Example sentences of "[Wh det] it took [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changes in these attitudes and practices will be the result of a long political process which will certainly take more than a century to work out , and even then will probably compress the time which it took Europe to work through comparable processes . |
| 2 | And how interesting was the way in which it took advantage of so little light as to shine enough for me to see it so clearly . |
| 3 | Battalions , Northumberland Fusiliers and the actions in which it took part during the 1914–18 War . |
| 4 | At the moment the solicitor has the report , which it took Derek quite a while to find , cos it was n't filed where it should have been . |
| 5 | J. G. Frazer further suggests that the story of Jacob 's dream ( which was deemed so extremely significant that the spot on which it took place was henceforth sanctified in the Jewish religion ) " was probably told to explain the immemorial sanctity of Bethel , which may well have been revered by the aboriginal inhabitants of Canaan long before the Hebrews invaded and conquered the land " . |
| 6 | The choice by the Queen of Lord Home in 1963 was of some importance since the circumstances in which it took place illustrated the difficulties of the process and led fairly quickly to the adoption by the Conservative Party of a leadership election process that was designed ( like the Labour Party 's leadership election ) to make the choice of a Prime Ministerial successor a constitutional formality . |
| 7 | But Conran had decided not to soft-pedal in the US and had made up his mind to make a big splash immediately , which required large investments which it took years to recoup . |
| 8 | We should remember Burke 's famous warning that rage and frenzy can tear down in an hour what it took centuries of prudence to build . |