Example sentences of "[noun] it take [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Not only does the promotion system mean that people who rise to the top are likely to have just those personal characteristics it takes to commit corporate crime , but these are also reinforced by the psychological consequences of success itself , for these too free a person from the moral bind of conventional values .
2 Commuting hassles ate up the time it took to re-stock one-off designs .
3 The time it takes to receive local land charge search results varies greatly depending upon the particular local authority and can take between one and four weeks to obtain .
4 Drinking with meals the correct way can actually be ‘ slimming ’ , in that it can helpfully add to the time it takes to consume high-fibre meals .
5 The Smaller Firms Council of the Confederation of British Industry is to press the Government to introduce changes in court procedures which would speed up the time it takes to pay bad debts .
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