Example sentences of "it take [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Its orders from the United Nations … shoot first , and ask questions later … if that 's what it takes to enforce the naval blockade of the former Yogoslavia . |
2 | But you were too young to realise just how much work you have to put in at that stage of building up a business , how much effort it takes to hold the whole thing together and stop it from collapsing around you . ’ |
3 | How long it takes to complete the whole block of letters is measured . |
4 | As the phonemic contrasts in one 's own language are " built in " , it can be expected that it takes longer to detach oneself from these contrasts than it takes to master the actual pronunciation . |
5 | During the two shorts months that it took to draft the White Paper , opposition could be quelled , using the new powers and wholehearted support given him by the Prime Minister . |
6 | Being a single chip it replaces the 12 VLSI chips used in Sparcstation 2 and the 79 it took to build the original Sun 490s . |