Example sentences of "it can take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can take a great deal of courage and confidence to challenge colleagues in this way , but as you will see by studying the Code itself , the definition and standards of conduct required are clear and unequivocal , even if putting them into practice is not always as easy as it is made to sound . |
| 2 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 3 | The trouble has been , however , that with the longer construction periods for nuclear stations and the further period before their cheaper running costs will allegedly show up , it can take a long time to see which way the scales really tip . |
| 4 | It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family . |
| 5 | The flight action is superb although it can take a long time to get to grips with all the features of the program . |
| 6 | But it also makes everything quite difficult to fully understand as it can take a long time to see what is really being said . |
| 7 | It can take a good typist ten minutes to re-type an A4 page of text , and a poor one even longer . |
| 8 | Often it can take a little while to melt down the pieces of ice to make drinking water . |
| 9 | ‘ The doctor tells us that if it 's the stuff he thinks it is , it can take a little while to work , especially if Sir Thomas drank coffee . |
| 10 | It can take a whole day to produce one boatload of rushes . |
| 11 | Such a farcical situation could never come about in Germany , where a party must win a minimum five per cent of the overall vote before it can take a single seat in the Bundestag . |
| 12 | To get there via the complexity of legislation , contractual pitfalls , constructional problems and costing complexities let aside evaluating design possibilities needs skill , knowledge and commitment , certainly it can take a considerable amount of time . |
| 13 | As it can take a considerable time to effect the transfer of overseas funds to the University accounts , you are strongly advised to make arrangements well in advance . |
| 14 | In the event that the Commission considers that there is a strong prima facie case of infringement , and that there is a serious and urgent risk that irreparable harm will be caused to the party seeking relief or to the public interest , it can take an interim decision for the infringement to be brought to an end . |
| 15 | It can take an Italian bank 27 days to clear a cheque issued in another town . |
| 16 | It is confident that it can take the long distance frugality title to add to its claim of being Britain 's fastest small diesel with a top speed of 96.3 mph . |
| 17 | Since it can take the best part of a day to book an international phone call , some foreign businessmen bring their own alternative — the Magnavox Magnaphone . |
| 18 | It can take three to six months of regular vigorous aerobic exercise to build up a powerful heart and lungs ; and it can take the same period of inactivity to lose it all . |