Example sentences of "take more than a [noun sg] [to-vb] " 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 It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work .
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