Example sentences of "it have take [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has to take the initiative in building up the collection , and not rely on librarians remembering to send new material . |
| 2 | IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES TO COMPLETE . |
| 3 | IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 50 MINUTES TO COMPLETE . |
| 4 | IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 70 MINUTES TO COMPLETE . |
| 5 | IT has taken a year for the new formula to be agreed — at a time when ITN was coping with a budget squeeze in the wake of the crippling cost of covering the Gulf War . |
| 6 | Both represent such a considerable departure from previous practice , however , and share so many features in common , that it has taken a while for the dust to settle after the major upheavals of recent years and for the difference between them to emerge . |
| 7 | It has taken a lot of chef 's skills away but it speeds everything up . |
| 8 | Leeds , UK-based VisionWare Ltd is supposed to announce its fourth product at Xhibition this week , but since it has taken a vow of silence everyone will have to wait until Thursday to find out what 's going on . |
| 9 | She said : ‘ Everyone appears to agree it is more sensible to keep this traffic on rail but it has taken the efforts of hundreds of people to get a six-month reprieve . |
| 10 | ‘ It has taken the rise in bottled water drinking to make it practicable to sell it on its own . ’ |
| 11 | It has taken the rest of industry in this country a remarkably long time to come around to his viewpoint , but it is finally looking as though the penny has dropped . |
| 12 | The discussion has several times strayed into semiological terminology and it has taken the nature of ideology largely for granted ; both signification and ideology in popular music demand detailed study . |
| 13 | Great local artists like Gilberto Gil have been trying for years to promote their country 's music , but ( as with the African-music boom ) it has taken the combination of an enthusiastic American super-star and cosmopolitan French audiences to really make the change . |
| 14 | The more the hybridizing and crossing back and forth has concentrated on the spectacular , the further it has taken the plants from the vigour of their natural origins , and the less resistant many have become to pest and disease . |
| 15 | Yes in the vicin I I did n't know the cupboards were near the bed , but yes , in relation to the bed those two places would it have taken a fraction of a second to strip off the duvet to check what was under it . |
| 16 | Your letter of Sunday last was put into my hands this morning it having taken the Pilot with 5 men 4 days to reach this place so adverse has been the weather , you will therefore see we are still imprizoned [ sic ] here . |
| 17 | Renewing the emphasis on the unit 's original raison d'etre created by Lord Rayner , the Prime Minister 's first efficiency adviser — the scrutiny programme of efficiency studies — was necessary , Sir Angus said , as ‘ it had taken a bit of a setback ’ . |
| 18 | Mr Ford 's plane ran out of fuel after it had taken a battering in Atlantic storms in May 1943 . |
| 19 | It had taken a score of masons a score of years to hammer the pitons for all those , hanging from their work as they progressed . |
| 20 | As her mother was fond of saying — it had taken a lot of trouble to get her this far , and this last little step was going to take a deal of organizing as well . |
| 21 | No other man had ever managed even to light a spark within her , yet he had set her body aflame , and it had taken every ounce of will-power she possessed not to give in to the longing he 'd unleashed . |
| 22 | It had taken every ounce of courage she possessed to board the aircraft after her last experience . |
| 23 | English Nature said afterwards that it had taken the case to the Lords in search of a definitive ruling . |
| 24 | On April 19 the EPRDF took the hydroelectric power station at Finchaa ( also in Welega province ) , and by April 24 it had taken the town of Ambo , 100 km west of Addis Ababa , although this area was retaken by government forces four days later . |