Example sentences of "take [adj] than [art] " in BNC.

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1 Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most …
2 Changes in these attitudes and practices will be the result of a long political process which will certainly take more than a century to work out , and even then will probably compress the time which it took Europe to work through comparable processes .
3 It will take more than a few scandal-mongers to sink him .
4 It will take more than a streak of dogged determination to see it through .
5 Should n't take more than a fortnight .
6 There could be a need to check forensic evidence , for example , or to prevent a suspect absconding , or to travel to a far-away police station where the investigation was being conducted , and any of these could take more than a day .
7 The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant .
8 This wo n't take more than a moment . ’
9 Thinking it had taken the old baggage long enough to show some concern , and it would take more than a few mumbled words to alter things .
10 ‘ I think it 'd take more than a lot of nomes and some string to fly it , anyway . ’
11 Add the life and colour of cities such as New York , Washington , San Francisco and Vancouver , and this is a land it would take more than a lifetime to truly discover .
12 This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from employment after 1978 .
13 There are plenty of packages around for under £150 and they should n't take more than a couple of days to master .
14 It will take more than a bloody hurricane to stop me . ’
15 But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up .
16 ‘ From what I 've seen of Officer Hassan , it would take more than a missing golf-club to prise him away from his suicide theory . ’
17 Faithful to him , even if they would have to be apart sometimes , as he 'd be faithful to her , although he knew she 'd take more than a little convincing about that .
18 It would take more than a sharp tongue to cut down Alexander Vass .
19 ‘ It 'd take more than a few facts to convince Dudley Ford that he 's mistaken !
20 Today so few theatregoers travel by bus that it would take more than a strike of the red giants to kill anything on stage .
21 ‘ It would take more than a ring to get me into your bed , ’ she retorted furiously .
22 It 'll take more than a tender touch to help the victims of the oily sea .
23 ‘ The BNP contends that it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’
24 And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table .
25 ‘ The BNP contends it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’
26 ‘ In places this size , you come away saying it would take more than a day to see them , ’ said Mr Craig .
27 Meanwhile , Falkirk will take more than a passing interest in two Premier Division matches tonight , and hoping that the Old Firm do them a favour by beating fellow strugglers Dundee and Motherwell .
28 Ferguson now sports a tuft of facial hair around his lips and chin , permitted him by the Tannadice tablets of stone , but it will take more than a beard to signify maturity .
29 TOO MUCH SUPPLY , TOO LITTLE DEMAND It will take more than an upturn to cheer the developers up — there will be little for them to do until tenants move into the large areas of commercial space that have yet to be let
30 They wo n't take more than an hour to fill in , and might be quite fun to .
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