Example sentences of "it took [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a combination of every kind of scientific equipment and a psychological ‘ mind over matter ’ approach , he got players fit again in a fraction of the time it took other trainers . |
| 2 | It took Labour nearly eight weeks to publicly oppose the Section in its entirety . |
| 3 | Even so , it took great nerve and daring to ride that wind for such a distance and it is a fitting tribute to the bravery of the balloon pioneers , yet it will be seen that those men and women who followed Sadler into the skies display , in their own way , no less daring than he . |
| 4 | For weeks he was the trouble of my dreams and it took real courage to go to see him in Attila the Hun . |
| 5 | With the lack of air , the smells , the unrestrained vomiting of a woman in the top bunk ( why had she ever thought they were lucky to get a bottom bunk ? ) it took real hunger and a strong stomach to face food . |
| 6 | It took tremendous courage for Roebuck to fight back from his crippling injury , but there is a further chapter to the story . |
| 7 | Sussex smugglers traded in luxury goods , particularly wine and tea , essential to the maintenance of genteel civility and it took rare , almost obsessive , members of the landed hierarchy to take a consistently firm line against it . |
| 8 | But in an increasingly urbanized society it took new forms more apparent to political opinion and more threatening to life and industry ; and there were very many more large populous areas devoid of the most elementary arrangements for disposing of waste or supplying pure water . |
| 9 | The stripes were hardly noticeable , as the cut was left longer here , but it took slight bumps in the ground in its stride , and cut well up to edges . |
| 10 | It took radical change in teaching method , requiring greater use of an organized collection of resource materials , to point up the need for a greater degree of professionalism and for larger and more ambitious organizations . |
| 11 | It took professional journals like Building News and foreign observers like Muthesius to recognize Nonconformity 's achievements . |
| 12 | It took various forms : university disorder ; civil rights movements ; anti-apartheid activities ; race and immigration protests . |
| 13 | It took various forms . |
| 14 | In 1798 it took amazing moral courage to publish a poem which said ‘ the world is alive ’ . |
| 15 | As early as 1872 , he was proposing the formation of a national body for deaf people , but it took long and persistent efforts on his part before the National Deaf and Dumb Society was founded in 1879 . |
| 16 | It took long moments before Caroline calmed down enough to remember that she had not sprung the little trap she 'd set . |
| 17 | It was fair to say that , as soon as the company realized what was happening , it took prompt steps to certify the situation . |
| 18 | Among those offering concrete commitments were National Westminster Bank , which said it took environmental issues into account when considering loan requests [ see ED 58 ] , and the Austin Reed clothing company , which claims to encourage its suppliers to meet environmental standards . |
| 19 | It took violent protest by the commoners , Parliamentary Commissions and repeated royal intervention before a compromise was reached in the decree of 1693 which fixed substantial areas for grazing free from intrusion by land-hungry magnates . |
| 20 | It took considerable time here for the work of the CAB to be understood but its place is now firmly established . |
| 21 | It took considerable time to charge the palladium fully and Fleischmann was in Britain when , one night , Pons ' son was sent to the laboratory to reduce the current . |
| 22 | The sea-blue eyes gazing back at her were coolly assessing , and it took considerable effort on her part not to look away . |
| 23 | Staff appeared not to care about the unavailable theses , and it took considerable effort to persuade them to check the whereabouts of the missing ones . |
| 24 | It took different forms ; , but all of them turn on the idea that ‘ God ’ means something like ‘ supremely perfect being ’ , and that supreme perfection must include the fact of actual existence . |
| 25 | In six of the survey 's eight categories it took one of the top three places ; it took top place ( see table 3 ) in its ability to attract and retain the ablest employees , its long-term investment value and its community and environmental responsibility . |
| 26 | It took full advantage of its opponents ' weaknesses . |
| 27 | Despite Blake being one of techno 's true characters , it took Underground Resistance to hoist his star from the mire of obscurity . |
| 28 | After the restart it took Red Alligator longer to break clear of the freshmen . |
| 29 | For individuals , it took immense determination , on the part of an Ada Nield Chew or Hannah Mitchell , for example , to change the pattern of their lives and make time for the political work they held dear . |
| 30 | It took voluminous evidence , undertook its own research studies , and engaged in lengthy consultation and deliberation . |