Example sentences of "it took the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Shorthorn/Highland first cross has always been popular but it took the concerted efforts of the three Cadzow brothers on an island off the west coast of Scotland to consolidate the virtues of the cross and turn it into a genuine breed , the Luing , named after the island of its origin . |
| 2 | It took the combined efforts of the Bank of England intervening to buy unwanted sterling , the lowest inflation rate since 1967 ( and the lowest underlying rate since July 1958 ) , and a firm promise by the Chancellor not to play fast and loose with interest rates to reassure the markets . |
| 3 | By the third decade of that century , the idea of a prime minister had emerged and in its first physical manifestation it took the imposing form of Sir Robert Walpole . |
| 4 | How long it took the different ancestors of these very different animals to evolve such tongues we do not know for there is no fossil evidence of any antiquity to tell us , but it must have been several million years . |
| 5 | Situated on top of its hill in the middle of Lincolnshire , it took the full blast of the east wind all the way from Russia — nothing to stop it , you see . |
| 6 | A B&Q spokesman said last night : ‘ Because our store was the closest to the viaduct it took the full force of the blast and it could well be that we are talking of a complete demolition . |
| 7 | In many areas , it took the full weight of Paisley 's authority , exercised either directly or through loyal supporters such as Gordon Cooke , then chairman of the North Antrim branch , to persuade the Protestant Unionists to dissolve in favour of the new organization . |
| 8 | It took the military stalemate of 1915 to persuade the UDC that the time was ripe to talk about peace without victory . |