Example sentences of "[conj] it [adv] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a clear indication of the quality of Vic Rouse 's goalkeeping ability that he succeeded the great Roy Bailey between the Palace posts , then went on to set up a club record 238 Football League goalkeeping appearances ( since exceeded only by the invincible John Jackson ) , and that it then took another goalkeeper destined for the 1st Division in Bill Glazier to oust him . |
| 2 | It is a tribute to how far we have come already in theoretical physics that it now takes enormous machines and a great deal of money to perform an experiment whose results we can not predict . |
| 3 | Perhaps we believe that others perceive us as weak and ineffectual when in reality we choose to make a stand only about those things which really matter , knowing that it often takes more strength to remain calm and in control than to meet aggression with more aggression . |
| 4 | The main thing to realise with trailer driving is that it only takes one mistake to wreck the trailer and a nice glider , as well as possibly writing off a new car . |
| 5 | Bearing in mind that it only takes 20 milligrams of this poi-son to kill a dog , and that a cat is equally susceptible , it is clear that here we have a serious threat to an incautious feline . |
| 6 | For example , suppose that airline pilots are paid far more than their transfer earnings , but that it always takes three pilots ( pilot equivalents ) to fly a plane . |
| 7 | The " fat " was well-spaced work , with less solid text , and it therefore took less time to set a page . |
| 8 | After the collapse of Law 's schemes his vast unified company was divided into its component parts again , but it still took some years for the French to recover in India . |
| 9 | Sinclair improved the system by using two heads on a continuous belt but it still takes four passes of each head to create a row of characters . |
| 10 | It can take effect immediately , but it usually takes twenty minutes or so for the full effects to be felt . |
| 11 | On the evidence of its showing , SAS/EIS is certainly the kind of tool that will empower decision makers with the ability to study their companies and markets in new ways , with only minimum recall to the services of in-house software engineers — ‘ even a CEO can use this because it only takes one finger , ’ claims Jim Goodnight , SAS chief executive officer . |