Example sentences of "it has take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control .
2 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
3 It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added .
4 Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic .
5 It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived .
6 It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement .
7 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
8 In particular , it has taken a strong line against price fixing ( e.g. dyestuffs , glass containers ) and market sharing or quantity agreements ( e.g. cement ) to the extent that such practices are now unlikely ever to be granted an exemption .
9 Unfortunately , it has taken a major tragedy to focus the minds of hauliers and their professional advisers sharply on these problem areas .
10 It has taken a closer look at what it pays and what it gets out of its Brussels El Dorado , and it is not happy .
11 I accept that it has taken a few years for the process to be completed , but everyone who studies the history books will be able to trace the downfall of the Thatcher Government — as some may still call it — to the time when she was foolish enough to remove the right hon. Gentleman from the duties that he was carrying out so successfully .
12 It has taken the black South African Rugby Association and the ‘ coloured ’ South African Rugby Federation under its wing , and they no doubt now want to flex their own muscles .
13 Unaided by technology ( but possibly assisted by an abundance of cheap labour and a convenient absence of red tape ) the Mark II establishment was up and running in a quarter of the time it has taken the current version to proceed from the stage of the second catastrophic fire in 1980 to opening its doors .
14 But it has taken the extraordinary campaign of the Natural Law Party to bring home the sheer size and wealth of the movement , 25 years after it first made headlines .
15 It has taken the best elements from several Dutch schemes the Dutch being recognised as the experts in creating wetland nature reserves .
16 It has taken the combined expertise of ferreting economists and inquisitive academics , people like Professor Jeffery and Colin Sweet-an energy economist who has pursued the issue through every nuclear public inquiry since 1977 — to tease out the truth from the statistics .
17 Though the oil company regards it as a fixed installation for which a safety case will have to be prepared under the new regulations administered by the Health and Safety Executive , it has taken the added precaution of having the hull constructed in compliance with rules issued by Lloyds Register of Shipping .
18 Strangely , it has taken the nursing education establishment in Britain until now to recognise the value of debate , and the need to educate nurses for their own sake , as well as in the interests of patient care .
19 I referred to Yorkshire six minutes ago — it has taken the hon. Gentleman that long to work up a head of steam .
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