Example sentences of "takes two [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is presumably used by species in which it takes two adults to provide for the young . |
| 2 | If natural selection eliminates half the population in each generation , complete specification requires two generations of selection , one to eliminate C and G , and a second to eliminate T. Thus it takes two generations to specify each base . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It does n't , sometimes it goes more slowly sometimes it goes more quickly , sometimes it stops but because it takes two hours to do the hundred miles we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 5 | It takes two movements to operate the lace carriage , once to the right to transfer stitches then back OR once to the right to prepare and then back transferring stitches on the return to the left , leaving the main carriage clear to work two rows ; across , to place loops in empty needles and back to the right knitting all the stitches . |
| 6 | And then someone else at Ladymont once said that it takes two men to rape you . |
| 7 | Bitez offers exciting day cruising , but it takes two weeks to acclimatise most people to the strong winds ! |
| 8 | Each row of the pattern as marked on the mylar sheet takes two rows to knit . |
| 9 | It takes two months to make one costume ; the machines are old and Russians do n't know how to work . |
| 10 | The Commission normally takes two months to investigate charges , after which it could either instruct Britain to set its VAT rates in conformity with European legislation or proceed to put into effect the long awaited 7th Directive on fiscal matters . |
| 11 | It takes two people to have safer sex in a relationship . |
| 12 | Whether this attainment takes two years to acquire depends on what else is to be covered in Science , not its own intrinsic difficulty or depth . |
| 13 | In recovery the grief reaction takes two years to work through and the various components of grief have to be addressed and processed . |
| 14 | It takes two sides to make war . |
| 15 | The wax is on for about two minutes , and it takes two seconds to pull it off . |