Example sentences of "it takes the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't hurt because it 's pulled off so quickly , and when we pull it off , we put our finger straight over the area and it takes the sting away . |
| 2 | So it goes south to Gath , but it takes the plague with it , together with an unearthly confusion and terror . |
| 3 | And you can have an M O T certificate , they like you to book for those cos it takes the nurse quite a time to do you . |
| 4 | But , most of all , it takes the will of people like you who care about whales and dolphins to make it happen . |
| 5 | As a result Taos is object-oriented at a very fine level and it takes the idea of dynamic linking to its logical conclusion . |
| 6 | As a result Taos is object-oriented at a very fine level and it takes the idea of dynamic linking to its logical conclusion . |
| 7 | In particular , it takes the HSE to task for not taking the problem of sick building syndrome seriously . |
| 8 | As long as it takes the child to cease movement . |
| 9 | It takes the name from the Ottringham beacon , a radar transmitter on the outskirts of the village which is a vital communication link for all civil and military aircraft . |
| 10 | It takes the way things go instead of just making , yeah , instead of just sitting down and getting on with it . |
| 11 | As a feminist I did n't invert their bad habits by only talking to women — this book is about women and men , though it takes the standpoint of women as its reference point . |
| 12 | It takes the shortfall for the year to date to £19.3billion and the annual total will easily top the £20billion forecast by the Chancellor , Mr John Major , in his autumn expenditure statement . |
| 13 | The mountain is seen from the west as a massive dome ringed by cliffs ; from the east , it takes the shape of a slender pinnacle . |
| 14 | As Fergus Campbell has suggested , if the ERP can tell us whether or not the subject has seen a light , it takes the psycho out of psychophysics . |
| 15 | wants to be a success , it did , it takes the subsidy away from |
| 16 | She added , ‘ It takes the skill and discipline of the straight actor to create the funny man . |
| 17 | ‘ When you body starts to heal , they ca n't breathe , so they release a chemical which makes you itch ; when you scratch , it takes the scab off the wound so they can breathe again . |
| 18 | In deciding the second of tests posed by the court in Waterfield , the court will consider not merely whether or not the power exists , but whether it has been properly exercised , and hold that , if the manner in which an admitted power is exercised is improper , it takes the constable outside the execution of his duty again . |
| 19 | Rather than concerning itself with the way in which the properties of this structure emerge from its components , it takes the structure as given and asks how it reproduces itself and changes . |
| 20 | Children will enjoy seeing the chaos as Henry leads all the young animals out into the forest , where it takes the farmer a long time to catch them . |
| 21 | ‘ It takes the pleasure right out of it , so it does , ’ Winnie said . |
| 22 | It takes the cyberpunk circus routines of Archaos and gives then a high-tech edge . |
| 23 | Once again this is wrong , clearly so : ‘ It is a ‘ scam ’ on such a scale it takes the breath away . ’ |
| 24 | It takes the action of the whole of The Lord of the Rings to make these ring true and there is a vein of proverbial wisdom ( about God being on the side of the big battalions ) which would utterly deny them . |
| 25 | It takes the railway line into the city 's Central Station , itself a notable piece of railway building , designed by John Dobson , the architect who was responsible for so much of Newcastle 's new central stylishness in the nineteenth century . |
| 26 | Now we have clean power with unlimited sources it takes the heat off yet another area of national and cultural competition . ’ |
| 27 | It takes the heat out of life . ’ |
| 28 | By comparing similar projects and their slopes along the graph , one learns how long it takes the organization to transform an idea into a business reality . |
| 29 | I judge that in the time it takes the lift to creep the height of the building I have to be out the door and on my way . |
| 30 | This was not done in the 1985 Act — with the result that it would be open to the Government not to comply with an order if it takes the view that the Tribunal 's decision clearly exceeds its powers under the statute . |