Example sentences of "it takes [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her foreword , Ruth Richardson , the Minister of Finance ( and not the most popular Kiwi politician ) , expresses it thus : ‘ The special advantages of accrual accounting are that it distinguishes between capital and current spending , and that it takes better account of the cost of current policies for future generations … |
| 2 | It takes 4 hours in each direction , and there is plenty to see as you drift through a landscape where woodlands slope down to the waters edge , medieval towns seem to be snoozing , vineyards look sweet with promise , and heights are crowned mysteriously with fine old castles and monasteries . |
| 3 | It takes 4 days , following a very beautiful rocky and indented coast . |
| 4 | It takes real determination to pack all the country house thriller cliches you can think of into half an hour , but TVS and Ian Stuart Black managed it in House of Glass ( ITV ) , an Appointment With Fear try-out for a post-franchise series . |
| 5 | ‘ It takes real guts to carry off such a successful fraud . |
| 6 | This involves a different type of responsibility as well , and to accept it takes real courage . |
| 7 | In the case of amniocentesis , it takes two-three weeks to grow the culture from which the presence of handicap can be detected . |
| 8 | I feel , however , that it takes insufficient account of the natural caution and pragmatism of the British people , which was admirably reflected in the negotiating approach of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and his colleagues in the Cabinet . |
| 9 | It takes regular VHS tapes and offers a 24-hour timer facility . |
| 10 | It takes long hours in the laboratory to convert deadly greenery into a possible lifesaver . |
| 11 | Roses are naturally at their most beautiful in summer , but it takes year-long care to ensure they maintain their glory . |
| 12 | A second technique is deconcentration — although functions may be departmentalised in a single central government department , it may nevertheless be desirable for administration to be dispersed from the geographical centre and into the regions and localities where it takes actual effect ‘ on the ground ’ . |
| 13 | Experiences , they argued , are identical with brain states ; but when someone is conscious of his experiences he is not conscious of his brain as such : it takes modern science to tell us that consciousness is a state of the brain . |
| 14 | Atari says it takes legal action against as many pirates as it can find , and has two big prosecutions pending at the moment . |
| 15 | and wrap it up into a package and say you know if anything goes wrong and it takes four hours then you |
| 16 | Mm , yeah , It takes four hours to get to Lanzarote . |
| 17 | It takes four hydrogen nuclei to make one nucleus of helium , and each time this happens there is a slight release of energy and a slight loss of mass . |
| 18 | It takes four pictures within five seconds and transmits them in under a minute ; it incorporates infra-red strobes , making it effective without light . |
| 19 | It takes four days to complete one orbit of Earth . |
| 20 | It takes four place settings and costs £299.90 ( building-in kit extra ) |
| 21 | It takes four AA batteries . |
| 22 | Even if it takes four week they 're stopping there . |
| 23 | It takes four songs for them to shake off their own ghost , but halfway through the aptly named ‘ Long Gone ’ it disappears . |
| 24 | It takes four songs for them to shake off their own ghost , but halfway through the aptly named ‘ Long Gone ’ it disappears . |
| 25 | Writing an Introduction As we have said , it takes much practice to be able to write essays well . |
| 26 | It takes much cranking of the engine with the starter motor to get going again — although the time it takes to fire up does vary . |
| 27 | It takes much time . |
| 28 | It takes much time and effort to find recorded music that is suitable as movement accompaniment . |
| 29 | Yet when asked how long it takes each week to prepare and construct the next sequence , Dr Postlethwait is accustomed to laugh heartily ( as he did when I asked him ) and reply , " Oh , about fifty hours . " |
| 30 | As Booker Noe Jr , the master distiller at Jim Beam , puts it : ‘ It takes good Bourbon at least four years to get to know the inside of the barrel . ’ |