Example sentences of "it takes [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes either great pretentiousness or great brilliance ( or an outrageous combination of the two ) for a young poet to proclaim himself as Orpheus in the first poem of his first book . |
| 2 | It takes either three men working at ten hours . |
| 3 | There can be no doubt that it takes gruellingly hard work to reach the top echelon in aerobatics , and each member of the British Aerobatic Team '92 has more than adequately demonstrated their worth . |
| 4 | It takes just five minutes for the interviewer to ask , ‘ So where did you get the name from ? ’ |
| 5 | It takes just five seconds for him to realize that there are only so many hours in the working day to establish the key priorities and apply his mind to them . |
| 6 | It takes just five seconds for him to eliminate the stress . |
| 7 | It takes just two minutes for a burglar to turn a home into a nightmare — in the city of Gloucester police are being called up to twelve times a day by families finding scenes like these . |
| 8 | It takes just one and half hops to make a pint of beer . |
| 9 | But there 's one one fault really it takes approximately fifteen to eighteen months for them to pass anything like that and that could be one |
| 10 | It takes approximately four years in the British climate for a fish to attain that length ( and equivalent weight of about 1lb 4oz ) . |
| 11 | As it takes approximately three or four days to clear a personal cheque , more hotels are adopting the policy of only accepting personal cheques for payments in advance , or with seven day 's notice if payment of the bill is to be made by cheque . |
| 12 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 13 | As a guideline it takes approximately 40 minutes for four people to play 1 game . |
| 14 | Becoming a Christian is not the solution and the answer and the th the grand elixir , it solves all of life 's problems , it takes away all the difficulties . |
| 15 | it , it , it takes away all the rights from British workers , because the other eleven will have it and we wo n't and will make it a sweatshop economy . |
| 16 | It takes away any |
| 17 | It takes around 45 minutes to make a blood donation and staff at AEA are invited to donate twice a year . |
| 18 | It takes only one missile to get through , and lives may be lost , not to mention the ship . |
| 19 | It takes only one leak to sink a ship , one gate to let in a Trojan horse . |
| 20 | Third - and this is true of any chamber music it takes only one indifferent member of an ensemble to weaken the effect of a whole performance . |
| 21 | However , according to ICL , it takes only 10 seconds to reactivate the system . |
| 22 | Avioc from the UK has begun marketing Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstation 10s in Russia through the Moscow Sparc centre : export licences are still required for RISC-based computer equipment but the firm says it takes only 10 to 12 weeks to get one . |
| 23 | It takes only 10 minutes to get to the shops in the wheelchair . |
| 24 | HP reckons it takes only 30 minutes to complete the swap and get the new system running . |
| 25 | Both can run the same software , and Telecom Eire , a new Alpha user , says it takes only 30 minutes to upgrade VAX to Alpha . |
| 26 | Since the insect and the scorpion are 30 genetic units distant from one another , it takes only 30 generations to evolve from one to the other if you never take a wrong turning ; if , that is , you know exactly what genetic formula you are heading towards , and how to steer towards it . |
| 27 | No fewer than three railway stations offer a fast service to Paris ; and at night it takes only twenty minutes to drive from the town 's centre to the Etoile . |
| 28 | Roddy Greig , Manager , Transport and Messenger Services , said , ‘ It takes only seven plastic cups to produce enough material to manufacture a 12-inch ruler . |
| 29 | When I make the stake-out it takes too little time . |
| 30 | It takes too long to set up and the shutter speed is so slow . |