Example sentences of "it take [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes little knowledge of history to appreciate that relatively few of the battles recorded in history have had a decisive effect upon the future of those involved . |
| 2 | It takes one calorie– of heat energy to raise one gram of water through one degree Celsius . |
| 3 | Alright , now if we look at the , the rural instead of the urban wage rate , right , up here alright , now let's just say that it takes that amount of time before this individual gets a job in the urban area , alright , now if we discount alright the erm , the rural , the urban wages right , that 's all this |
| 4 | It takes 16 days for Landsat 's instruments to build up a global picture . |
| 5 | It takes ten years for eels to reach maturity and return to their spawning grounds . |
| 6 | Particularly if dissimilar investments with different time scales are in competition for funds , the NPV method has merit in the general case , because it takes these factors into account . |
| 7 | particularly if dissimilar investments with different time scales are in competition for funds , the NPV method has merit in the general case , because it takes these factors into account . |
| 8 | Now tt if you look at it this way , le let's suppose that the Communist Party was successful in its military campaign and it , it takes military control of south China , which it was beginning to then , and did up to nineteen forty eight |
| 9 | To get legal authorization to open a newspaper kiosk or a small store , it takes 43 days of paperwork and costs $590 in fees and lost work time . |
| 10 | When North Harbour were aiming for the top in New Zealand it took four years of struggle — getting beaten by the top provinces — before we managed to make our own mark . |
| 11 | ‘ And it took four years of trials before they did , ’ McGeechan grins . |
| 12 | It took four years for Edouard to discover the one aspect of his life the columnists had never suspected : he was lonely . |
| 13 | ‘ When I was a girl it took twelve yards of cloth just to make an underskirt for a ball gown . |
| 14 | It took tremendous courage for Roebuck to fight back from his crippling injury , but there is a further chapter to the story . |
| 15 | To take a lorry load of goods from Leeds , it took 4 hours to Liverpool docks and 2½ hours to Hull docks before the motorways were opened — and ‘ time is money ’ . |
| 16 | The water was very cold , it took eight hours to film and eight days for Duncan 's head to lose that ‘ prune ’ look . |
| 17 | Nevertheless it took many centuries for Edinburgh to become unequivocally the royal and national capital . |
| 18 | It took many months of research on the part of Vanessa Forbes to track down the 21 of Marjorie Worgan 's original class members ( some now grannies ) who managed to attend the surprise lunch she organised for Marjorie 's 80th birthday . |
| 19 | Even so , it took many years for Ali to ascend to a pre-eminent light in the national consciousness . |
| 20 | It took many years for scientists studying malaria to realise it was the mosquito that was important , not the messenger from the martians . |
| 21 | It took many years for linguists and sociolinguists to devise ways of getting the best of both worlds . |
| 22 | It took fifteen days for telegrams to get from Moscow to Tsaritsyn during the Famine . |
| 23 | It took professional journals like Building News and foreign observers like Muthesius to recognize Nonconformity 's achievements . |
| 24 | In the event it took six courses of treatment to eradicate the cancer , and by the time of the 1980 Grand National he was in no condition to take part . |
| 25 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 26 | It took five months of telephone calls , letters and faxes to Dr Neil Sontag , before a replacement set arrived , only to find that they were the same , unusable version . |
| 27 | It took two members of staff about ten minutes of tugging to remove the anemone , by which time it had become ragged and contracted . |
| 28 | It took two years for Rome to recover Britain and repair its defences . |
| 29 | It took that length of time for The Times to reach Carewscourt from London , where it was posted every morning . |
| 30 | Among those offering concrete commitments were National Westminster Bank , which said it took environmental issues into account when considering loan requests [ see ED 58 ] , and the Austin Reed clothing company , which claims to encourage its suppliers to meet environmental standards . |