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12 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from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 . |