Example sentences of "[Wh det] it [vb mod] take " in BNC.

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1 Neither could have foreseen the circumstances under which it would take place .
2 I am thinking of a feeling of confidence which has been built up and which it would take some drastic change to break down .
3 The Green alliance hopes to win 30-40 seats , most of which it would take from sitting Socialist deputies .
4 The centre-left American Popular Revolutionary Alliance ( APRA — whose leader , former President Alan García , was in exile in Colombia ) , despite internal divisions over the stance which it should take on the poll , called on its supporters to spoil their papers .
5 One of the crucial questions emerging for the CNAA during the 1970s was in fact the extent to which it could take initiatives as well as being responsive .
6 How this may be achieved and the form which it will take will vary widely .
7 Northampton came close to winning the game in the last five minutes when Walden drove a fierce shot against the crossbar , ‘ making a mark which it will take a paintbrush to efface ’ .
8 The family can find forgiveness but not comprehension of a crime which it will take weeks to clear up .
9 The convention has been largely moribund since the general election , but Labour is insistent that it is the only cross-party forum in which it will take part .
10 Law facilitates commercial activity by providing structures within which it can take place .
11 Yet the story says simply what it may take many pages to explain in words .
12 In 1962 , Jack was surely wondering what it would take to get a bigger , more important film role .
13 We must now change gear somewhat , and ask what it would take for such relationships to be treated as satisfactory explanations .
14 If this was what it would take for Thomas to believe , then even this was possible .
15 Similarly , when Gould says he is prepared to be persuaded about electoral reform , he needs to say what it would take to persuade him .
16 One of the biggest of all was about to challenge him and he knew what it would take .
17 ‘ You think so ? ’ he said , wondering what it would take to break the glass .
18 In research for the advertising campaign — where we carried out in-depth , face-to-face interviews with senior representatives of 50 existing and potential customers — we looked at existing attitudes and probed them on what it would take to persuade them to come to us to answer their problems .
19 She wondered what it would take to make him even slightly nervous .
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