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 on more of the form of a consultation , aimed at course development , rather than simply being a judgemental exercise . |
| 5 | It takes just five minutes for the interviewer to ask , ‘ So where did you get the name from ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It takes just five seconds for him to eliminate the stress . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It takes just one and half hops to make a pint of beer . |
| 10 | To conduct it is a devastating experience : it takes up all your mind and it will take you two or three days to recover from it . |
| 11 | Perhaps the book of lamentation is not the book you normally turn to , to find words of encouragement , but there are tremendous encouragements to be found in it , listen what the profits says there , in the third chapter , he says this I recall to my mind , and he 's talking about the time of his own affliction , the time when he is going through it , the time when nobody loves him , the time when everybody 's against him , when he 's suffering and he 's in pain the time when life is full of bitterness for him , he says this I recall to my mind , therefore I have hope , the lords loving kindness indeed never ceases for his compassion 's never fail and here Jesus is demonstrating that , he 's compassion 's never fail , he 's loving kindnesses they never cease , here in his dying hour Jesus is showing that in reaching out to this man but as we said the other week the , the deepest , the most important significance of what Jesus did then , of what Jesus said then , its not just of the historical account , but that he is able and willing to say and to do exactly the same today in your experience and in mine , what he did for that man on the cross he 's ready and willing to do for every one of us the incident may of happened nineteen hundred years ago , but there 's the old hymn , the verse reminds us , picks out that very story and it says the dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day and there may I , though via us he wash all my sins away , and that verse from William Cowper 's hymn , it takes up that great historical event , that tremendous happening in that man 's life and he links it with a present and it applies it to you and to me and says this can be our experience as well . |
| 12 | And that verse from William Cooper 's hymn , it takes up that great historical event . |
| 13 | ( This means that it takes up more hospital space than any other single illness . ) |
| 14 | A popular choice is the corner bath , because although it takes up more floor area than a rectangular bath and runs along two walls , it actually requires less wall length ( typically 1300 or 1400mm ) , allowing more flexibility when planning a moderately sized , squarish bathroom . |
| 15 | And as it takes up little room , tie is also a good idea , ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 16 | When they 're placed on floppies we can use a program ( called a ‘ packer ’ or ‘ zipper ’ ) to encode this information so it takes up less space . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | It takes approximately four years in the British climate for a fish to attain that length ( and equivalent weight of about 1lb 4oz ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | As a guideline it takes approximately 40 minutes for four people to play 1 game . |
| 22 | Situated in Hind Cove , it takes over two hours to reach from Wasdale . |
| 23 | The North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust has told 51 of the 719-strong workforce at three Ayrshire hospitals , which it takes over next week , that their fixed , short-term contracts will not be renewed on 31 March . |
| 24 | The neighbouring RAF bases at Bentwaters and Woodbridge in Suffolk , to be vacated by the U.S. Air Force next year , will not be required by the Ministry of Defence when it takes over full control of the sites . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It takes away any |
| 28 | It takes around 45 minutes to make a blood donation and staff at AEA are invited to donate twice a year . |
| 29 | It takes only one missile to get through , and lives may be lost , not to mention the ship . |
| 30 | It takes only one leak to sink a ship , one gate to let in a Trojan horse . |