Example sentences of "[subord] it take [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they were not , they switched to cockles ( although it took some time for them to learn the technique of shell penetration ) . |
| 2 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |
| 3 | A junior conveyancer is equally obliged to his or her own client , and if it takes that member of the profession a little longer , or if they need to consult with senior colleagues before agreeing to a particular course of action , then so be it . |
| 4 | Right it is a hundred miles from King 's Lynn to London , the train takes two hours to do the journey the train does not go at a constant speed , it speeds up sometimes and slows down at other times it also stops at stations on the way and on once of course as it , as it 's stopping it 's going more and more slowly and as it 's er moving off again it starts slowly and starts to go quickly but because it takes two hours in all the train goes a hundred miles in two hours we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 5 | Particularly if dissimilar investments with different time scales are in competition for funds , the NPV method has merit in the general case , because it takes these factors into account . |
| 6 | particularly if dissimilar investments with different time scales are in competition for funds , the NPV method has merit in the general case , because it takes these factors into account . |
| 7 | The melee was extraordinary , because it took some time for Hunt to realize that he was world champion . |
| 8 | While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights . |
| 9 | While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights . |
| 10 | It was concerned mainly with England , though it took some evidence from other English-speaking countries ( including Scotland ) . |
| 11 | As it takes several years for the effects of changing the number of trainees to become obvious the failure to implement Achieving a Balance is only now becoming evident . |