Marxism . |
| 36 | It takes much time . |
| 37 | Writing an Introduction As we have said , it takes much practice to be able to write essays well . |
| 38 | Subjectively , it takes much less time to display thirty lines of 72 point text at a magnification level of 15% that it would take to scroll through to find the bit you want to edit at 100% magnification . |
| 39 | It takes much time and effort to find recorded music that is suitable as movement accompaniment . |
| 40 | Says one inmate : ’ I do n't think it takes much to become a prison officer . |
| 41 | Like you say , it takes much more time to get into it . |
| 42 | Yet when asked how long it takes each week to prepare and construct the next sequence , Dr Postlethwait is accustomed to laugh heartily ( as he did when I asked him ) and reply , " Oh , about fifty hours . " |
| 43 | As Booker Noe Jr , the master distiller at Jim Beam , puts it : ‘ It takes good Bourbon at least four years to get to know the inside of the barrel . ’ |
| 44 | We ca n't do this on our own — it takes good planning and communications , the right data , money and , above all , teamwork . ’ |
| 45 | Fear is the key , and it takes many forms . |
| 46 | Discovering it takes many months . |
| 47 | I have also suggested that although research is a key component of professional practice , it takes many forms , and the various types of research I have described feed professional knowledge in many ways . |
| 48 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |
| 49 | It takes many years for a human child to master the process of reading , even though they already possess established linguistic and cognitive subsystems . |
| 50 | It takes many years to perfect and rein-force the practices we saw in these pioneering plants . |
| 51 | Research , although it takes many forms , has recognisable characteristics . |
| 52 | Research , although it takes many forms , has recognisable characteristics . |
| 53 | It takes such a long time to use up a tin , you probably would n't realise . |
| 54 | A mechanic for Britax France refused to believe that British installation charges did not include the cost of the seat as well , ‘ It takes 10 or 15 minutes at the most , ’ he said . |
| 55 | It takes 10 minutes to reach the arch , slogging through the filth and scum . |
| 56 | He added : ‘ British Rail has put off its £0.75bn programme and even if it takes private money , the bigger the players the better . |
| 57 | It takes little imagination to foretell the likely consequences of just one peg disintegrating and flinging its spring or its free arm into the cutter gap during a pass ; or the possible knock-on effect(s) on the rest of the makeshift assembly and the astonished operator if this should happen . |
| 58 | It takes little thought to see that someone who is physically crippled and confined to a wheelchair may still lead a very full life if his mental and higher faculties are in good order whereas a physically fit but totally demented person has little left to give and little capacity to receive except for physical care and a little love . |
| 59 | It takes little to get me on the right lines . |
| 60 | It takes little effort of the imagination to put oneself in Theo 's shoes , and feel the grey , correct , judicious side of his character flinching from the terrifying sincerity of Vincent 's outpourings . |