Example sentences of "take more than [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that the breeding cycle takes more than a year to complete , with the result that the birds are unable to breed every year . |
| 2 | It takes more than a shoestring to keep an essential component of the economy strong , say the Met , and other institutions concur . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ In places this size , you come away saying it would take more than a day to see them , ’ said Mr Craig . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It would take more than a ring to get me into your bed , ’ she retorted furiously . |
| 7 | They wo n't take more than an hour to fill in , and might be quite fun to . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work . |
| 10 | It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the former Langham Hotel . |
| 11 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 12 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 13 | Police and firefighters took more than an hour to free the bodies from the wreckage . |
| 14 | AT the magistrates court it took more than an hour to read out all the charges . |
| 15 | The march of uniformed members took more than an hour to pass the saluting base . |
| 16 | The operation , which started just after 8pm , took more than an hour to complete . |