Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it may take some practice to get used to the idea of changing the seemingly natural number scale , you will soon find that you automatically consider whether a transformation would aid analysis when you first look at a batch of data . |
| 2 | In this way it is possible to re-start the routine that was enjoyed previously , although it may take some days of patience to break the new habit . |
| 3 | The activities of moth larvae feeding on the fur or feathers binding the pellets together result in their breakdown even in dry conditions , although it may take several years for pellets to completely disintegrate . |
| 4 | Although admitting to the Kuomintang General Chang Fa-k'uei that he was a communist , he apparently persuaded him that it would take fifty years for communism to work in Vietnam ; and , in any event , it appeared that , of all the groupings of Vietnamese nationalists , patriots , émigrés and revolutionaries who were to be found in Southeast China , none of them was as dynamic as the Vietminh . |
| 5 | Aunt Sarah was right in saying that it would take five days to reach Liverpool , since the barge could go no faster than the horse which pulled it . |
| 6 | The survey was mainly restricted to the exterior of the Lancaster and estimated that it would take 2,000 man hours to bring R5868 up to exhibition standards externally . |
| 7 | He told us that it would take many weeks to sort out and would involve a variety of procedures , such as a medical , reports from the school and visits . |
| 8 | The Libyan government announced that it would take reciprocal action against any countries expelling Libyan diplomats . |
| 9 | It was fully recognised by the Government , moreover , that it would take some years for normal conditions to be restored . |
| 10 | In 1986 it was decided that it would take three years to complete the job , twice as long as to construct a new building . |
| 11 | The Immigration and Absorption Minister Yair Tzaban met the marchers 25 km outside Ashkelon , when he said that it would take three years to provided permanent housing for the 20,000 recent Ethiopian immigrants [ see also pp. 38174-75 ] . |
| 12 | of businesses in the region use the line and that it would take seven years to electrify from the date of commitment , it is essential that this project is linked into the Bill . |
| 13 | Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute , who also favours increasing the exemption , accepts that it might take many years to reverse the effects of its shrinkage . |
| 14 | Except , of course , for the fact that it may take some while before the matter particle falls into the black hole — in which case the Universe has a temporary and minor energy surplus . |
| 15 | Bear in mind that it may take some time for the police to arrive . |
| 16 | Although they see it as a step in the right direction , people working in the area fear that it may take another generation before Karamoja cools down . |
| 17 | The names on the Warwickshire team sheet are changing , and Bob Cottam 's statement that it 'll take five years to get it right is looking accurate . |
| 18 | Apricot Computers Ltd , which always likes to be first with Intel 's latest chip , will reportedly announce a P5-based machine in September , but with the enormous leap in complexity in the microprocessor , the other major worry has to be that it will take early users of the chip at least 18 months to find all the bugs in it and for Intel to correct them . |
| 19 | First impressions , therefore , are of a fascinating and challenging work , so full of choreographic riches that it will take more viewings fully to savour them . |
| 20 | If you try working out the return on a single room , using the well-known 1:1,000 room rate:room cost ratio , assuming a realistic annual occupancy rate ( say 65 per cent ) and providing for interest and tax , you will realize that it could take several decades to recover the original cost . |
| 21 | A spokesman for Pilkington , the major glass manufacturer , said yesterday that it could take several weeks for new windows to be installed . |
| 22 | ‘ The yacht is a rather slow model of course , so it may take some time for you to die . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ So it could take some time ? ’ |
| 24 | We 've got a nice piece of beef , and it 'll take two hours at least . ’ |
| 25 | And it 'll take six weeks before the plaster can come off this fox . |
| 26 | And it 'll take six weeks before the plaster can come off this fox . |
| 27 | Well I 'm making arrangements to pay mine er but when I get paid on Friday it were going through , got ta pay him twenty five pounds and then fifteen pounds every fortnight thereafter and it 'll take seven months to pay but that 's all he can get off us . |
| 28 | But as we have seen , the law in some cases allows anyone with a genuine interest to make an application for judicial review , and it may take such persons a considerable time to find out about the decision they want to challenge . |
| 29 | It is a mistake to be too ambitious to begin with , for when 50 or so near maturity they will require lots of food and it may take some gathering . |
| 30 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |