Example sentences of "it would take an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | More like a bulletproof tank , someone else said ; it would take an anti-tank missile to get at him . |
2 | Er in fact it would take an entire evening to go out to Keighley . |
3 | It would take an heroic leap of imagination to suppose that those same forestry services with a proven inability to manage just one product , timber , could presently perform the economic and administrative gymnastics necessary to fully value and manage forests for multiple benefits . |
4 | It would take an exhaustive knowledge of the phonetic alphabet to do justice to Dury 's vowel sounds on paper . |
5 | From this he calculated the time it would take a sated bat to starve to death , the time it would take an empty bat to starve to death , and all intermediates . |
6 | It would take an incredible wind to do that , we do our best to keep it right and if anyone tells us immediately when such a thing happens we will try to put it right |
7 | The DMT was aware of the existence of the concept of a comprehensive inter-agency service , but knew that if they were to test the feasibility of implementing it , ‘ it would take an enormous amount of time ’ . |